Bruinsburg, Mississippi
| Bruinsburg, Mississippi | |
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| Ghost town | |
 Bruinsburg
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| Coordinates: 31°56′33″N 91°09′26″W / 31.94250°N 91.15722°WCoordinates: 31°56′33″N 91°09′26″W / 31.94250°N 91.15722°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| County | Claiborne |
| Elevation | 79 ft (24 m) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| GNIS feature ID | 691732 |
Bruinsburg is a ghost town in Claiborne County, Mississippi, United States.
It was located on the south bank of the Bayou Pierre, 3.0 mi (4.8 km) east of the Mississippi River. The town's port, Bruinsburg Landing, was located directly on the Mississippi River, just south of the mouth of the Bayou Pierre.
Once an important commercial and military location, nothing remains today of the town or its port.
Bruinsburg is named for Peter Bryan Bruin, who emigrated from Ireland to Virginia in 1756, and later fought as a lieutenant during the American Revolution. Following the war, Bruin's father received 1,200 acres (490 ha) of land in Mississippi in a grant from Don Diego de Gardoqui, a Spanish minister who controlled the region. Peter Bruin's family, along with 12 other families, moved there in 1778.
The land grant required the settlers to survey the land, clear trees, build cabins, and plant crops. The settlers were soon growing corn, cotton, tobacco, indigo, fruits and vegetables.
After the southern United States became an American possession, Bruin was appointed a judge. In 1807, former Vice-President Aaron Burr, who at the time was wanted on a charge of treason, visited Bruin while fleeing federal agents.
Lake Bruin, an oxbow lake in Louisiana west of Bruinsburg, is named for Peter Bruin.
The community was a lively Mississippi River port, and future U.S. President Andrew Jackson set up a trading post there for a time.
Union Army General Ulysses S. Grant was planning a massive assault on the Confederate stronghold of Vicksburg, Mississippi. After having failed to land his army at Grand Gulf, he arrived on April 29, 1863, at the Disharoon's Plantation in Louisiana, about 5 mi (8.0 km) north of Bruinsburg on the Mississippi River. There, Grant made a plan to land his troops at Rodney, Mississippi, about 12 mi (19 km) downstream. Late that night, an escaped slave told Grant about the much nearer port of Bruinsburg, which had an excellent steamboat landing, and a good road ascending the bluffs east of the river.
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