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Gun Town fight told by Capt Kellogg in 1864 series
This first installment recalls the Gun Town raid in Mississippi in June 1864. Capt. J. J. Kellogg details the 113th Illinois and allied units marching from Lamar to Ripley, heavy rain and heat, exhausting marching, and the initial clash with Confederate forces under Forest at Gun Town as Sturgis pitfalls are set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Kellogg
113Th Illinois
Mississippi
Memphis
Charleston
R. R
Lafayette
Tenn
S. D. Sturges
Alex Wilkin
Minnesota Infantry
72Nd
Ohio Infantry
115Th
Illinois Infantry
93Rd
Indiana Infantry
1St Light Artillery
Indiana
Geo. B. Hoge
113Th
Iinois
108Th
120Th
2Nd
Silinios Light Artillery
Edward Boulton
59Th
U. S. Colored Infantry
55Th
U.S. Colored Infantry
U. S. Colored Artillery
Wm. L. McMillan
Benjam
Tuscumbia
Lamar
Miss
Robinson
Salem
Ripley
Crowder’s Plantation
Grierson
Baldwin
Mobile & Ohio R. R
Ripley and
Rrerson
McMillan
Tishom
Forest
Baldwin Road
Tishomingo Creek
Gun’ Town Road
Sturgis