| Item |
Description
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| The Yankees Are Coming! |
short story of the urgent announcement at a southern Christmas Eve ball of the Union troops coming down the Mississippi River toward Vicksburg |
| Description #1 - The Vicksburg Campaign - 1985 |
transcription of excerpts from Edwin Cole Bearss' historical work |
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Description #2 - The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou |
description of the battle by Cpl. Theodore D. Wolbach, Company E, 16th Ohio Volunteer Infantry |
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Description #3 - The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou |
description of the battle (December 29) by Pvt. Frank Mason, Company A, 42nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry |
| Description #4 - The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou |
letter to The National Tribune by Sgt. Jesse E. Leasure, Company G, 16th OVI, describing the battle and providing some rebuttal of Pvt. Frank Mason's assertions (above) |
| Description #5 - Naugatuck
Daily News - January 14, 1913 |
image of newspaper article "The War Fifty
Years Ago" by Capt. Geo. L. Kilmer describes battle |
| Description #6 - Letter from Lt. Benjamin F. Heckert - December 21, 1904 |
transcription of private letter
from Lt. Heckert (ret) to Mrs. Maj. Milton Mills describing the Battle of
Chickasaw Bayou in response to her inquiries while seeking a soldier's
pension from her late husband |
| Description #7 - Confederate Letter Regarding Prisoners - March 14, 1863 |
text of letter from Brig. Gen. John Adams to Maj. R. W. Memminger informing him of the U.S. prisoners he sent to Richmond, including a number of 16th OVI officers who were captured at the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou |
| Description #8 - Recollections at the Eight Reunion - August 1, 1883 |
a description of the battle and wounding and death of Capt. George Harn |
| Description #9 - The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou - Morgan |
a description of the battle by Gen. George W. Morgan, commanding 3rd Division, including Col. John F. DeCourcey's brigade and the 16th Ohio |
| Description #10 - The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou - Harper's |
a description of the battle from the perspective of the 6th Missouri Infantry appearing in Harper's Weekly, January 31, 1863 |
| Description #11 - The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou - Harper's |
a commentary on the Chickasaw Bayou battle appearing in Harper's Weekly, March 7, 1863 |
| Description #12 - The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou - Sherman |
an account of the battle from its primary commander, Gen. William T. Sherman, in an excerpt from his memoirs |
| Map #1
- Battlefield Map - larger view |
hand drawn map of the
battlefield - wide perspective includes Vicksburg and Yazoo River |
| Map #2 - Battlefield
Maps by E.A. Munn |
two hand drawn maps of the
battlefield |
| Maps #3, #4, #5 - Battlefield
Maps by Maj. Gray M. Gildner |
three hand-drawn maps by U. S. Army Major Gray M. Gildner, submitted with his thesis on The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou in 1978 |
| Map #6 - Battlefield
Map by Michel Lèvy |
hand drawn map of battlefield area in
color |
| Map #7
- Battlefield Map - Small |
small hand drawn map of the
battlefield |
| Map #8
- Battlefield Map - Current Day Aerial View |
Google aerial map with web
author's mark-ups on 16th OVI movements Dec 26-29, 1862 |
| Map #9
- Battlefield Map - Current Day Aerial View - Detailed |
Google aerial map with web
author's mark-ups on 16th OVI movements Dec 29, 1862 |
| Map #10
- Battlefield Map - Current Day Street View - Detailed |
Google street map with web
author's mark-ups on 16th OVI movements Dec 29, 1862 |
| Image #1
- Lithograph of Battlefield |
beautiful lithograph from bluffs
looking over battlefield |
| Image #2
- Chickasaw Bayou battlefield |
soldier sitting on bank of Chickasaw Bayou - by William Redish Pywell |
| Image #3
- Chickasaw Bayou battlefield |
wagon and possibly body in bottom of Chickasaw Bayou or McNutt Lake - by William Redish Pywell |
| Images #4 thru #21
- Current Day Chickasaw Bayou battlefield |
18 modern day images of the Chickasaw Bayou battlefield and approaches contributed by Bruce Schulze, author of the website CivilWarAlbum.com |
| Images #22
- Harper's Weekly sketch of battle |
a sketch of the battle from the 6th Missouri Infantry perspective near the Indian Mound published in Harper's Weekly, January 31, 1863 |
| Images #23
- Harper's Weekly sketch of battle |
a sketch of the battle published in Harper's Weekly, March 7, 1863 |
| The Leaders |
Images of the Union and Confederate officers commanding the forces at Chickasaw Bayou and the defense of Vicksburg, Mississippi, in late December, 1862 |
| Anecdote #1
- Approach of Union Troops Ends Christmas Ball |
a brief but poignant account of Confederates in Vicksburg at a Christmas Eve Ball learning of the approach of Union Forces |
| more to come... |
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