American Civil WarStuff Happened · War
Battle · Western Theatre
Battle of Champion Hill
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Champion Hill · The hinge
The Hill That Held the Road Home
Grant turns west toward Vicksburg; Pemberton (South) waits on a ridge covering three roads, and one bald crest commands them all.
2Champion Hill · The blow falls
Up the Jackson Road, Onto the Crest
Grant lands the blow on the exposed flank; Hovey (North) and Logan (North) carry the crest by one o’clock, and Hovey’s men call it the hill of death.
3Champion Hill · The counterattack
Bowen’s Charge and the Crest Retaken
Bowen (South) throws the South’s best division back up the slope and retakes the hill, until Grant’s reserve under Crocker (North) takes it for good.
4Champion Hill · The doom of the city
Across Baker’s Creek, and the Division Lost Forever
Pemberton (South) escapes over one bridge, but Loring’s (South) whole division is cut off and marches out of the war, dooming Vicksburg.