The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, also called the Battle of Walnut Hills, fought December 26–29, 1862, was the opening engagement of the Vicksburg Campaign...
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order of battle for the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou includes: Battle of Chickasaw Bayou order of battle: Confederate Battle of Chickasaw Bayou order of battle:...
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Yazoo River. Chickasaw Bayou derives its name from the Chickasaw tribe. The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou was fought near this stream in 1862. U.S. Geological...
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and West Tennessee Raids and Sherman's after a repulse at the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou. Sherman's men fell back to Milliken's Bend, Louisiana, Sherman...
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units and commanders fought in the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately. LTG = Lieutenant...
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units and commanders fought in the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. MG = Major...
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Morgan Lewis Smith (category People of Missouri in the American Civil War)
brigadier general of volunteers, to rank from July 16, 1862. He served under Sherman in the Vicksburg Campaign. At the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou he received...
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defending a line of hills above the Chickasaw Bayou. A Union attack on December 29 was defeated decisively at the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, and Sherman's...
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defending a line of hills above the Chickasaw Bayou. A Union attack on December 29 was defeated decisively at the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, and Sherman's...
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46th Mississippi Infantry Regiment (category Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Mississippi)
at the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, receiving praise from Confederate general John C. Pemberton for its contribution to victory in that battle. The Regiment's...
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War, rising to the rank of brigadier general. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou. Williamson was born in...
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the division of Brig. Gen. Frederick Steele spent the morning attempting to get into position through a ravine of the Mint Spring Bayou. McPherson's corps...
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defending a line of hills above the Chickasaw Bayou. A Union attack on December 29 was defeated decisively at the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, and Sherman's...
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by Major General William Tecumseh Sherman was repulsed at the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou on December 27–29. When McClernand arrived to assume command,...
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Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also List of Napoleonic Battles Battles of the...
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known in the North as Battle of Antietam and Second Battle of Bull Run were referred to as the Battle of Sharpsburg and the Battle of Manassas, respectively...
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Vicksburg campaign (redirect from Politics Before the Battle of Vicksburg)
Grant's Canal. Ballard, p. 24. NPS Chickasaw Bayou. Ballard, pp. 147–149. NPS Arkansas Post. Organization of the Army of the Tennessee, Major General Ulysses...
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USS Marmora (1862) (category Steamships of the United States Navy)
sunk by two mines. After further service on the Yazoo during the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou in late December, Marmora was assigned in January 1863 to a fleet...
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defending a line of hills above the Chickasaw Bayou. A Federal attack on December 29 was defeated decisively at the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, and Sherman's...
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Andrew Jackson Smith (category People of California in the American Civil War)
to the Army of the Tennessee, he took part in the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou and the capture of Arkansas Post. He commanded a division of the XIII Corps...
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Mississippi in the American Civil War (redirect from A Declaration of the Immediate Causes which Induce and Justify the Secession of the State of Mississippi from the Federal Union)
Hill Battle of Chickasaw Bayou Siege of Corinth Battle of Corinth Battle of Grand Gulf Battle of Iuka Battle of Jackson Battle of Meridian Battle of Okolona...
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Thomas Clement Fletcher (category American Civil War prisoners of war held by the Confederate States of America)
1864, when he became Colonel of the 47th Missouri Volunteer Infantry. In 1862 he was captured at the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou and taken to Libby Prison...
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19th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion)
Chickasaw Bayou December 26–28. Battle of Chickasaw Bayou December 29. Expedition to Arkansas Post, Ark., January 3–10, 1863. Assault and capture of Fort...
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William Tecumseh Sherman (category Testifying witnesses of the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson)
most of his fellow officers admired him. In December, Sherman's forces suffered a severe repulse at the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, just north of Vicksburg...
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13th Illinois Infantry Regiment (category Units and formations of the Union Army from Illinois)
The regiment was part of General Sherman’s army in his attack on Chickasaw Bayou, and on the first day of battle at the Bayou, Colonel Wyman was killed...
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Vicksburg National Military Park (category Battlefields of the Western Theater of the American Civil War)
besieged. Battle of Chickasaw Bayou Battle of Arkansas Post Battle of Grand Gulf (April 29, 1863) Battle of Snyder's Bluff (April 29 – May 1) Battle of Port...
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The Second Battle of Corinth (which, in the context of the American Civil War, is usually referred to as the Battle of Corinth, to differentiate it from...
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commander of the Right Wing, embarked on an expedition against Vicksburg. Sherman's wing of the XIII Corps fought the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou on December...
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Joseph Lee Heywood (category Victims of the James–Younger Gang)
disastrous Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, led by General William Tecumseh Sherman, where he functioned as a skirmisher along the edge of the bayou and received...
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Holly Springs Raid (category Battles of the Western Theater of the American Civil War)
expedition. Sherman's troops went ashore on December 26. In the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou on December 29, Pemberton repulsed Sherman's soldiers rather handily...
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