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Future in question for historic Chickasaw Bayou battle site
by Wally Northway
Published: July 12,2013
Tags: Chickasaw Bayou, Civil War, Civil War Trust, history, Mississippi Civil War battles, tourism
On a wet, gray day in late December, nearly 300 Americans were killed just north of Vicksburg, and another 1,100-plus were injured.
Today, it is largely forgotten, commemorated only by a single, badly scarred historical marker standing on U.S. Highway 61 Business.
The event was the Civil War's battle of Chickasaw Bayou, a failed attempt by Union forces in late 1862 to capture the Confederate stronghold at Vicksburg, and while there are efforts to remember and preserve the events of the Federal's successful Vicksburg campaign of the summer of 1863, there is little talk or plans for doing the same at Chickasaw Bayou.
"It is an extremely significant battlefield," said Bill Hawke, director of the American Battlefield Protection Program, "and it deserves preservation."
The rest of the article: http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/07/12/future-in-question-for-historic-chickasaw-bayou-battle-site/
by Wally Northway
Published: July 12,2013
Tags: Chickasaw Bayou, Civil War, Civil War Trust, history, Mississippi Civil War battles, tourism
On a wet, gray day in late December, nearly 300 Americans were killed just north of Vicksburg, and another 1,100-plus were injured.
Today, it is largely forgotten, commemorated only by a single, badly scarred historical marker standing on U.S. Highway 61 Business.
The event was the Civil War's battle of Chickasaw Bayou, a failed attempt by Union forces in late 1862 to capture the Confederate stronghold at Vicksburg, and while there are efforts to remember and preserve the events of the Federal's successful Vicksburg campaign of the summer of 1863, there is little talk or plans for doing the same at Chickasaw Bayou.
"It is an extremely significant battlefield," said Bill Hawke, director of the American Battlefield Protection Program, "and it deserves preservation."
The rest of the article: http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/07/12/future-in-question-for-historic-chickasaw-bayou-battle-site/
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