Windsor Ruins
Port Gibson / Alcorn, Mississippi
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Built in 1859-61 by Smith Daniell who only lived in the large mansion for a few weeks before he died. The Windsor plantation once sprawled over 2,600 acres. Legend says that from a roof observatory, Mark Twain watched the Mississippi River in the distance.
A Yankee soldier was shot in the front doorway of the home. During the Civil War the mansion was used as a Union hospital and observation post, thus sparing it from being burned by Union troops.
However, after the Civil War, during a house party on February 17, 1890 a guest left a lighted cigar on the upper balcony and Windsor burned to the ground. Everything was destroyed except 23 of the columns, balustrades and iron stairs.
From the Natchez Trace Parkway take Mississippi Highway 552 at milepost 30. Go west and follow the signs.
YouTube videos of Windsor Ruins.
Guided Living History Tours:
Half day and full day guided living history tours of Windsor Ruins, Shaifer House and other sites from Vicksburg to Natchez are available for overnight B&B guests at Buffalo Spirit Ranch. Click here for more information.
Access/Exit Mississippi Highway 27
1 Harmony Farm Bed and Breakfast
2 Lower Choctaw Boundary
Access/Exit Fisher Ferry Road
3 Buffalo Spirit Ranch Bed and Breakfast
4 Rocky Springs
5 Owens Creek Waterfall
6 Grand Gulf Military Park
7 Grindstone Ford
8 Mangum Mound
9 Sunken Trace
Access/Exit Mississippi Highway 18
10 Port Gibson, Mississippi
11 Isabella Bed and Breakfast
12 Lady with a Past - Historically Inspired Art Dolls
13 A.K. Shaifer House
* Windsor Ruins
Access/Exit US Highway 61
14 Windsor Ruins Loop Route
Access/Exit Mississippi Highway 552
15 The Old Country Store Restaurant
16 Rosswood Planation Bed and Breakfast
17 North Fork Coles Creek
18 Mud Island Creek
Access/Exit Mississippi Highway 553
19 Bullen Creek
20 Coles Creek
21 Church Hill Loop Route
22 Mount Locust
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