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Yazoo City battle caps Meridian expedition chase
Far in the Civil War 50 years ago Captain George Kilmer recounts the Yazoo City clash as part of Shermans Meridian campaign. Coates’s amphibious force defeats Ross’s cavalry after landing near Yazoo City, while Sherman moves toward New Orleans and Banks plans a Red River drive.
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George L. Kilmer
U. S
Forrest
William Sooy Smith
Memphis
Meridian
Sherman
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Gulf City
N. P. Banks
Banks
Alexandria
Yazoo River
B. K. Owen
Louisville
J. S. Coates
Illinois
Smith
Coates
L. S. Ross
Yazoo City
Grenada
Tennessee
Kentucky
Ross
George C. McKee
McKee
Red River
Miss
Shreveport
Texas
Arkansas
A. J. Smith
Porter
Southwest
Mobile
Atlanta
Nashville
Chattanooga
Gulf
Grant
D. G. Farragut
Mobile Bay
Mississippi
Farragut
Jim
Tenn
Senate
Washington
McPherson
U. S. Grant
Mississippi River