Battle of Big Black River Bridge

The Battle of Big Black River Bridge was fought on May 17, 1863, as part of the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. During the war, the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi, was a key point on the Mississippi River. On April 30, 1863, a Union army commanded by Major General Ulysses S. Grant began crossing onto the east side of the Mississippi River as part of a campaign against Vicksburg. After engaging and defeating Confederate forces in several intermediate battles, Grant's army defeated Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton's troops at the decisive Battle of Champion Hill on May 16. During the retreat from Champion Hill battlefield, one division of Pemberton's army, commanded by Major General William W. Loring, was cut off from Pemberton's main body. Pemberton, retreating westwards towards Vicksburg, did not know the location of Loring's division, and he held a bridgehead on the east side of the Big Black River to cover Loring's anticipated withdrawal across the river on the morning of May 17.

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battle, United States, 

USS Cairo, 

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1863 Battle of Big Black River Bridge

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1862 Battle of Chickasaw Bayou

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1862 — 1863 Vicksburg Campaign

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1863 Battle of Snyder's Bluff

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1863 Battle of Raymond

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1863 Battle of Champion Hill

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1863 Siege of Vicksburg

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Military maps of the war of the Rebellion-miscellaneous, (1865-1879). LOC 2009581114-29

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1862	Battle of Chickasaw Bayou	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1862	Vicksburg Campaign	military campaign	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1863	Battle of Snyder's Bluff	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1863	Battle of Raymond	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1863	Battle of Champion Hill	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1863	Battle of Big Black River Bridge	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1863	Siege of Vicksburg	battle, siege	Wikidata
site	fort	1791	Fort Nogales	fort	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		USS Cairo	military museum, steamship, preserved watercraft, shipwreck, museum ship, gunboat, United States Navy	Wikidata
commons	image		Military maps of the war of the Rebellion-miscellaneous, (1865-1879). LOC 2009581114-29		Commons