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Siege on the Mississippi Bluffs at Vicksburg 1862
In June 1862, Union forces under Colonel Fitch and Commodore Davis attacked Confederate batteries below St. Charles near Vicksburg. The battle featured gunboats Maurepas Port Chartrain and Macropes, plus infantry under Forty-sixth Indiana, against batteries manned by Captain Fry and Captain Dunnington. A savage duel left the ironclad Mound City crippled by a direct shell hit, while Texas troops and sharpshooters pressed the Confederates as Navy and Army attempted to silence the bluffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. I. Hilmer
Arly
Hilet
Davis
Mississippi
Vicksburg
Arkansas
T. C. Hindman
Arkansag
White River
St. Charles
Port Chartrain
Macropes
Alison Nelson
Texas
Lone Star
Joseph Fry
Manney
United States Navy
Fry
Treaten G
J. T
Punnington
A. Willams
Dunnington
Williams
Nelson
Entmy
Mound City
St. Louis
Conestoga
Tyler
G. N. Fitch
Forty-sixth
Indiana
A. H. Riley
Fitch
Prr
Maurepas
Rilty
Kilty
Navy
Kiltty
Unni
Gan
Kitty
Hig
Willams
Bitch
Wiilama
St. Louie
Enterprise
Eugenie
Butler
Fort Fisher
N. C
Albany
N. Y
United States
Virginius
Trr
George IL. Hilmer