Hill's Plantation - Onward, MS
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kwashnak
N 32° 43.400 W 090° 57.000
15S E 692115 N 3622474
Part of the Steel's Bayou Expedition, the marker is located on Route 1 about 1/2 mile West of US 61 in Onward.
Waymark Code: WMH5R8
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 05/27/2013
Views: 7
Hill's Plantation
Union gunboats under Admiral David Porter reached this site on March 16, 1863, in Steele's Bayou Expedition. Sherman camped here, then moved north to protect boats from the Confederate forces.
Mississippi Department of Archives and History, 1991
Date Installed:: 1991/1/1
Organization that placed the object:: Mississippi Department of Archives and History
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