jon_norstog
05-29-2021, 09:57
Battlefield Trust has a "conservation lease" on this battlefield, which is mostly intact, now they are trying to raise money to buy it. I never knew about this fight until I read the article ... it was do or die for both sides in the war in the west. The Union won and that was it for Vicksburg - the victory there allowed the Union to cut its communications and surrounded its fortifications.
This is a good account of the battle, you can see how it could have gone either way.
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/battle-champions-hill
I sent them $20.
jn
This is a good account of the battle, you can see how it could have gone either way.
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/battle-champions-hill
I sent them $20.
jn