Yazoo Pass Expedition - Coahoma, MS
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Markerman62
N 34° 23.515 W 090° 28.443
15S E 732216 N 3808504
Located on US 61 south of Old Pumping Station Road
Waymark Code: WM13GKB
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 12/10/2020
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On February 3, 1863, Union forces blasted the Mississippi River levee to enable flotilla to use Moon Lake and the Yazoo Pass in a futile effort to reach Vicksburg by way of the Coldwater, Tallahatchie, and Yazoo rivers. Federal forces were stopped by Confederate batteries at Fort Pemberton, near Greenwood, on March 11-April 5, 1863.
Date Installed:: 2006
Organization that placed the object:: Mississippi Department of Archives and History
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