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Austin, Mississippi The growing possibility of success at Vicksburg after the landings at Bruinsburg led Stanton to order Halleck to send the Mississippi Marine Brigade back to that area. During the move down the river the E. H. Fairchild, the brigade’s quartermaster vessel, came under fire from two shore batteries in the vicinity of Austin, […]
Mississippi Marine Brigade – Part 5
March 28th, 2014 · No Comments
Categories: Mississippi Marine Brigade (Campaign Series)
Tags: · 2nd arkansas cavalry, 2nd mississippi partisans, alfred w. ellet jr., austin mississippi, beaver dam lake, may 24 1863, mississippi marine brigade, w. f. slemons
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