{"id":155466,"date":"2026-02-13T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=155466"},"modified":"2026-02-13T07:58:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T13:58:46","slug":"starke-miller-two-ole-miss-coeds-in-the-circle-in-1908","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/starke-miller-two-ole-miss-coeds-in-the-circle-in-1908\/","title":{"rendered":"Starke Miller: “Two Ole Miss Coeds in The Circle in 1908”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ventress Hall<\/strong> is on the left, and straight ahead is the Confederate <\/strong>monument, dedicated to the Confederate dead, over 400, from Lafayette County<\/strong>, which includes ten University Greys<\/strong> from Lafayette County and twelve University <\/strong>alumni from Lafayette County, all died in the War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Women had already been students in the University for 36 years (1882) when this picture was taken. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Confederates and yankees have camped in this Circle<\/strong>. The University Civil War Hospital<\/strong> sick had been placed in tents in this Circle. Some of them had died here. Jefferson Davis, Nathan Bedford Forrest<\/strong>, Generals Grant, Sherman<\/strong> and James Longstreet<\/strong>, after the War, have been here, The University Greys drilled here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you have any idea how many lives this place has affected? You walk in the footsteps of history on this campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Two<\/a>
Two Ole Miss coeds in The Circle in 1908.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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