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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22WP_the-coker-house-and-the-battle-of-champion-hill_Edwards-MS.html
The Coker House is the only remaining structure on grounds where the pivotal Battle of Champion Hill was fought on May 16, 1863. Located on the southern margin of the battlefield, the house sustained fire from both Union and Confederate artill…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22WO_architecture-and-renovations_Edwards-MS.html
What you see here is a reconstruction of the 1852 house built by the Cokers. Efforts to fully restore the original house were not successful. In order to save the structure, the house was dismantled and the salvaged materials were used in the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22WM_the-vicksburg-campaign_Edwards-MS.html
"Vicksburg is the key," said President Abraham Lincoln. "The war can never be brought to a close until that key is in our pocket." The United States government had to control the lower Mississippi River in order to move agricultural produc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22IV_the-death-of-general-tilghman_Edwards-MS.html
General Lloyd Tilghman, a graduate of West Point Military Academy, settled in Kentucky after the Mexican War. In October, 1861, Tilghman was commissioned Brigadier General in the Confederate Army. At Champion Hill he led a brigade whose artil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22IU_a-narrow-escape_Edwards-MS.html
The Battle on Champion Hill raged back and forth for hours, earning the site a reputation as "the hill of death." As more Union reinforcements arrived, Pemberton gave the order to retreat. With Pemberton's army in danger of being trapped, a mes…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22IR_a-refugee-family_Edwards-MS.html
As the Civil War moved into the Deep South, many people fled the shifting war front. Two coinciding events encouraged Henry Coker to become a refugee: the death of his wife and the approach of the Union navy, steaming up the Mississippi River …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22IQ_chicago-mercantile-battery-artillery-in-the-yard_Edwards-MS.html
Artillery used the crest of this ridge throughout the battle. From here Confederate guns commanded the Raymond Road, preventing a Union advance from the right. Late in the afternoon, the Confederates deployed closer to Bakers Creek, and Union …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22CE_the-hill-of-death_Edwards-MS.html
"I cannot think of this bloody hill without sadness and pride. Sadness for the great loss of my true and gallant men; pride for the heroic bravery they displayed. No prouder division ever met as vastly superior foe and fought with more unflin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22CD_site-of-the-3rd-battery-ohio-light-artillery_Edwards-MS.html
"I found General Hovey's command drawn up in line of battle, his right resting on the left of the main road, the enemy, as I learned, having been discovered in force strongly posted on a high ridge known as Champion's Hill, and apparently well…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22C6_the-battle-of-champion-hill_Edwards-MS.html
The Crossroads is a junction formed by the Middle Road from the east, the Ratliff plantation road from the south and the Jackson Road from the north as it descends from the crest of Champion Hill and turns west. At 1:30 p.m. on May 16, 1863, Feder…
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