✦ History

Part of American Civil War

Battle of Champion Hill

May 16, 1863 · Battle of Champion Hill

Result Union victory

Grant defeated Pemberton east of Vicksburg and drove him back into the city's defenses.

On the map Contemporaries

Union

Confederacy

United States
Confederate States of America
Ulysses S. Grant military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
32,00029,373, 30,000
Casualties
2,457
Killed
410450, 410
Wounded
1,8441,844, 1,850, 1,844
Missing
187200, 187
Strength
20,00018,000
Casualties
4,300
Killed
381380
Wounded
1,8001,018
Missing
1,6703,000, 2,441
Guns lost
11

Units

Army of the Tennessee Union Army 16th Ohio Infantry Regiment 23rd Iowa Infantry Regiment 34th Indiana Infantry Regiment
Army of Vicksburg

Also involved 1