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Description |
Descriptions, Articles and Various Accounts |
Description #1 - Battle description by Cpl. Theodore Wolbach, Company E |
Description of the battle by Cpl. Theodore Wolbach, Company E. |
Description #2 - Battle description by theCivil War Trust |
Description of the battle provided by the website Civil War Trust. |
Description #3 - Battle description by Pvt. Frank Mason, 42nd OVI |
Description of the battle as told by Pvt. Frank Mason, Company A, 42nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. |
Description #4 - Battle description by William Everhart |
Description of the battle as written by William C. Everhart. |
Description #5 - Battle desecription by Francis Greene |
Highly detailed description of the battle as written by Francis Vinton Greene. |
Description #6 - Personal memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant |
Detailed description of the battle written by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in his Personal Memoirs |
Description #7 - Battle description from Harper's Weekly magazine |
Short description of the battle from Harper's Weekly newspaper, June 20, 1863. |
Maps |
Map #1 - Military map of battlefield for Gen. A. P. Hovey |
Highly accurate map of the battle drawn by H. A. Ulffers for Brig. Gen. A. P. Hovey |
Map #2 - Battlefield map |
Map of battlefield believed to have been included in Francis Vinton Greene's description of the battle. |
Map #3 - Detailed Battlefield Map from Civil War Trust |
Excellent map of battle, including positions of each regiment. Provided by Civil War Trust. |
Photographs, Sketches and Images |
Image #1 - Drawing of battle from Harper's Weekly magazine |
Image of the battle from Harper's Weekly newspaper, June 20, 1863. |
Image #2 - Painting of battle by Hurz and Allison |
Painting of Battle of Champion's Hill by Kurz and Allison, circa. 1887. |
Image #3 - Officer's sketch of the battle |
Beautiful sketch of the battle by an unnamed officer. |
Images #4-#5 - Historic markers |
Images of two historic markers denoting the location of the battle. |
Image #6 - Sketch of battle by Lt. Henry Dwight, 20th OVI |
Sketch of the battle by Lt. Henry Otis Dwight, 20th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. |
Image #7 - Sketch of battle by Col. James Slack, 47th Indiana Infantry |
Sketch of the battle by Col. James R. Slack, 47th Indiana Volunteer Infantry. |
The Leaders |
Images of the Union and Confederate officers commanding the forces at Champion's Hill, May 16, 1863 (in work) |