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The Battle of Jackson was fought on May 14, 1863, in Jackson, Mississippi, as part of the Vicksburg campaign during the American Civil War. After entering the state of Mississippi in late April 1863, Major General Ulysses S. Grant of the Union Army moved his force inland to strike at the strategic Mississippi River town of Vicksburg, Mississippi.
The Battle of Jackson on December 19, 1862, was a Confederate attempt to delay the movements of the Union troops towards Vicksburg, Mississippi.
17 Μαρ 2024 · On the morning of April 30, 1863, roughly 23,000 Union soldiers disembarked from barges at Bruinsburg, Mississippi during the largest amphibious offensive in American history prior to the invasion of Normandy, France, during World War II.
15 Φεβ 2018 · Advancing slowly through the torrential downpour, the corps of Sherman and McPherson converged on Jackson by mid-morning of May 14. Around 9 a.m., the lead elements of McPherson's corps were fired upon by Confederate artillery posted on the O. P. Wright farm.
Jackson, even more vulnerable, was doomed to both a battle (14 May) and, following the fall of Vicksburg, a siege (10–16 July). In the looting and destruction that followed the siege, a Union colonel from Missouri saw amid the wreckage “pianos smashed so that the ‘Bonnie Blue Flag’ may never be played on them again.”.
17 Μαρ 2024 · May 12, 1863, Union Major General James B. McPherson’s 17th Corps defeated Confederate Brigadier General John Gregg’s brigade at the Battle of Raymond. On May 13, 1863, General Joseph E. Johnston ordered the evacuation of Jackson, Mississippi.
By 10:00 am, both Union army corps were near Jackson and had engaged the enemy. Rain, Confederate resistance, and poor defenses prevented heavy fighting until around 11:00 am, when Union forces attacked in numbers and slowly but surely pushed the enemy back.
