Battle of Chickasaw Bayou

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Battle of Chickasaw Bayou
Chickasaw Bluffs, Walnut Hills

Began:

December 26, 1862

Ended:

December 29, 1862

Location:

Warren County, Mississippi

Theater:

Western Theater

Campaign:

Operations against Vicksburg

Outcome:

Confederate victory

Combatants

Right Wing, XIII Army Corps

Dept. of Mississippi and
East Louisiana

Commanders

William T. Sherman
Major General, USA

John C. Pemberton
Lieutenant General, CSA

Strength

30,720

13,792

Casualties

1,776
Killed: 208
Wounded: 1,005
Missing: 563

207
Killed: 63
Wounded: 134
Missing: 10

On December 26, 1862, three Union divisions, under Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, disembarked at Johnson's Plantation on the Yazoo River to approach the Vicksburg defenses from the northeast while a fourth landed farther upstream on the 27th. On the 27th, the Federals pushed their lines forward through the swamps toward Walnut Hills, which were strongly defended. On the 28th, several futile attempts were made to get around these defenses. On December 29, Sherman ordered a frontal assault which was repulsed with heavy casualties. Sherman then withdrew. This Confederate victory frustrated Grant's attempts to take Vicksburg by direct approach. (NPS summary)

v • d • e Operations Against Vicksburg, December 1862-January 1863

Chickasaw Bayou -- Arkansas Post

v • d • e Battles of the American Civil War: 1862

Eastern Theater	Cockpit Point -- Hancock -- Roanoke Island -- Elizabeth City -- New Bern -- Fort Macon -- 1st Kernstown -- Hampton Roads -- Yorktown -- South Mills -- Williamsburg -- Eltham's Landing -- McDowell -- Princeton Court House -- Drewry’s Bluff -- Front Royal -- 1st Winchester -- Hanover Court House -- Seven Pines -- Tranter's Creek -- Cross Keys -- Port Republic -- Oak Grove -- Beaver Dam Creek -- Gaines' Mill -- Garnett's and Golding's Farms -- Savage's Station -- Glendale -- White Oak Swamp -- Malvern Hill -- Cedar Mountain -- 1st Rappahannock Station -- Manassas Station Operations -- Thoroughfare Gap -- 2nd Bull Run -- Chantilly -- Harpers Ferry -- South Mountain -- Antietam -- Shepherdstown -- Fredericksburg -- Kinston -- White Hall -- Goldsborough Bridge

Western Theater	Middle Creek -- Mill Springs -- Fort Henry -- Fort Donelson -- Island Number Ten -- 1st Memphis -- Shiloh -- Siege of Corinth -- 1st Chattanooga -- 1st Murfreesboro -- Richmond, KY -- Munfordville -- Iuka -- Corinth -- Hatchie's Bridge -- Perryville -- Hartsville -- Jackson, TN -- Chickasaw Bayou -- Parker's Cross Roads -- Stones River

Trans-Mississippi Theater	Roan's Tan Yard -- Valverde -- Pea Ridge -- Glorieta Pass -- Stanwix Station -- Albuquerque -- Peralta -- Picacho Pass -- Dragoon Springs -- Saint Charles -- Cotton Plant -- Apache Pass -- Moore’s Mill -- Kirksville -- Compton's Ferry -- 1st Independence, MO -- 1st Sabine Pass -- 1st Galveston -- Lone Jack -- 1st Newtonia -- Old Fort Wayne -- Island Mound -- Clark's Mill -- Cane Hill -- Prairie Grove

Lower Seaboard Theater	Fort Pulaski -- Forts Jackson and St. Philip -- New Orleans -- Secessionville -- Simmon's Bluff -- Tampa -- Baton Rouge -- 1st Donaldsonville -- Saint John's Bluff -- Georgia Landing