Battle of Port Gibson, Mississippi

Battle of Port Gibson, Mississippi - Multiple Union units battle near Port Gibson in Claiborne County, Mississippi on May 1, 1863

• Sub-Operation of Grant's Vicksburg Campaign
• Also referred to as:
  • The Battle of Anderson's Hill
  • The Battle of Magnolia Hills
  • The Battle of Magnolia Church
  • The Battle of Thompson(s) Hill/Plantation

Union Troops

• 2nd Illinois Cavalry (4 Companies)
• 3rd Illinois Cavalry (3 Companies)
• 2nd Illinois Light Artillery / Battery A
• Chicago Mercantile (Independent) Light Artillery Battery
• (II) 8th Illinois Infantry
• (II) 11th Illinois Infantry
• 20th Illinois Infantry
• 30th Illinois Infantry
• 31st Illinois Infantry
• 33rd Illinois Infantry
• 45th Illinois Infantry
• 77th Illinois Infantry
• 81st Illinois Infantry
• 97th Illinois Infantry
• 99th Illinois Infantry
• 108th Illinois Infantry
• 118th Illinois Infantry
• 124th Illinois Infantry
• 130th Illinois Infantry
• 1st Indiana Cavalry / Company C
• 4th Indiana Cavalry / Company C
• 1st Indiana (Independent) Light Artillery Battery
• (II) 8th Indiana Infantry
• (II) 11th Indiana Infantry
• (II) 16th Indiana Infantry
• 18th Indiana Infantry
• 23rd Indiana Infantry
• 24th Indiana Infantry
• 34th Indiana Infantry
• 46th Indiana Infantry
• 47th Indiana Infantry
• 49th Indiana Infantry
• (II) 54th Indiana Infantry
• 60th Indiana Infantry
• 67th Indiana Infantry
• 69th Indiana Infantry
• 1st Iowa Light Artillery Battery
• 21st Iowa Infantry
• 22nd Iowa Infantry
• 23rd Iowa Infantry
• 24th Iowa Infantry
• 28th Iowa Infantry
• 1st Michigan Light Artillery / Battery G
• 1st Michigan Light Artillery / Battery H
• 6th Missouri Cavalry (U)
• 1st Missouri Light Artillery / Battery A (U)
• 7th Missouri Infantry (U)
• 4th Ohio (Independent) Cavalry Company
• 2nd Ohio (Independent) Light Artillery Battery
• 16th Ohio (Independent) Light Artillery Battery
• 17th Ohio (Independent) Light Artillery Battery
• (II) 16th Ohio Infantry
• (II) 20th Ohio Infantry
• 32nd Ohio Infantry
• 42nd Ohio Infantry
• 48th Ohio Infantry
• 56th Ohio Infantry
• 68th Ohio Infantry
• 78th Ohio Infantry
• 83rd Ohio Infantry
• 96th Ohio Infantry
• 114th Ohio Infantry
• 120th Ohio Infantry
• 1st Wisconsin (Independent) Light Artillery Battery
• 1st United States Infantry

Casualties

• Union loss: 181 killed, 719 wounded, 25 missing. Total, 875.

Sources

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 595, 631, 642, 652, 766, 767, 769, 770, 777)
• Wikipedia - Battle of Port Gibson