Chickasaw Bayou Battle - Vicksburg, MS
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N 32° 24.317 W 090° 50.850
15S E 702436 N 3587397
Marker on North Washington St. (BUS 61) just south of Chickasaw Road.
Waymark Code: WMHAG3
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 06/15/2013
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Chickasaw Bayou Battle
Here on December 27-29, 1862 General W.T. Sherman with 32,000 men was routed by a defending C.S.A. force of 9,000 led by Gen. Stephen D. Lee. Union losses were 9 to 1.
Mississippi Historical Commission, 1961
Date Installed:: 1961
Organization that placed the object:: Mississippi Historical Commission
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