Created by Tom Horn on 8 Dec 2009, Last Update on 13 May 2010

Big Black River Bridge - 17 May 1863

The Union troops led by John McClernand captured approximately 1,700 troops at Big Black. Fewer than half of the Confederates who had fought at Champion Hill made it into the defenses at Vicksburg.

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Tags : Mississippi,Land,Combat

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