Egypt, also known as Pikeville, is an unincorporated community in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, United States. Egypt is south of Okolona. Egypt is located on the former Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad and was home to a depot. Egypt also had two churches, an academy, a broom factory, a grist mill, and a Munger System cotton gin. A post office operated under the name Pikeville from 1844 to 1859 and under the name Egypt from 1859 to 1979. The Battle of Egypt Station was fought on December 28, 1864, when Brigadier General

Benjamin Grierson Benjamin Henry Grierson (July 8, 1826 – August 31, 1911) was a music teacher, then a career officer in the United States Army. He was a cavalry general in the volunteer Union Army during the Civil War and later led troops in the American O ...

's Union cavalry division defeated an outnumbered Confederate force led by

Samuel J. Gholson Samuel Jameson Gholson (May 19, 1808 – October 16, 1883) was a United States representative from Mississippi, a United States federal judge, United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississip ...

and

Franklin Gardner Franklin Kitchell GardnerMiddle name Kitchell from his father, miswritten Franklin K. Gardner on his gravestone. (January 29, 1823 – April 29, 1873) was a Confederate major general in the American Civil War, noted for his service at the Siege of ...

. The Union raiders were intent on damaging the railroad before heading southwest to

Vicksburg Vicksburg most commonly refers to: * Vicksburg, Mississippi, a city in western Mississippi, United States * The Vicksburg Campaign, an American Civil War campaign * The Siege of Vicksburg, an American Civil War battle Vicksburg is also the name of ...

. This community was devastated by EF-3 tornadoes on April 27, 2011.

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Unincorporated communities in Chickasaw County, Mississippi Unincorporated communities in Mississippi {{ChickasawCountyMS-geo-stub