The Meridian campaign or Meridian expedition took place from February 3 – March 6, 1864, from Vicksburg, Mississippi to Meridian, Mississippi, by the Union...
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The order of battle for the Meridian campaign includes: Meridian campaign order of battle: Confederate Meridian campaign order of battle: Union This article...
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Army of the Tennessee (section Meridian Campaign)
Chattanooga Campaign, through the Relief of Knoxville, the Meridian Campaign, the Atlanta Campaign, the March to the Sea, the Carolinas Campaign, and to the...
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Sherman's March to the Sea (redirect from Savannah Campaign)
The campaign was designed by Grant and Sherman to be similar to Grant's innovative and successful Vicksburg campaign and Sherman's Meridian campaign, in...
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Meridian campaign (3 February – 6 March 1864) of the American Civil War. Order of battle was compiled from the army organization during the campaign....
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the 40th parallel north latitude and the 35th meridian west longitude, thence south along that meridian to the 10th parallel north latitude, thence southeast...
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following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Meridian campaign (3 February – 6 March 1864) during the American Civil War. Order of...
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(2006). Sherman's Meridian Campaign. University of Alabama Press. ISBN 978-0-81731-519-1. Gabel, Christopher R. (2013). The Vicksburg Campaign: November 1862 –...
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Meridian is the eighth most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi, with a population of 35,052 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Lauderdale...
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the 40th parallel north latitude and the 35th meridian west longitude, thence south along the meridian to the 10th parallel north latitude, thence southeast...
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1863–1864 Sherman returned to Vicksburg to lead the Meridian campaign. McPherson led the corps during the campaign. Only the 3rd and 4th Divisions and the 3rd...
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0° A prime meridian is an arbitrarily chosen meridian (a line of longitude) in a geographic coordinate system at which longitude is defined to be 0°. Together...
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60th meridian east longitude, then south along the 60th meridian east longitude to the South Pole. The 16 officially recognized US Army campaigns in the...
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Brigade in January 1864 and fought several skirmishes during the Meridian campaign. As part of H.P. Mabry's Brigade under Major General Nathan Bedford...
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of the Meridian Campaign, also known as the Battle of Meridian. The 89th Indiana had skirmished with Confederate forces on the march to Meridian. As they...
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William T. Sherman's forces during the 1864 Meridian campaign, harassing the Union troops on their march to Meridian and back to Vicksburg. In May 1864 the...
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Battle of Okolona (category Meridian and Yazoo River Expeditions)
for putting Sherman's Meridian campaign in danger. Meridian was an important railroad center, and was the objective of a campaign launched from Vicksburg...
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Vicksburg garrison surrendered on July 4. The 3rd took part in the Meridian campaign opposing Union General William T. Sherman's march across Mississippi...
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the summer of 1863. The regiment then took part in the Meridian campaign, and the Atlanta Campaign, including the Battle of Peachtree Creek and Battle of...
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Decatur and was nearly captured during the Meridian Campaign. Sherman stopped during the return trip from Meridian and slept at Boler's Inn in Union. Sherman...
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Georgia, September 19–20, 1863. Meridian Campaign Battle of Meridian, Mississippi, February 14–20, 1864. Atlanta Campaign, May to September 1864. Battle...
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Indian word). A variant name is "Bogue Flower Creek". During the Meridian campaign in February 1864, General William Sherman camped alongside Bogue Flower...
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clashed with Union General William T. Sherman's forces during the Meridian campaign. In April, a detachment of the 28th Cavalry was sent to Walker and...
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division in the Army of the Tennessee during William T. Sherman's Meridian Campaign. He was still in division command during Samuel D. Sturgis' ill-fated...
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temporary command of Lawrence Sullivan Ross's cavalry brigade during the Meridian campaign, before receiving command of his own brigade in 1864. Mabry's brigade...
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Hardee to Alabama, to reinforce General Polk against General Sherman's Meridian Campaign. Following Sherman's withdrawal to Vicksburg, Hardee was once again...
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variant name is "Tallyhatta Creek". During William Tecumseh Sherman's Meridian campaign, Major General James B. McPherson ordered troops under the command...
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Donald Trump was shot at during a campaign rally being held at the Butler Farm Show fairground, partly in Meridian, on July 13, 2024. Trump and at least...
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Beauregard on September 4. It joined General Sherman's army in the Meridian Campaign, and then returned to Vicksburg until April, when the regiment left...
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Mississippi February 3, 1864 - March 2, 1864: Meridian Campaign February 5, 1864: Clinton February 14–15, 1864: Meridian, MS March 1864 - April 1864: Veterans...
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