Created by Tom Horn on 8 Dec 2009, Last Update on 1 May 2010

Port Gibson - 1 May 1863

Grant forces confederate forces under general Bowen to abandon the formidable defenses at Grand Gulf. Union gunboats, investigating the nature of the explosion of the magazine, arrived and took Grand Gulf without a shot.

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Tags : Mississippi,Land,Naval,Combat

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