Chickasaw Bayou Battle Maps 16th OVI Home Page First Battle Account

Written Accounts of the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou
December 26-29, 1862 near Vicksburg, Mississippi

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Naugatuck Daily News - January 14, 1913 image of newspaper article "The War Fifty Years Ago" by Capt. Geo. L. Kilmer describes battle
Letter from Lt. Benjamin F. Heckert - December 21, 1904 transcription of private letter from Lt. Heckert (ret) to Mrs. Maj. Milton Mills describing the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou in response to her inquiries while seeking a soldier's pension from her late husband
Confederate Letter Regarding Prisoners - March 14, 1863 text of letter from Brig. Gen. John Adams to Maj. R. W. Memminger informing him of the U.S. prisoners he sent to Richmond, including a number of 16th OVI officers who were captured at the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou
The Vicksburg Campaign - 1985 transcription of excerpts from Edwin Cole Bearss' historical work
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Chickasaw Bayou Battle Maps 16th OVI Home Page First Battle Account