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F. P. Blair (search for this): entry chickasaw-bayou-battle-of
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Chickasaw Bayou, battle of
When Gen. W. T. Sherman came down from Memphis to engage in the siege of Vicksburg, late in 1862, with about 20,000 men and some heavy siege guns, he was joined by troops from Helena, Ark., and was met by a gunboat fleet, under Admiral Porter, at the mouth of the Yazoo River, just above the city (Dec. 25). The two commanders arranged a plan for attacking Vicksburg in the rear.
They went up the Yazoo to capture some batteries at Chickasaw Bayou and other points.
The Yazoo sweeps round in a great bend within a few miles of Vicksburg.
The range of hills on which Vicksburg stands extends to the Yazoo, about 12 miles above the city, where they terminate in Haines's Bluff.
There is a deep natural ditch extending from the Yazoo below Haines's Bluff to the Mississippi, called Chickasaw Bayou, passing near the bluffs, which were fortified, and along their bases were rifle-pits for sharp-shooters.
This bayou lay in the path of Sherman's march up the bluff
1862 AD (search for this): entry chickasaw-bayou-battle-of
Chickasaw Bayou, battle of
When Gen. W. T. Sherman came down from Memphis to engage in the siege of Vicksburg, late in 1862, with about 20,000 men and some heavy siege guns, he was joined by troops from Helena, Ark., and was met by a gunboat fleet, under Admiral Porter, at the mouth of the Yazoo River, just above the city (Dec. 25). The two commanders arranged a plan for attacking Vicksburg in the rear.
They went up the Yazoo to capture some batteries at Chickasaw Bayou and other points.
The Yazoo sweeps round in a great bend within a few miles of Vicksburg.
The range of hills on which Vicksburg stands extends to the Yazoo, about 12 miles above the city, where they terminate in Haines's Bluff.
There is a deep natural ditch extending from the Yazoo below Haines's Bluff to the Mississippi, called Chickasaw Bayou, passing near the bluffs, which were fortified, and along their bases were rifle-pits for sharp-shooters.
This bayou lay in the path of Sherman's march up the bluff
December 27th (search for this): entry chickasaw-bayou-battle-of
December 25th (search for this): entry chickasaw-bayou-battle-of
Chickasaw Bayou, battle of
When Gen. W. T. Sherman came down from Memphis to engage in the siege of Vicksburg, late in 1862, with about 20,000 men and some heavy siege guns, he was joined by troops from Helena, Ark., and was met by a gunboat fleet, under Admiral Porter, at the mouth of the Yazoo River, just above the city (Dec. 25). The two commanders arranged a plan for attacking Vicksburg in the rear.
They went up the Yazoo to capture some batteries at Chickasaw Bayou and other points.
The Yazoo sweeps round in a great bend within a few miles of Vicksburg.
The range of hills on which Vicksburg stands extends to the Yazoo, about 12 miles above the city, where they terminate in Haines's Bluff.
There is a deep natural ditch extending from the Yazoo below Haines's Bluff to the Mississippi, called Chickasaw Bayou, passing near the bluffs, which were fortified, and along their bases were rifle-pits for sharp-shooters.
This bayou lay in the path of Sherman's march up the bluf