Holly Springs supply depot
Depot, Holly Springs, Mississippi.
- Side
- Union
- Kind
- Depot
- Where
- Holly Springs, Mississippi
- Years
- 1862
HOLLY SPRINGS DEPOT
Grant's northern supply depot and headquarters in late 1862 for his overland drive on Vicksburg, with supplies stored at the former Confederate armory site. Earl Van Dorn's raid in December 1862 destroyed most of them and forced Grant to cancel the overland part of his campaign.
Then
Grant used Holly Springs as his northern supply depot and headquarters in late 1862 while mounting his overland drive on Vicksburg, storing Union supplies at the former Confederate armory site.
Earl Van Dorn's raid in December 1862 destroyed most of the Union supplies and burned the Holly Springs Female Institute campus, and the loss forced Grant to cancel the overland part of his campaign.
Now
Lines owned by BNSF run through Holly Springs today.
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