On Old Port Gibson Road at Ross Road, on the right when traveling north on Old Port Gibson Road.
Three divisions of the XIII Corps camped here May 7-9, 1863, while a reserve division was at Little Sand Creek, two miles southwest. On May 8, Grant reviewed the troops here. On May 9, the XVII Corps marched through Reganton and turned toward Utica. . . . — — Map (db m103867) HM
On Natchez Trace Parkway (at milepost 61), 1.7 miles north of Fisher Ferry Road, on the left when traveling north.
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Lower Choctaw Boundary
The line of trees to your left has been a boundary for 200 years. It was established in 1765 and marked the eastern limits of the Old Natchez District. This boundary ran from a point 12 . . . — — Map (db m87312) HM
On Old Port Gibson Road north of State Route 27, on the right when traveling north.
On May 11, 1863, two division of the XV Corps camped here. Water was scarce, and Sherman reported to Grant that he was "short of provisions and ammunition" while captured mail indicated "many million rations in Vicksburg." The next morning, Grant . . . — — Map (db m103891) HM
On Old Port Gibson Road south of Midway Road, on the right when traveling north.
On May 8, 1863, as the Union XV Corps left Grand Gulf, two divisions of the XVII Corps rested at Hankinson's Ferry and Rocky Springs to wait for rations. Three divisions of the XIII Corps camped at Big Sand Creek, one and a half miles northeast, . . . — — Map (db m103861) HM
On State Highway 27 at State Highway 18, on the right when traveling south on State Highway 27.
Incorporated March 5, 1880, and named for the native city of Ozias Osborn, an early settler from New York. Utica is noted for the great number of its citizens who have become educators of the deaf. — — Map (db m80234) HM
On School Drive at Administration Drive, on the right when traveling west on School Drive.
The Utica Institute, founded by William Holtzclaw in 1903 and moved to this site in 1910, was modeled after the Tuskegee Institute. Booker T. Washington considered Utica a prime example of his vision for African American education. Known by a . . . — — Map (db m237872) HM
