Two Union corps advanced on Jackson and Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston decided to evacuate the capital, leaving General John Gregg's force to fight a rearguard action. Gregg fought through the day and then withdrew as ordered. Union forces over the next day destroyed installations, causing heavy damage to parts of the town, before withdrawing. Confederate forces re-entered Jackson on the evening of May 16, 1863. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
Michael B. Ballard, The Civil War in Mississippi: Major Campaigns and Battles (Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 2011), 158.
Record Data
Date Certainty
Exact
Type
Battles/Soldiers
