May 16th, 2024
The May 16, 1863 Battle of Champion Hill was the largest, bloodiest, and most significant action of Grant's Vicksburg Campaign. More than 32,000 advancing Union soldiers met 23,000 Confederates in a fierce struggle for a vital crossroads roughly halfway between Vicksburg and Jackson, Mississippi.
Source: www.nps.gov/vick/learn/historyculture/championhill.htm