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Written Accounts of the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou
December 26-29, 1862 near Vicksburg, Mississippi

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Naugatuck Daily News - January 14, 1913 image of newspaper article "The War Fifty Years Ago" by Capt. Geo. L. Kilmer describes battle
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
The Vicksburg Campaign - 1985 transcription of excerpts from Edwin Cole Bearss' historical work
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

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