Saturday, July 6, 2013

May 14, 1863---The Battle of Jackson, Mississippi



MAY 14, 1863:   

The Battle of Jackson, Mississippi. 

The Union takes the capital of Mississippi after a pitched fight with rearguard troops who are protecting the main line of Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston’s withdrawal from Jackson in the face of superior numbers. Johnston, with only 6,000 men, was badly outnumbered on May 14th; by the next day, 15,000 additional troops entered the area, and could have swung the battle. Instead, they joined Johnston’s withdrawal. The fall of Jackson was a severe blow to Confederate morale.


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