Stolen from Biloxi decades ago, a rifle used in 1847 was just found hidden in Delaware

A rifle stolen decades ago was returned this week to Beauvoir in Biloxi, officials report, along with guns and memorabilia taken from museums in th...

March 15, 2023
4:46 PM

A rifle stolen decades ago was returned this week to Beauvoir in Biloxi, officials report, along with guns and memorabilia taken from museums in the 1970s and hidden for the half-century since. An 1847 Mississippi rifle stolen from Beauvoir, The Jefferson Davis Home and Presidential Library on U.S. 90 in Biloxi in the 1970s, was returned Monday, according to The Associated Press. The First Regiment Mississippi won fame in the Battle of Buena Vista in February 1847. The battle was the turning point in Mexican War, and the First Regiment veterans and their rifles are still remembered as the 'Mississippi Rifles,' according to a Mississippi history timeline.

Mary Perez