Liverpool is a ghost town in Yazoo County, Mississippi, United States.
During the early and mid-1800s, Liverpool Landing was "the hub of a bustling community, a steamboat stop and a shipping point for cotton".
[4] In June 1862, Confederate forces constructed a log chain raft across the Yazoo River at Liverpool Landing, in order to obstruct the movement of large Union Army ships.
[5] Another notable river battle occurred at Liverpool Landing from May 20 to 23, 1863, when Confederate commander William Wirt Adams engaged Federal Army gunboats there.
[6] The Confederate vessels Ivy and Capitol were scuttled at Liverpool Landing in an effort to obstruct the river.