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By Mark Hilton, September 14, 2014
Newton Train Depot
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| Near South Main Street at East Railroad Street, on the left when traveling south. |
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Here at Newton Station, on April. 24, 1863, Federals under General Benjamin H. Grierson struck the Vicksburg-Meridian rail route, tore up tracks, & burned depot. — — Map (db m77265) HM |
| On Louisville Street at Route 12, on the right when traveling north on Louisville Street. |
| | During the Vicksburg Campaign, a Union cavalry raid led by Colonel Benjamin H. Grierson moved from LaGrange, Tennessee, toward the Southern Railroad at Newton, Mississippi. On the afternoon of April 21, 1863, Grierson's cavalrymen rode into . . . — — Map (db m102566) HM |
| On 3rd Street (State Highway 57), on the right when traveling west. |
| | From here, Col. Benjamin H. Grierson's task force (6th Ill., 7th Ill., 2nd Ind. Cav., Btry "K", 1st Ill. Art.) raided into the deep south. Using as advanced guard Federals in Confederate uniform and other stratagems, he cut the Mobile & Ohio RR at . . . — — Map (db m19303) HM |
May. 8, 2024