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Battle of Chickasaw Bayou

December 26–29, 1862 · Battle of Chickasaw Bayou

Result Confederate victory

Sherman's assault on the bluffs north of Vicksburg failed.

On the map Contemporaries

Union

Confederacy

United States

Confederate States of America

William Tecumseh Sherman military commander

John C. Pemberton military commander

Stephen D. Lee military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: 30,72030,720, 33,000
Casualties: 1,776
Killed: 208208
Wounded: 1,0051,005, 1,005
Missing: 563600, 563

Strength: 13,79213,792, 25,000
Casualties: 207
Killed: 6357
Wounded: 120134, 120
Missing: 1010

Units

Army of the Tennessee 16th Ohio Infantry Regiment Mississippi River Squadron

Army of Vicksburg