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"The Hill of Death" "THE HILL OF DEATH" read by Edwin C. Bearss, Historian Emeritus, National Park Service
Photography from Anniversary Events
In Memoriam October 22, 1925 — October 7, 2006
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Sesquicentennial Event a Grand Success By Rebecca Blackwell Drake
On May 18th, 2013, over 600 visitors arrived at Champion Hill to be a part of the 150th Anniversary Commemoration. The visitors came from 22 states and more than 200 of those present were descendants of those who fought in the battle. The Champion Hill Road leading from Bolton to the battlefield set the stage for those who had never visited the historic site. Sections of the Old Jackson-Vicksburg Road, Grant’s 1863 pathway to Champion Hill was visible nearby. Magnolia trees were in full bloom, just as they were on May 16, 1863, when the battle was fought. Union soldiers were taken with the magnolia trees, describing them as white flowers whose blooms were the size of a hat. The picturesque sunken road was draped with arching tree limbs, forming a sight almost comparable to that of Oak Alley in Louisiana.
Photography from 150th Anniversary Event May 18, 2013
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Letters of Pvt. Ackless W.
Geeslin 22nd Iowa Infantry
By Rebecca Blackwell Drake
In 1862, when the War came to Mississippi, one of the Confederate officers assigned to protect the Big Black River railroad bridge between Edwards and Bovina was Brig. Gen. John S. Bowen, commander of the First Missouri Regiment. Accompanying Bowen to Mississippi was his pregnant wife, Mary Kennerly Bowen of St. Louis. She refused to be separated from her husband. When Bowen left St. Louis to enter the war, Mary was by his side, leaving their two small children, Menard Kennerly (age seven) and Anna, (age two, at the family home to be cared for by Mary’s mother. General Bowen received his first real taste of war on April 6, 1862, when, during the battle of Shiloh, he had two horses shot from under him and was severely wounded. Mary accompanied him to Memphis where he was hospitalized until early May. Bowen rejoined his regiment at Corinth and was soon ordered to Vicksburg to defend the city from naval attacks. |
Commemorative Medallions
Sesquicentennial Event Battle of Champion Hill May 18, 2013
Medallion Honoring Medallions are now available for purchase by the public. Plain Medallions ~ $20 Medallions in presentation boxes or on plastic presentation stands ~ $25 Send a check payable to the Champion Heritage Foundation, Rebecca B. Drake P.O. Box 336 Raymond, MS 39154
Champion Hill
Tours
Tour Champion Hill with Sid J. Champion (Sid V), the great-great-grandson of Sid and Matilda Champion.
$50 per person (minimum of 2) Call 601-316-4894
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LEAVES
The Rebel Sister of By Rebecca B. Drake & Sue B. Moore
Collected Stories of the Vicksburg Campaign
By Rebecca Drake and Margie Bearss
Darwina's Diary: A
View of Champion Hill ~ 1865
My Dear Wife ~ The Civil War Letters of Sid and Matilda Champion By Rebecca Drake and Margie Bearss |
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May
16 Three miles west of Raymond I have had no opportunity of sending my letter
out yet so I will write some more. I am still well and hearty. Good news.
Jackson is ours, the Capitol of the state. O’ we are playing smash down here. I
tell you the poor rebs have got perfectly scared and just as soon as we open on
them they run. We have tore up their R.R. for miles. Their troops can neither
get to nor from Vicksburg. 
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