Battle of Big Black River site photos

Battle of Big Black River

More Big Black River Battlefield Photos 1. June 2001 2. March 2003 Panoramas 3. March 2004 Panorama 4. March 2007 Official Records Map of the Battlefield Battlefield Panoramas Vicksburg Campaign Home CivilWarAlbum.com Home	Links: 1. Battle Summary: Big Black River Bridge, MS 2. Battle of Big Black River Bridge - Wikipedia 3. Battle of Big Black River Bridge: BattleofChampionHill.org 4. Battle of Big Black River Bridge - Civil War Battle of Big Black 5. Vicksburg National Military Park - Battle of Big Black River
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Battle Oak Battlefield in 1864 Big Black River 2 3 4 Blockhouse Site Center of Confederate Defense 2 3 Confederate Batteries (west bank)	Confederate Left Flank Confederate Right Flank 2 Gin Lake Gin Lake Levee Meander Scar 2 Slough	Southern R/R of Mississippi 2 3 Smith Station Smith Station Road Steamboat Bridges 2 Wartime R/R Bridge 2 Wartime R/R Bridge Remains 2 3 4 5

(5-2011) Enlarge Big Black Battlefield. The Confederate defense was about 1800 yards long and ran north and south. The left flank was anchored on the Big Black River and the right flank anchored on Gin Lake, south of the railroad tracks. Old US-80 runs east and west through the center of the Confederate defense. View is looking north to east across the center of the Confederate defense

Panorama from Union perspective (Old US-80 approximately 1/2 mile east of Confederate defense)

Panorama of Confederate defense north of Old US-80



(5-2011) Enlarge View from Old US-80 looking northwest across center of battlefield Panorama from Old US-80 near above camera position		(3-95) Big Black Battlefield. View looking southeast from near camera position in previous photo. The Illinois Central Gulf Railroad (wartime Southern Railroad of Mississippi) is in background