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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.
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.
Civil War Buttons. by Harry Ridgeway. Ridgeway Civil War Research Center, A virtual examination of artifacts of the American Civil War. Buttons of the American Civil War. Presented are military buttons, manufactured 1800 to 20th century, emphasis on American Civil War, 1861 to 1865.
The Battle of Jackson on December 19, 1862, was a Confederate attempt to delay the movements of the Union troops towards Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Warren K. Tice has packed his book with illustrations and photographs of button faces, backmarks, shanks and engravings. Also included in the book is a series of period military photographs to give the collector some context of how the civil war buttons actually appeared on uniforms and so on.
button backmark information this page is to assist you in identifying manufacturing dates on found buttons through use of their associated backmarks the scovill ompany abel porter & co 1802-1811 levenworth, hayden & scovill 1811-1827 j.m.l. & w.h. scovill 1827-1840
17 Μαρ 2024 · On May 7, 1863, Major General Ulysses S. Grant’s force, which by then had swelled to 45,000 soldiers, began marching northeast toward Jackson, Mississippi in three columns, with each column consisting of one corps.
