Jackson manufacturing center
Site, Jackson, Mississippi.
- Side
- Confederate
- Kind
- Site
- Where
- Jackson, Mississippi
- Years
- 1861-1863
JACKSON MANUFACTURING CENTER
Jackson became a strategic center of manufacturing for the Confederacy, 1861-1863. Union forces captured Jackson twice in 1863, once before and once after the fall of Vicksburg.
Then
Jackson became a strategic center of manufacturing for the Confederacy.
Union forces captured Jackson twice in 1863, before and after the fall of Vicksburg.
Now
Lines owned by CN and CPKC run through Jackson today.
Nearby
- 1 miSherman wrecks the railroads at JacksonMay 15, 1863, Jackson, Mississippi
- 39 miVicksburg surrenders and the Confederacy is splitJuly 4, 1863, Vicksburg, Mississippi
- 54 miGrand Gulf supply baseUnion · Supply base, Grand Gulf, Mississippi
- 54 miMilliken's Bend supply baseUnion · Supply base, Madison Parish (Milliken's Bend), Louisiana
- 60 miGrierson's raiders burn trains and depot at Newton's StationApril 24, 1863, Newton, Mississippi
- 87 miSherman destroys the rail centre at MeridianFebruary 14, 1864, Meridian, Mississippi