The only plantation house to survive the Civil War on Lake Saint Joseph — fourteen others burned. Dr. Haller Nutt's Union sympathies earned his home protection while it served as Grant's headquarters during the Vicksburg campaign. The 1805 cotton plantation expanded to 2,000 acres with 300+ enslaved workers before the war changed everything.
Quick facts
- ·Only surviving plantation on Lake Saint Joseph — 14 others destroyed
- ·Built 1805; expanded to 2,000+ acres with cotton gins and sawmill
- ·Served as Union Army headquarters during Vicksburg campaign
- ·Nutt family's Union sympathies protected the home
- ·Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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