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"The Hill of Death" "THE HILL OF DEATH" read by Edwin C. Bearss, Historian Emeritus, National Park Service
Photography from Anniversary Events
In Memoriam October 22, 1925 — October 7, 2006
Salvaging the Charm, Dot |
History of the
Before the the close of 1840, seven years after ground was broken in Vicksburg, the railroad reached Jackson. The road was built of wooden rails, set five feet apart, capped with strips of iron fastened to the rails by means of iron spikes known as snake heads. Three bridges of considerable magnitude had to be constructed; one over Big Black river, 200 feet between the abutments, and two over Baker’s Creek, about 60 feet between the abutments. Since then, five different bridges have spanned the Big Black. A wooden bridge and trestles were burned by the Confederates in their retreat from Champion Hill. The replacement bridge failed because piers shifted due to the changing river bed at high water. The last built is a majestic concrete two-barrel arch structure that has been in service for 100 years.
Cockrell's Counter Attack Historic Marker Placed
The new historic marker, “Cockrell’s Counterattack” has been placed on the Old Jackson Road between the Cross-roads and the Hill of Death. To date the Champion Heritage Foundation has placed ten historic markers on the battlefield. Bowen's Counter Attack Historic Marker Placed
The new historic marker, “Bowen’s Counterattack” has been permanently placed at the Crossroads within sight of the 2013 marker, “The Fight for the Crossroads.” To date the Champion Heritage Foundation has placed nine historic markers on the battlefield.
Lt. S. E. M.
Underhill
From the Guernsey Times (Cambridge,
Ohio),
This extraordinary letter, written by former English army officer Stephen E.M. Underhill to his mother in Coldstream, Scotland in the waning days of the siege of Vicksburg, gives a lengthy account of Underhill's experiences during the Vicksburg campaign while serving as an aide-de-camp to Brigadier General Stephen D. Lee. The 21-year-old Underhill resigned his commission in the British army and entered the Confederacy through the blockade at Charleston, South Carolina in January 1863, journeyed to Mississippi and gained an appointment to Lee's staff. Underhill gained favorable notice from Lee for his "gallantry and efficient service" during the campaign and following his parole at Vicksburg, he was commissioned as a first lieutenant of cavalry and eventually became colonel of the 65th Alabama Infantry. Death of General Lloyd Tilghman: The Legend of the “Blood-Leaved Peach” By Sue Burns Moore
On a warm spring day, May 16, 1863, Brigadier General Lloyd Tilghman’s artillery, composed of the six guns of Capt. James J. Cowan's Company G, First Mississippi Light Artillery, and two guns of Culbertson’s Company C, Fourteenth Mississippi Artillery Battalion, held the critical burden of defending the only escape route to Vicksburg open to Pemberton’s badly outnumbered Confederates --- the ford at Baker’s Creek. Tilghman held a strong position, but the Federals pounded the Mississippians relentlessly with shot and shell from their position at the Coker house as the great Battle of Champion Hill raged on. Captain William A. Montgomery’s Company of Mississippi Scouts By Sue
Burns Moore
RECORDS OF EVENTS AND MUSTER ROLL OF
Company Report for Oct. 27, 1862 to June 12, 1863, shows station of company, Camp on Bogue Phalia, Bolivar Co., Miss. Record of Events: “On Friday the 20th day of February lost a small portion of the Company under command of Capt. Herndon, had a skirmish with a small party of Federal troops at the house of Col. F. A. Montgomery, near the Mississippi River in Bolivar County. After skirmishing for about one hour the federals reinforced by several companies from their boats, lying about one mile below; when Capt. H. with his command, fell back in good order. No one was hurt on our side. Federal loss one man killed & two wounded.”
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I Was There: The Battle of Champion Hill By Bertha Lewis A Memorial Poem
Medallion Honoring Medallions are now available for purchase by the public. Plain Medallions ~ $20 Medallions in presentation boxes or on plastic presentation stands ~ $25 Send a check payable to the Champion Heritage Foundation, Rebecca B. Drake P.O. Box 336 Raymond, MS 39154
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The Rebel Sister of By Rebecca B. Drake & Sue B. Moore
Collected Stories of the Vicksburg Campaign
By Rebecca Drake and Margie Bearss
Darwina's Diary: A
View of Champion Hill ~ 1865
My Dear Wife ~ The Civil War Letters of Sid and Matilda Champion
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