WARREN COUNTY
MISSISSIPPI
MSGENWEB PROJECT
Balfour
Emma Harrison
Balfour – Born January 3,
1818 – Died February 25, 1887.
She married W. T. Balfour and is buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery
(Vicksburg City Cemetery).
A noted
diarist of the Siege of Vicksburg, she lived at Balfour House (built in
mid-1830s), the site
of
the 1862 Christmas ball interrupted by the arrival of the Federal fleet.
Following surrender on
July 4, 1863,
Balfour House was the Headquarters of Maj. Gen. J.B. McPherson.
See also Balfour House, Emma Balfour, and Civil
War Diaries
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