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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