Big Black River Bridge - Edwards, MS
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kwashnak
N 32° 20.617 W 090° 40.667
15S E 718550 N 3580893
Marker located on Old US 80 just east of the Big Black River, just west of Smith Station Road.
Waymark Code: WMJM5H
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 12/02/2013
Views: 5
Marker for the Big Black River Bridge, part of the Vicksburg Campaign on 1893.
Big Black River Bridge
After the defeat at Champion Hill, Confederate forces retreated to the Big Black River on the night of May 16, 1863. Here Generals John Bowen and John Vaughn defended the east bank of the river and the bridge. On May 17, Federal forces under Gen. Michael Lawler routed the Confederates in a bayonet charge lasting only a few minutes. Many retreating soldiers drowned in the Big Black River. Confederate losses included 1,700 men captured and eighteen cannon abandoned.
Mississippi Department of Archives and History, 2009
Date Installed:: 2009
Organization that placed the object:: Mississippi Department of Archives and History
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