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The Battle of Champion's Hill
May 16, 1863
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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)
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