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	Chapter XXXIV. Grant, Ulysses S. 1885–86. Personal Memoirs
		On the way from the junction to Grand Gulf, where the road comes into the one from Vicksburg to the same place six or seven miles out, I learned that the last of the enemy had retreated past that place on their way to Vicksburg.
		While at Grand Gulf I heard from Banks, who was on the Red River, and who said that he could not be at Port Hudson before the 10th of May and then with only 15,000 men.
		Grand Gulf was accordingly given up as a base and the authorities at Washington were notified.
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	Chapter XXXIII. Grant, Ulysses S. 1885–86. Personal Memoirs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The plan was to have the navy silence the guns at Grand Gulf, and to have as many men as possible ready to debark in the shortest possible time under cover of the fire of the navy and carry the works by storm.
		I occupied a tug from which I could see the effect of the battle on both sides, within range of the enemy’s guns; but a small tug, without armament, was not calculated to attract the fire of batteries while they were being assailed themselves.
		Grand Gulf is on a high bluff where the river runs at the very foot of it.
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	Grand Gulf Military Park Port Gibson MS Between Vicksburg and Natchez (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In May of 1962, the Grand Gulf Military Monument Park was officially opened, dedicated to preserving the memory of both the town and the battle in which occurred there.
		Coaches and carriages bear silent witness to the days when Grand Gulf was bustling with people; while Union and Confederate uniforms, cannon balls, and muskets remain to tell of the fierce fighting that took place during the latter stage of the Civil War.
		Grand Gulf has a lot of interesting history and other items to see, along with other activities for tourists and campers alike, so in the near future come and visit the past, at Grand Gulf.
	www.grandgulfpark.state.ms.us (242 words)

	Grand Gulf State Park - Missouri State Park - - nearby WEST PLAINS
		Grand Gulf Park - In May of 1962, the Grand Gulf Military Monument Park was officially opened, dedicated to preserving the memory of both the town and the battle in which occurred there.
		Grand Gulf State Park preserves one of the most spectacular geologic areas in Missouri.
		Grand Gulf Grand Gulf Natural Area A 60-acre portion of Grand Gulf State Park about 6 miles west of Thayer in Sections 20 and 29...
	www.stateparks.com /grand_gulf.html (445 words)

	58th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
		Early on the morning of the 16th the regiment was marched to the center of the line, where it remained until the announcement of the surrender of the fort.
		The Fifty Eighth went into the battle of Pittsburg Landing on the morning of the 7th of April, its position being on the right, in Taylor’s brigade, General Lew.
		On the 29th of April the battle of Grand Gulf was fought.
	www.ohiocivilwar.com /58oh.html (1516 words)

	Grand Gulf 2/22/03
		We are also indebted to our hosts, the Board of Directors of the Grand Gulf Military Monument Park and the Staff, to Bud, to Claire, to Catherine, and all the other employees who have worked tirelessly to accommodate us and create a meaningful atmosphere for this ceremony.
		Once established on this side of the river, Grant moved on Port Gibson, causing the abandonment of Grand Gulf and, subsequently, the Battles of Jackson, Champion Hill, Big Black, and the Siege and surrender of Vicksburg.
		Military records indicate the presence at Grand Gulf of the two units of Jackson Ross and Wesley Gilbert.
	www.mississippiscv.org /grand_gulf_2_22.htm (1181 words)

	The Battle of Grand Gulf (Mississippi)
		MARCH 19, 1863.-Passage of the Grand batteries by the Hartford and Monongahela.
		Colonel [F. M.] Cockrell had a skirmish to-day, killing 2, wounding 3, and capturing 4 of the enemy, releasing a major and a number of women and children held in their lines; also retaking over 100 negroes; captured 5 or 6 horses and equipage.
		As it is not known what force has been withdrawn from this front, it is not improbable that the force opposite Grand Gulf is there to lay waste the country on that side, and a feint to withdraw troops from a main attack here.
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	Battle Summary: Grand Gulf, MS
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		Description: Rear Adm. David D. Porter led seven ironclads in an attack on the fortifications and batteries at Grand Gulf, with the intention of silencing the Confederate guns and then securing the area with troops of McClernand’s XIII Army Corps who were on the accompanying transports and barges.
		After the transports had passed Grand Gulf, they embarked the troops at Disharoon's plantation and disembarked them on the Mississippi shore at Bruinsburg, below Grand Gulf.
	www.cr.nps.gov /hps/abpp/battles/ms004.htm (278 words)

	Claiborne County Mississippi
		While the Battle of Grand Gulf was counted as a Confederate victory, Grant was able to move his troops past the fortifications and land them at Bruinsburg, below Grand Gulf.
		The former town of Grand Gulf is now Grand Gulf Military Park with a museum, historic buildings, hiking trails and an observation tower with an outstanding view of the Mississippi river.
		The Battle of Port Gibson was a crucial step leading to the Siege of Vicksburg and the opening of the Mississippi River.
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	Bombardment of Grand Gulf
		It was Grant's intention to force a crossing of the river at Grand Gulf and move on "Fortress Vicksburg" from the south.
		For five hours on April 29, the Union fleet bombarded the Grand Gulf defenses in an attempt to silence the Confederate guns and prepare the way for a landing.
		Not wishing to send his transports loaded with troops to attempt a landing in the face of enemy fire, Grant disembarked his command and continued the march south along the levee.
	www.nps.gov /vick/vcmpgn/grndgulf.htm (122 words)

	Battle Of Pensacola - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		At the end of November, Pensacola was badly damaged by a torpedo in the Battle...
		Battle of Pensacola - Describes the capture of Pensacola, Florida from...
		I know it (the battle flag) did not fly in Pensacola," Dr. George F. Pearce, author of Pensacola in the Civil War: A Thorn in the Side of the Confederacy...
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	The Civil War at a Glance
		Their first encounter, the Battle of the Wilderness, opens on May 5 and for the next 40 days the armies remain locke din deadly embrace.
		Meanwhile, in mid-November, Sherman burns Atlanta and begins his famous "March to the Sea." Elsewhere, the blockade continues to tighten as Union amphibious forces seize the forts guarding the entrance to Mobile Bay and Admiral Farragut's ocean-going squadron crushes a Confederate fleet.
		Mar 8-10 Battle of Kinston, N.C. Mar 16 Battle of Averasboro, N.C. Mar 19-21 Battle of Bentonville, N.C. Apr 13 Raleigh, N.C. occupied
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		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.
		December 29 - Battle of Mossy Creek, TN.
	www.america-at-war.net /civil.htm (2950 words)

	Grand Gulf site photos (March 2003)
		View from the Grand Gulf observation tower looking west.
		Rodney, Mississippi Catholic Church constructed in 1868 and later moved to Grand Gulf
		Grand Gulf visitor center from the Catholic Church.
	www.civilwaralbum.com /vicksburg/grandgulf03_1.htm (184 words)

	Grand Gulf Military Park Museum Port Gibson MS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		There are maps showing visitors how and where the ironclads were positioned during the Battle of Grand Gulf.
		It is interesting to see the people that recognize the items from the 1900's as they remember their families using the old washing machine, the old singer sewing machine, the tobacco cutter, and yes even a manual typewriter!
		The museum and grounds fee is only $2.00 for those that are under 60 years young, $1.50 for those that are over 60 years young, and $1.00 for students K-12th grade.
	www.grandgulfpark.state.ms.us /museum2.htm (193 words)

	AAA Traveler Magazine - Vicksburg, Mississippi
		Union Admiral David D. Porter retreated, declaring, “Grand Gulf is the strongest place on the Mississippi River.” In the dark of night, the Union fleet slipped past allowing Grant to regroup on the Louisiana shore.
		As he was speaking, however, the first shots of the Battle of Port Gibson were fired at the Shaifer house (slated for restoration).
		On May 16, the Battle of Champion Hill was considered the decisive battle in the fall of Vicksburg.
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	Grand Gulf (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Grant's movement south was presaged by his successful naval passages of the Vicksburg batteries, but several diversionary actions masked his intention of landing two infantry corps at Grand Gulf, 30 miles south of Vicksburg.
		Preparatory to landing, a five-and-a-half-hour duel took place between Porter's gunboats and the two forts flanking Grand Gulf.
		The gunboats retired and Grant gave up his plan for landing at Grand Gulf.
	www-personal.umich.edu /~scote/cw/object/grand.html (162 words)

	US Civil War Dates 1863
		To relieve the beleaguered Federal troops, the Union Government rushes reinforcement 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 be Gen, Joseph E. Johnson.
		Jan 1-2 Battle of Stones River, Tenn., continued.
	www.civil-war.us /dates/1863.html (367 words)

	Missouri Confederate Brigade
		After the battle of Elk Horn Tavern, Price's army was transferred to the east side of the Mississippi River by Confederate General Joe Johnston, who was concentrating Confederate forces in Corinth after the loss of Forts Henry and Donnelson.
		During the battle of Port Gibson, Thomas and the 2nd Mo. guarded the Confederate Position at Grand Gulf.
		The battle of Bakers Creek is considered by some historians to be the actual turning point of the war.
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	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 reformed unit apparently did not take part in any further battles and was surrendered by General E. Kirby-Smith on 26 May 1865.
		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.
	www.couchgenweb.com /civilwar/Confed_muster_Conway.htm (821 words)

	Gulf Shores & Mobile Alabama Spa Resorts â€“ Grand Hotel Marriott & Battle House, a Renaissance Hotel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Relax, rejuvenate, and revitalize your body and spirit at The Spa at the Grand Hotel Marriott Resort, Golf Club and Spa located just minutes away from the Battle House.
		The experience begins the moment you enter this 20,000-square-foot European spa â€“ our tranquil surroundings, aromatic oils, and soothing sounds work together to restore balance and harmony in the mind and body.
		Scheduled to reopen in mid-2006, the Battle House, a Renaissance Hotel, is an all-new downtown Mobile, Alabama hotel with historic roots in the War of 1812, the Civil War, and distinguished society.
	www.rsabattlehouse.com /spa.cfm (198 words)

	Matson2
		During his service, the 120th and the 114th fought side by side in most of their battles and skirmishes.
		From your last I would infer you have not had a letter for sometime or at least it seems to me so events have crowded on us for some time so that it seem as though it ought to be a long time since your last was written.
		I witnessed the fight at Grand Gulf we were about 3 miles off but had a fair view of the battle it was the grandest sight I ever beheld it was purely a Naval Engagement.
	www.fortunecity.com /westwood/makeover/347/id177.htm (391 words)

	Grand Gulf site photos
		North of the Grand Gulf Military Monument Visitor Center.
		On April 29, seven of Admiral David D. Porter's gunboats attacked the Grand Gulf fortifications.
		Following the occupation of Grand Gulf, Admiral Porter said, "Grand Gulf is the strongest place on the Mississippi."
	www.civilwaralbum.com /vicksburg/grand_gulf.htm (223 words)

	MILITARY AND OTHER AUTOGRAPHS, PRINTS AND EPHEMERA
		Fought in battles of Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna, Totopotomoy and Bethesda Church.
		JOHN POPE - Union Major General - Commanded Army of Mississippi in 1862 and saw victories in battle at Madrid and Island #10 on the Mississippi, opening the upper Mississippi River to the U.S. He served in Battle at Corinth with General Halleck's left wing.
		Commanded Mississippi Squadron which participated in battle at Grand Gulf and in the siege and capture of Vicksburg.
	www.civilwarmall.com /bookseller/files/autogra.htm (1868 words)

	Timeline 1862-1863
		During the Battle of Antietam, an entire Union corps spent most of the bloodiest single day of the Civil War waiting to cross the creek over that bridge, opposed by a contingent of Georgia riflemen.
		The bloody battle of Chickamauga was the costliest two-day battle of the entire war.
		Joseph Hooker's forces took Lookout Mountain, near Chattanooga, Tenn. The battle for Lookout Mountain was fought in a layer of fog whose lower level began at the Cravens House, used as Rebel headquarters.
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	(GCD6C9) Fort Cobun by Mauler 6 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Please visit the Grand Gulf Military Park and its resident cache, on your way to Windsor Ruins.
		A short history of the battle at Grand Gulf on the obverse of the Geocache info sheet.
		Was really glad to get the information on how Grand gulf got it's name.
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	Osage County, Part 18
		He enlisted in 1862 in Company G, One Hundred and Thirtieth Regiment, Illinois Infantry, with rank of Orderly Sergeant, and took part in the battle of Grand Gulf and the siege of Vicksburg, where he was wounded, and sent to the Hospital in St. Louis, and was discharged in April, 1865.
		He enlisted, July, 1862, in Company G, Eighty-third Regiment, Indiana Infantry, and was in the battle of Vicksburg, Arkansas Post, Grand Gulf, Fort Raymond, Gibson, Jackson, Black River, and numerous skirmishes.
		He was wounded in the foot, and transferred to the Seventh Regiment, Indiana Veteran Reserve, and placed on guard duty at Washington in 1864, with rank of Captain, and was discharged June 5, 1865.
	www.kancoll.org /books/cutler/osage/osage-co-p18.html (3268 words)

	Battle of Port Gibson Civil War in Port Gibson
		If he had not recovered from the two wounds he received at the battle of Champion Hill (some call it the Hill of Death) in Mississippi May 16, 1863, I wouldn't be here.
		Grand Gulf Military Park at Port Gibson, MS Civil War Album
		Wintergreen Cemetery Port Gibson, MS Battle of Champion Hill
	www.portgibson.org /civil_war.htm (134 words)

	Gulf
		1991 Following Iraq's capitulation in the Persian Gulf conflict, President Bush told Congress that "aggression is defeated.
		1943 Battle of Kolombangara (2nd battle of Gulf of Kula)
		1863 Battle of Grand Gulf MS and Dinwiddie Court House VA
	www.brainyhistory.com /topics/g/gulf.html (869 words)

	Civil War Ft Wade and Ft Cobun Grand Gulf Military Park Port Gibson MS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Civil War Ft Wade and Ft Cobun Grand Gulf Military Park Port Gibson MS Supporting Battery gun emplacement at Fort Wade, the Lower Battery.
		The site is located on a limestone shelf 70 feet above the Mississippi River just below Point of Rock the command post of General John S. Bowen.
		Point of Rock, 170 feet above the normal level of the Mississippi River, was where Gen. Bowen watched General Grant's buildup at Hardtimes for the Battle of Grand Gulf.
	www.grandgulfpark.state.ms.us /ft%20cobun%20and%20wade.html (129 words)

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