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	Battle of Vicksburg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Vicksburg or Siege of Vicksburg was the final significant battle in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War.
		In the twenty days since the river crossing at Bruinsburg, Mississippi, Grant had marched his troops 180 miles, inflicting 7,200 casualties at a cost of 4,300 of his own, winning five of five battles: Port Gibson, Raymond, Jackson, Champion Hill, and Big Black River, and not losing a single gun or stand of colors.
		This was mainly defended by untrained fl troops, who fought bravely with inferior weaponry and finally fought off the rebels with help from gunboats, although at horrible cost; the defenders lost 652 to the Confederate 185.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Vicksburg (1677 words)

	Chapter XXXVI. Grant, Ulysses S. 1885–86. Personal Memoirs
		This movement brought Sherman’s corps together, and at a point where I hoped a crossing of the Big Black might be effected and Sherman’s corps used to flank the enemy out of his position in our front, thus opening a crossing for the remainder of the army.
		Here the river makes a turn to the west, and has washed close up to the high land; the east side is a low bottom, sometimes overflowed at very high water, but was cleared and in cultivation.
		As the bridge was destroyed and the river was high, new bridges had to be built.
	www.bartleby.com /1011/36.html (1997 words)

	Battle of Big Black River Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Big Black River Bridge, or Big Black, fought May 17, 1863, was part of the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War.
		Reeling from their defeat at Champion Hill, the Confederates reached Big Black River Bridge, the night of May 16 â“ 17.
		Confused and panicked, the Rebels began to withdraw across the Big Black on two bridges: the railroad bridge and the steamboat, Dot, used as a bridge across the river.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Big_Black_River_Bridge (352 words)

	Civil War Letters of Captain John A
		The levee up and and down the River and he small piece of land that we ocupied was all the dry land as fare as the eye could see except down the River about 5 miles where the land is out of water.
		Black is the place that we fought on the 17 May. We have distroyed all the Bridges on the road from here to Jackson.
		River and it is not long when we heare that Vicksburg has surrendered that we hear the belching roar of the cannon that admonish us that the Rebs are not convinced with our argument but I think that we are using some strong Argument.
	gwillritter.tripod.com /jarletters3.htm (19351 words)

	Battle Cry: A Command & Colors Game: New Scenarios
		The battle was fought on September 21st and 22nd, 1864 in Virginia.
		The battle was fought on June 9th, 1862 in Virginia, one of the many battles in the Shenandoah Valley Campaign.
		Battle Summary: Armstrong Hill from the Knoxville Rountable.
	www.thewargamer.com /BattleCry/sc_other.html (1705 words)

	Battle of Big Black River Bridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		As both sides prepared for battle, Union troops took advantage of terrain features and Brigadier General Mike Lawler, on the Federal right, deployed his men in a meander scar not far from the Confederate line of defense.
		Confederate losses at the Big Black River Bridge were not accurately reported, but 1,751 men, 18 cannon, and 5 battleflags were captured by the Federals.
		Grant's forces bridged the river at three locations and, flushed with victory, pushed hard toward Vicksburg on May 18.
	www.nps.gov /vick/vick/vcmpgn/bigblack.htm (390 words)

	The Battle Of Champion's Hill, The Confederate View
		He expected to hold the Big Black river and fight Grant at Edwards on the Jackson railroad or at the river bridge, a few miles west, and at those points massed his main strength.
		The battle of Raymond was reported by the Federals as a very considerable affair, and they had to mourn the loss of 66 killed, 339 wounded and 37 captured.
		As the high water had destroyed the bridge and made the ford impassable on the Raymond road, the army was forced to take the Clinton road across the creek and then, after reaching Champion's Hill, it marched in column down a transverse road until Loring's division reached the Raymond road again.
	www.civilwarhome.com /CHMchampionhill.htm (2888 words)

	Indian Wars -- Wyoming Tales and Trails
		The impact of the battle, however, was than the Indians fearful of similar retribution remained peaceful for the next ten years.
		In 1865, two battles were fought with the Sioux near present day Casper, one the Battle of the Platte River Bridge, in which a 20-year old lt. Caspar Collins, was killed, and the other shortly thereafter the Battle of Red Buttes, when the Sioux attacked a wagon train coming from Sweetwater Station.
		The reconstruction of Fort Caspar is based on sketches of the fort at the Platte River Bridge made by Lt. Collins in 1863.
	www.wyomingtalesandtrails.com /custer.html (2160 words)

	Civil War Battle and Campaign Maps
		Battle of the Antietam fought on the 16th and 17th September 1862, prepared by command of Major Gen. McClellan, October, 1862 / Battle of the Antietam sketched under the direction of Capt. J.C. Duane plus 4 smaller maps.
		Battle-Ground at Rivers' Bridge, Big Salkehatchie River, S.C. / Chart of Cape Fear River and Port of Wilmington, N.C. / Operations of the Army of the Potomac from March 29th to April 9th, 1865 / Pile Bridge, James River near Varina, Va., January, 1865 plus 2 smaller maps.
		Battle of McDowell, Va. on Thursday, May 8th, 1862 / Pocahontas and Highland Co. W.Va., April 15th-22, 1865 / Route Map of Gettysburg Campaign and used during that campaign by General R.E. Lee, January to April, 1863 / Route to McDowell.
	www.philaprintshop.com /cwbatmap.html (3930 words)

	NPS Historical Handbook: Vicksburg
		Across the mile-wide neck of the river the Confederates constructed a line of works, and behind the earthworks, with their backs to the river, were placed 4,000 infantry of Bowen's Division supported by artillery.
		Realizing the danger of their position, where they might be cut off from the crossing to their rear, the Confederate troops broke and headed for the bridges in disorder.
		Sherman's Corps, which had struck the river 11 miles to the north attempting to outflank Pemberton and prevent his retreat to Vicksburg, threw a pontoon bridge across the river at that point.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/hh/21/hh21c5.htm (340 words)

	Expedition from Vicksburg to Yazoo City, Miss and...... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Cook, commanding the Third Colored Cavalry, distinguished himself and his regiments greatly by the gallantry with which the force guarding the Big Black Bridge were driven off from behind their strong stockade on the opposite side of the river.
		The bridge was taken up, started back to Vicskburg under escort, and the column moved toward Yazoo City on morning of 25th marching thirty-seven miles that day, bivouacking near Mechanicsburg; marched thirty six miles on 26th, bivouacking near Benton; struck the Big Black bridge on 27th and reached Yazoo City on 29th.
		When some distance from the bridge the skirmishing became warm, and the back of the river and the recently erected stockade were carried with some difficulty.
	www.coax.net /people/LWF/exp_vick.htm (2751 words)

	Chronology of the Campaign and Siege of Vicksburg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Battle of Port Gibson; McClernand and McPherson defeat Bowen.
		McPherson feints north at Vicksburg from Hankinson's Ferry on the Big Black River.
		Battle of Milliken's Bend; Confederates under Richard Taylor attack Grant's base on the west bank of the Mississippi, are repulsed.
	members.aol.com /jfepperson/vicks1.html (269 words)

	Battle of Big Black River site photos
		Battle of Big Black River Bridge : Vicksburg National Military Park Home Page
		The Confederate defense was about 1800 yards long and ran north and south.
		The left flank was anchored on the Big Black River and the right flank anchored on Gin Lake, south of the railroad tracks.
	www.civilwaralbum.com /vicksburg/bigblack_river.htm (175 words)

	The Vicksburg Campaign May 1863 American Civil War Maps
		Following failures in the first attempts, the Battle of Chickasaw Bluffs, the Yazoo Pass Expedition, and Steele's Bayou Expedition, in the spring of 1863 he prepared to cross his troops from the west bank of the Mississippi River to a point south of Vicksburg and drive against the city from the south and east.
		In a delaying battle at Big Black River Bridge, 17 May, Confederates crossed the Big Black, destroying their river crossings behind them.
		In the spring of 1863 General Ulysses S. Grant was given the task of capturing the town, thereby effectively cutting the Confederacy in half.
	americancivilwar.com /vicks.html (1410 words)

	USCWC -- Battles
		The Battle of Bloody Bridge, SC: July 7,8, and 9, 1864
		Battle for the Bridge Historic Preserve/Battle of Munfordville
		Battle of Fort Blakely and Spanish Fort, AL
	www.cwc.lsu.edu /cwc/links/cwinfo2.htm (214 words)

	1863 Western Theatre
		To relieve the beleaguered Federal troops, the Union government rushes reinforcements to Chattanooga, names Grant to command in the West, and replaces Rosecrans with Maj. Gen.
		In several battles around Chattanooga between October and November, Grant's armies defeat Bragg's troops, forcing them to retreat to Dalton, Georgia, where Bragg is succeeded in command by Gen.
		Battle of Honey Springs (Elk Creek), Indian Territory
	nps-vip.net /history/glance/1863w.htm (257 words)

	Civil War at Decades.com [Battle: Byram's Ford] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Price had nearly 500 wagons with him and required a good ford over the Big Blue River to facilitate the passage of his supplies.
		This attack was a ruse because the rest of Shelby's men flanked Blunt's hasty defenses, forcing the Federals to retire to Westport.
		With Pleasonton across the river, he was now an additional threat to Price who was fighting Curtis's Army of the Border at Westport.
	www.decades.com /CivilWar/Battles/mo026.htm (289 words)

	Battle Summary: Big Black River Bridge, MS
		Battle Summary: Big Black River Bridge, MS = 3) document.images['one'].src = '../abppgraphics/abppbl1.gif';" onMouseOut ="if (navigator.appVersion.substring(0,1) >= 3) document.
		Description: Reeling from their defeat at Champion Hill, the Confederates reached Big Black River Bridge, the night of May 16-17.
		Confused and panicked, the Rebels began to withdraw across the Big Black on two bridges: the railroad bridge and the steamboat dock moored athwart the river.
	www.cr.nps.gov /hps/abpp/battles/ms010.htm (253 words)

	American Memory from the Library of Congress - Browse by
		Beaver Dam Creek, Battle of, Va., 1862 (3)
		Brandy Station, Battle of, Brandy Station, Va., 1863--Maps.
		Broad River (Jasper County and Beaufort County, S.C.)--Maps.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /ammem/collections/civil_war_maps/subjectB.html (143 words)

	Decades History Search (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Captain Diego Cao sailed south along the African coast and landed at the mouth of the Zaire (Congo) River.
		England's King Richard III, the last of the Plantagenet kings, was killed in the Battle of Bosworth.
		These allies, plus the defection of Henry Percy, the 4th earl of Northumberland helped decide the outcome of the battle.
	www.decades.com /ByDecade/1480-1489/1.htm (1175 words)

	Confederate Muster - Conway Co. AR
		It was paroled later in the month and was declared exchanged on 12 Sep 1863 and was free to return to battle.
		The muster rolls indicate he was sick a good deal of the time, when he wasn't sick he seems to have gotten himself captured.
		After being captured at Black River, William Hinson (Pvt, Co. D, 21st Reg Ark.) appears on a Roll of Prisoners of War sent to Camp Morton, Ind. From there he was sent to the dreaded Fort Delaware, on June 22, 1863.
	www.couchgenweb.com /civilwar/Confed_muster_Conway.htm (821 words)

	US Civil War Dates 1863
		These US Civil War dates are primarily for the western theater of the war, between the western slope of the Appalachians and the Mississippi River.
		In several battles around Chattanooga between October and November, Grant's armies defeat Bragg's troops, forcing them to retreat to Dalton, Georgia, where Bragg is succeeded in command be Gen, Joseph E. Johnson.
		Jan 1-2 Battle of Stones River, Tenn., continued.
	www.civil-war.us /dates/1863.html (367 words)

	Rivergages.com - Data Mining (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Cottonwood River at Lamberton, MN Cottonwood River at New Ulm, MN Cottonwood River near Springfield, MN Crane Lake at Crane Lake, MN Crooked Creek at Hoffman, IL Crooked Creek near Paris, MO Crow Creek at Bettendorf, IA Crow River at Rockford, MN Cuivre River at Troy, MO Cypress Creek Near Ramer, TN (West)
		Sandhill River at Beltrami, MN Sangamon River at Fisher, IL Sangamon River at Monticello,IL Sangamon River at Riverton, IL Sangamon River at Route 48 at Decatur, IL Sangamon River near Chandlerville, IL Sangamon River near Oakford, IL Saylorville Reservoir
		Upper Iowa River at Bluffton, IA Upper Iowa River at Decorah, IA Upper Iowa River at Dorchester, IA Vermilion River at Pontiac, IL Vermilion River near Leonore, IL Vermillion Creek near LaClede, KS Vermillion River near Crane Lake, MN Volga River at Littleport, IA Wakarusa River near Lawrence, KS Wallace Lake Nr.
	www2.mvr.usace.army.mil /WaterControl/datamining2.cfm (2788 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		September 10 - Battle of Carnifex Ferry, WV September 12-15 - Battle of Cheat Mountain, WV.
		December 7 - Battle of Prairie Grove, AR; Battle of Hartsville, TN.
		March 20 - Battle of Monroe's Crossroads, NC March 25 - Battle of Fort Stedman, VA. General Lee begins his last offensive by attacking Grant at Petersburg.
	www.america-at-war.net /civil.htm (2950 words)

	Mississippi Civil War Battle Big Black River Bridge American Civil War
		Reeling from their defeat at Champion Hill, the Confederates reached Big Black River Bridge, the night of May 16-17.
		General John S. Bowen, with three brigades, to man the fortifications on the east bank of the river and impede any Union pursuit.
		General Michael K. Lawler formed his 2nd Brigade, Carr's Division, which surged out of a meander scar, across the front of the Confederate forces, and into the enemy's breastworks, held by Vaughn's East Tennessee Brigade.
	americancivilwar.com /statepic/ms/ms010.html (243 words)

	On This Day ... May
		1 May 1863 - The beginning of the four-day battle of Chancellorsville with action at Fredericksburg, Salem heights and Marye’s Heights.
		6 May 1864 - Battle of the Wilderness, General Longstreet is seriously wounded and General Micah Jenkins is killed.
		Total losses in killed wounded and missing: U.S.A. - 17,666 and C.S.A. 8 May 1862 - Valley Campaign, Federals repulsed at battle of McDowell, Virginia by “Stonewall” Jackson’s troops.
	rockbpubl.com /thismonth/05.htm (1112 words)

	1863 in History
		April 27 Battle of Streight's raid: Tuscumbia to Cedar Bluff, AL April 29 Battle of Chancellordville, Virginia (Fredericksburg, Wilderness Tavern)
		November 6 Battle of Rogersville TN November 7 Battle of Rappahannock Station and Kelly's Ford, VA November 14 Bedford Forrest is assigned to command of West Tennessee
		November 27 Battle of Payne's Farm, VA November 29 Battle of Ft. Sanders, Tennessee (Ft. Loudon), 8-900 casualities
	www.brainyhistory.com /years/1863.html (2060 words)

	CivilWarAlbum.com Links
		The Battle of Stones River (or Murfreesboro), Tenn.
		The Battle of Dripping Springs, Arkansas by Dale Cox
		Battle of Griswoldville- Jones County, Georgia- Samuel GRISWOLD
	www.civilwaralbum.com /links.htm (2323 words)

	Sample Teamwork Seminar
		Bus to McPherson Ridge, Raymond, MS Battle of Raymond
		Battle of Champion's Hill and discussion of lessons learned
		80, to Big Black River Battlefield, old railroad bridge and Warrior's Trail (McClernand's approach route) to Vicksburg and Pemberton's headquarters
	www.battlefocus.com /teamagenda.htm (120 words)

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