Mississippi 6th Infantry, Company H (Confederate)
Organized - Mississippi 6th Infantry, Company H - Mississippi
Battle - Port Gibson - Claiborne County, Mississippi
Port Gibson
On April 30, 1863, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's army crossed the Mississippi River at Bruinsburg, 30 miles south of his objective of Vicksburg. Grant hoped to move east toward the capital at Jackson to block the Confederate army there under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston from reinforcing Vicksburg. Port Gibson, ten miles east of Bruinsburg on the Bayou Pierre River, commanded the best approach routes and was the first Federal objective. A Confederate force there was commanded by Maj. Gen. John S. Bowen. Grant's A…READ MORE
Mustered Out - Mississippi 6th Infantry, Company H - Mississippi
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