Battle of Jackson

The Battle of Jackson was fought on May 14, 1863, outside Jackson, Mississippi, during the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War. As part of a campaign to capture the strategic Mississippi River town of Vicksburg, Mississippi, Major General Ulysses S. Grant of the Union Army began moving his force east across the river on April 30, 1863. This beachhead was protected by a victory at the Battle of Port Gibson on May 1. Moving inland, Grant intended to wheel his army north to strike the railroad between Vicksburg and the Mississippi capital of Jackson. On May 12, the Union XVII Corps of Major General James B. McPherson defeated Confederate troops commanded by Brigadier General John Gregg at the Battle of Raymond. This alerted Grant to the presence of a potentially dangerous Confederate force at Jackson, leading him to change his plans and swing towards Jackson with McPherson's corps and Major General William T. Sherman's XV Corps.

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1863  Wikimedia, Wikidata
battle, Confederate States of America, United States, 

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Location: 32.2875, -90.2, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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Battle of Jackson, Mississippi (ca. 1863). Lithograph. Library of Congress

Battle of Jackson, Mississippi-Gallant charge of the 17th Iowa, 80th Ohio and 10th Missouri, supported by the first and third brigades of the seventh division - sketched by A.E. Mathews, LCCN91721174

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1863	Battle of Raymond	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1863	Battle of Jackson	United States, Confederate States of America, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1863	Jackson Expedition	military campaign, military expedition	Wikidata
commons	image		Battle of Jackson, Mississippi (ca. 1863). Lithograph. Library of Congress		Commons
commons	image		Battle of Jackson, Mississippi-Gallant charge of the 17th Iowa, 80th Ohio and 10th Missouri, supported by the first and third brigades of the seventh division - sketched by A.E. Mathews, LCCN91721174		Commons
commons	image		Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant Volume I (page 514 crop)		Commons