150 Years Ago in the Civil War As May 1863 opened, the armies were on the move as important campaigns in both in the East and West were underway. There was significant action on the very first day of the month in Virginia and Mississippi. Battle of Chancellorsville On May 1st, General Robert E. Lee put most of [...]
Continue reading about Chancellorsville, Vicksburg, and Port Hudson Campaigns: May 1863
Key Battle in the Vicksburg Campaign After crossing the Mississippi River at Bruinsburg, Mississippi on April 30th, the Union Army of Major General Ulysses S. Grant marched inland in a northeasterly direction. Grant’s forces engaged the Confederates at Port Gibson on May 1st, at Raymond on May 12th, and at Jackson on May 14th. The [...]
Continue reading about General Alvin P. Hovey’s Division At the Battle of Champion Hill
In mid April 1863, the gunboats, troop transports, and supply barges of Major General Ulysses S. Grant’s command successfully steamed past the batteries at Vicksburg, Mississippi. With the vessels now on the Mississippi River below Vicksburg, Grant looked for a suitable place for a base of operations on the Mississippi side of the river where he [...]
