Sardis, Mississippi

Sardis is a town in Panola County, Mississippi. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 2,038. Sardis is one of two county seats for Panola County, Mississippi; the other is Batesville, on the south side of the Tallahatchie River.

Sardis in The Guns of the South
Sardis was the site of one of Nathan Bedford Forrest's victories against Negro insurgents in 1864, following the armistice with the United States during the Second American Revolution. The Guns of the South, p. 247.