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Coordinates: 32°17′15″N 90°12′00″W. The Battle of Jackson was fought on May 14, 1863, in Jackson, Mississippi, as part of the Vicksburg campaign during the American Civil War.
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 Union victory at the Battle of Jackson paved the way for subsequent victories at the Battle of Champion Hill (May 16, 1863), the Battle of Big Black River Bridge (May 17, 1863), and the surrender of Vicksburg (July 4, 1863) following a prolonged siege.
[Map of the environs of Vicksburg and Jackson, Mississippi]. Title, scale, and date from Stephenson's Civil War Maps, 1989. Pen and ink sketch map drawn on tracing cloth.
The Battle of Jackson on December 19, 1862, was a Confederate attempt to delay the movements of the Union troops towards Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Convenient parking is available for Old Capitol Museum. Refer to the map for more information on parking. The Mississippi War Memorial Building honors the memories of all the Mississippian soldiers who were lost to numerous battles fought throughout the centuries.
On 30 April–1 May Grant crossed two corps of his army (about twenty-five thousand men) to the east bank of the Mississippi at Bruinsburg, downstream from Vicksburg. When Gen. William T. Sherman’s 15th Corps crossed, the force totaled about forty thousand men in all.
