Chickasaw Bayou | Dec 28-29, 1862
The Opportunity
Today we can save five parcels totaling more than 340 acres at four important Civil War battlefields: Cedar Mountain, Chickasaw Bayou, Fredericksburg, and The Breakthrough.
The total for all the land is worth nearly $4 million, but thanks to anticipated grants and other funding sources, we only need to raise the final $115,000 to preserve this land in perpetuity. That means every dollar you give today can be matched $35-to-$1!
Want to learn more? Visit this page for more information and history related to this campaign.
The History
The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou saw General William T. Sherman in the opening engagement of the Vicksburg Campaign. On December 26, 1862, General William T. Sherman disembarked his soldiers at Johnson’s Plantation to oppose Confederate forces under the command of General John C. Pemberton, a Pennsylvanian who chose to fight for the South.
By the third day of fighting, with the Union army outnumbering Confederates two-to-one, Sherman launched repeated attempts to get around Confederate defenses and failed each time. Sherman would not relent and ordered one last assault on December 29 — a frontal attack on the enemy, resulting in heavy casualties. Sherman withdrew his troops, suffering more than eight times as many losses as the Confederates. The resounding Confederate victory effectively thwarted the Union’s first attempt to capture Vicksburg.
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