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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.
Battle of Jackson. 1863 battle of 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.
The Battle of Jackson, 1863. May 14, 1863. 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.
13 Μαΐ 2017 · English: Map of battlefield study and core areas. Revisions to the Study Area include the addition of the Federal approach routes (Sherman’s and McPherson’s Corps) marching from Clinton and Mississippi Springs on the morning of battle.
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.
15 Φεβ 2018 · Late on the afternoon of May 13, as the Federals were poised to strike at Jackson, a train arrived in the capital city carrying Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston, ordered to the city by President Jefferson Davis to salvage the rapidly deteriorating situation in Mississippi.
