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The '''Battle of Newton's Station''' was an engagement |
The '''Battle of Newton's Station''' was an engagement on [[April 24]], [[1863]], in [[Newton, Mississippi|Newton's Station]], [[Mississippi]], during [[Grierson's Raid]] of the [[American Civil War]]. |
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| ⚫ | [[Union Army|Union]] [[cavalry]] raiders under the command of [[Colonel (United States)|Col.]] [[Benjamin Grierson]], in an effort to disrupt [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] communications, probed deep in enemy territory and entered the town of Newton's Station (now Newton). They succeeded in securing the town without any serious fighting, and captured two Confederate trains. The raiders also destroyed several miles of railroad track and telegraph wires in the vicinity, severing communications between Confederate-held [[Siege of Vicksburg|Vicksburg]] and the [[Eastern Theater of the American Civil War|Eastern Theatre]] commanders. |
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==Battle Summary== |
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| ⚫ | Union raiders under the command of Col. [[Benjamin Grierson]], in an effort to disrupt Confederate communications, probed deep in enemy territory and entered the town of Newton's Station. |
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Colonel Grierson had set out from La Grange, Tennessee, on [[April 17]] with 1,700 men of the 6th and [[7th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry|7th Illinois]] and the [[2nd Iowa Cavalry]] regiments. Over the next 17 days, his command marched 800 miles, repeatedly engaged the Confederates, disabled two railroads, captured many prisoners and horses, and destroyed vast amounts of property before finally ending in [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]] on [[May 2]].<ref name=harpers>{{cite web |
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Col. Grierson set out from LaGrange, TN on April 17. |
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|url=http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1863/june/grierson-raid.htm |
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|title=Harper's Weekly|date=June 6, 1863 |
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|accessdate=October 07|accessyear=2007}}</ref> |
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The raid and the battle were popularized in the 1959 film ''[[Horse Soldiers]]'' starring [[John Wayne]] as a fictionalized character loosely based upon Grierson. |
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==Notes== |
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==External links== |
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* [http://www.civilwaralbum.com/vicksburg/newton1.htm Photos of Newton's Station] |
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* [http://www.ci.newton.ms.us/station.htm Website with modern photo of the rebuilt railroad depot] |
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[[Category:Battles of the Operations Against Vicksburg of the American Civil War|Newton's Station]] |
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[[Category:Union victories of the American Civil War|Newton's Station]] |
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[[Category:Newton County, Mississippi]] |
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Revision as of 19:05, 21 July 2008
The Battle of Newton's Station was an engagement on April 24, 1863, in Newton's Station, Mississippi, during Grierson's Raid of the American Civil War.
Union cavalry raiders under the command of Col. Benjamin Grierson, in an effort to disrupt Confederate communications, probed deep in enemy territory and entered the town of Newton's Station (now Newton). They succeeded in securing the town without any serious fighting, and captured two Confederate trains. The raiders also destroyed several miles of railroad track and telegraph wires in the vicinity, severing communications between Confederate-held Vicksburg and the Eastern Theatre commanders.
Colonel Grierson had set out from La Grange, Tennessee, on April 17 with 1,700 men of the 6th and 7th Illinois and the 2nd Iowa Cavalry regiments. Over the next 17 days, his command marched 800 miles, repeatedly engaged the Confederates, disabled two railroads, captured many prisoners and horses, and destroyed vast amounts of property before finally ending in Baton Rouge on May 2.[1]
The raid and the battle were popularized in the 1959 film Horse Soldiers starring John Wayne as a fictionalized character loosely based upon Grierson.
Notes
- ^ "Harper's Weekly". June 6, 1863. Retrieved October 07.
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