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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22C4_champion-hill-battlefield_Edwards-MS.html
Champion Hill Battlefield
has been designated a
National
Historic Landmark
This site possesses national significance
in commemorating the history of the
United States of America
1977
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM229K_bowens-counterattack_Edwards-MS.html
On the morning of May 16, 1863, Gen. Pemberton placed his three
Confederate divisions along a two-mile front extending from the
Raymond Road on the south to the Middle Road on the north - Loring
on the right, Bowen in the center and Stevenson o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N11_deans-stand_Edwards-MS.html
The Treaty of Doaks Stand, 1820, opened this land to white settlement. Land was quickly claimed, and pioneer families established themselves in this wilderness. William Dean and his wife Margaret settled near here on the Old Natchez Trace in 1823.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ML8_champion-house-site_Edwards-MS.html
In 1853, the land now known as Champion Hill was given to Sid and Matilda Champion as a wedding present from her father, Eli Montgomery. They erected a two-story white frame house on the Old Jackson Road overlooking the railroad near Midway Statio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ML7_lloyd-tilghman_Edwards-MS.html
Lloyd Tilgham
Brigadier General C.S.A.
Commanding First Brigade
Loring's Division
Killed here the afternoon of May 16, 1863, near
the close of the Battle of Champion's Hill.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J25_big-black-river-bridge_Edwards-MS.html
After the defeat at Champion Hill, Confederate forces retreated to the Big Black River on the night of May 16, 1863. Here, Generals John Bowen and John Vaughn defended the east bank of the river and the bridge. On May 17, Federal forces under Gen.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ITI_north-to-the-railroads_Edwards-MS.html
On May 12, 1863, after Grant and two divisions of the XV Corps marched past, three divisions of the XIII Corps turned here onto the Telegraph Road. Four miles north, they met a portion of the 1st Missouri (Dismounted) Cavalry at Whitaker's Ford. A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ISH_change-of-plans_Edwards-MS.html
On May 12, 1863, Grant made his headquarters here at Dillon's Farm with Sherman's XV Corps. At Raymond, five and a half miles east along Fourteenmile Creek, McPherson's XVII Corps, with 12,000 men, defeated 3,000 Confederates under John Gregg. Gra…