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The mountain is located just off of Mississippi Highway 25, south of Iuka. The summit is marked with a National Geodetic Survey triangulation station disk and three radio towers. A sign cautions visitors to prepare for a steep, unpaved, and rocky inclined road approximately a mile in length to the summit. A topographical summit is a point on a surface which is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. ...
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MS 25 as it runs through Rankin County, north of Jackson. ...
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Atop the hill there is a picnic table and a gravel circle allowing parking room for several vehicles. With the location out of the city limits of neighboring Iuka, and up a gravel road, Woodall has become a favorite “parking” place for local romantics and midnight adventurers. At the base of the hill to the East are the town of Iuka’s Little League and Youth Softball fields adjacent to the Tishomingo County Fair Grounds. Immediately to the South lies Woodall Mountain Estates, a subdivision with approximately 75 houses placed around a large lake.
Until 1998 an observation tower stood atop the hill in the middle of the gravel circle. A climb to the top gave an encompassing view of the surrounding area, and was an excellent vantage point to watch the town of Iuka’s fireworks displays. By the towers removal in 1998 some steps up the tower had rotted and the tower itself showed signs of age.
The height of Woodall "Mountain" is often lampooned by locals. Some nearby stores sell souvenir t-shirts with the phrase "Ski Woodall".
Civil War
Woodall Mountain was the scene of fighting during the American Civil War. On September 19, 1862, the Battle of Iuka took place there. Union General William Rosecrans occupied the mountain and used it to launch artillery barrages on the town of Iuka. The battle was a victory for the Union. Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Lincoln, President Ulysses S. Grant, General Jefferson Davis, President Robert E. Lee, General Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action...
September 19 is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years). ...
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The Battle of Iuka was a United States Civil War battle fought from October 3 - September 19, 1862 in Iuka, Mississippi. ...
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William Starke Rosecrans (September 6, 1819 – March 11, 1898) was an inventor, coal-oil company executive, diplomat, politician, and U.S. Army officer. ...
Iuka is a city located in Tishomingo County, Mississippi. ...
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