For more than a year, Union forces struggled with difficult
terrain and the seemingly impregnable Confederate defenses
guarding the fortress city of Vicksburg. By the end of April,
1863, Major General Ulysses S. Grant's army of more than
30,000 . . . — — Map (db m244407) HM
What you see here is a reconstruction of the 1852
house built by the Cokers. Efforts to fully restore
the original house were not successful. In order to
save the structure, the house was dismantled and
the salvaged materials were used in the . . . — — Map (db m110131) HM
On the morning of May 16, 1863, Confederate cannon positioned on this ridge engaged Union artillery located nearly a mile east on the Raymond-Edwards Road (to your right). By late afternoon, Confederate positions north of this location were forced . . . — — Map (db m244405) HM
After the defeat at Champion Hill, Confederate forces retreated to the Big Black River on the night of May 16, 1863. Here, Generals John Bowen and John Vaughn defended the east bank of the river and the bridge. On May 17, Federal forces under Gen. . . . — — Map (db m80679) HM
On May 17, 1863, Pemberton's 4th
Brigade, commanded by Col.
Reynolds, and portions of Grant's
15th Corps, commanded by Gen.
Sherman, fought here as Confederate
forces retreated from Champion Hill.
Subsequent skirmishing took place near
here . . . — — Map (db m244398) HM
In 1853, the land now known as Champion Hill was given to Sid and Matilda Champion as a wedding present from her father, Eli Montgomery. They erected a two-story white-frame house along the Jackson Road that overlooked the railroad. In 1862, Sid . . . — — Map (db m86780) HM
On May 12, 1863, Grant made his headquarters here at Dillon's Farm with Sherman's XV Corps. At Raymond, five and a half miles east along Fourteenmile Creek, McPherson's XVII Corps, with 12,000 men, defeated 3,000 Confederates under John Gregg. Grant . . . — — Map (db m80242) HM
On the morning of May 12, 1863, Grant and
Sherman arrived here with two divisions
of the XV Corps and found the bridge
across Fourteenmile Creek ablaze. A brisk
firefight ensued between a detachment
of Wirt Adams' Mississippi cavalry,
posted . . . — — Map (db m178365) HM
May 14
Dissension Among Pemberton's Generals – On his way to take command of the forces around Edwards Station, John C. Pemberton is handed a message from his commanding officer, Joseph E. Johnston, suggesting a move to destroy a federal force . . . — — Map (db m244415) HM
Lloyd Tilgham
Brigadier General C.S.A.
Commanding First Brigade
Loring's Division
Killed here the afternoon of May 16, 1863, near
the close of the Battle of Champion's Hill. — — Map (db m86785) HM
Located 3.5 miles south of Edwards,
Mt. Moriah crossroads was occupied by
Union Gen. John McClernand's XIII Corps
on May 12, 1863. McClernand's object
was to move north and cut the Mississippi
Southern R.R. However. Confederate Lt.
Gen. John . . . — — Map (db m244404) HM
On May 12, 1863, after Grant and two divisions of the XV Corps marched past, three divisions of the XIII Corps turned here onto the Telegraph Road. Four miles north, they met a portion of the 1st Missouri (Dismounted) Cavalry at Whitaker's Ford. . . . — — Map (db m80290) HM
The Coker House is the only remaining structure on grounds
where the pivotal Battle of Champion Hill was fought on May
16, 1863. Located on the southern margin of the battlefield,
the house sustained fire from both Union and . . . — — Map (db m110129) HM
"Vicksburg is the key," said President Abraham
Lincoln. "The war can never be brought to a
close until that key is in our pocket."
The United States government had to control
the lower Mississippi River in order to move
agricultural . . . — — Map (db m110132) HM
