Wirt Adams's Raid
N 31° 23.450 W 091° 23.643
15R E 652694 N 3474032
A small victory for Confederate forces happened in this area.
Waymark Code: WM116BJ
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 08/24/2019
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On December 1, 1863, Confederate Brig. Gen. Wirt Adams moved his cavalry from Gallatin to retake Natchez. Finding the city heavily fortified with Union infantry and heavy artillery, Adams moved south of Natchez to Ellis's Cliff, eight miles west of this site, to disrupt Union river traffic. Learning that 1,500 cavalry had arrived from Vicksburg to capture him, he moved his men to Kingston. On December 7, two regiments of Adams brigade defeated a Federal force on the Kingston Road and then departed the Natchez area to regroup
Date Installed:: 2014
Organization that placed the object:: Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
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