Grand Gulf supply base
Supply base, Grand Gulf, Mississippi.
- Side
- Union
- Kind
- Supply base
- Where
- Grand Gulf, Mississippi
- Years
- 1863
- Today
- State historic site
GRAND GULF SUPPLY BASE
After the Battle of Port Gibson, Grant made Grand Gulf his base of operations and the main supply base for the advance on Jackson and Vicksburg. Escorted wagon trains of ammunition and supplies left it over the following three weeks.
Then
After the Battle of Port Gibson, Grant made Grand Gulf his base of operations, and it became the main supply base for the advance on Jackson and Vicksburg, with escorted wagon trains of ammunition and supplies leaving it over the following three weeks.
Now
State historic site
Grand Gulf Military State Park keeps the Fort Cobun and Fort Wade earthworks, a museum and the Grand Gulf Cemetery on 400 acres.
The nearest railroad in service today is a line owned by a smaller railroad, about 17 miles away.
Nearby
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