Battle of Snyder's Bluff

The Battle of Snyder's Bluff was fought from April 29 to May 1, 1863, during the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. Federal Major General Ulysses S. Grant had decided to move most of his army down the west bank of the Mississippi River and then cross south of Vicksburg, Mississippi, at Grand Gulf as part of his campaign against the city. To cover his planned crossing, Major General William T. Sherman took Francis P. Blair Jr.'s division of his XV Corps on a maneuver up the Yazoo River to feint at Confederate defenses at Snyder's Bluff and Drumgould's Bluff.

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1863 Battle of Snyder's Bluff

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1862 Battle of Chickasaw Bayou

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1862 — 1863 Vicksburg Campaign

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1863 Battle of Big Black River Bridge

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1863 Siege of Vicksburg

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1863 Battle of Milliken's Bend

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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 Big Black River Bridge	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1863	Siege of Vicksburg	battle, siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1863	Battle of Milliken's Bend	battle	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