Battle of Snyder's Bluff

Quand

29 avr. 1863 – 1 mai 1863

Type

Bataille

Coordonnées

32.50° N, 90.80° W

Description

1863 battle of the American Civil War

Battle of the American Civil War

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.

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