(3-01) Enlarge Northwest view from Fivemile Creek bridge

(3-01) Enlarge Fivemile Creek. North view from Old Port Gibson Road

(3-2020) Enlarge Interpretive Marker: Old Auburn. Approx. ¼ mi. northeast of SH-27. View looking southwest

(3-2020) Enlarge Old Auburn Interpretive Marker
 
OLD AUBURN
 
On May 11, 1863, two division of the XV Corps camped here. Water was scarce, and Sherman reported to Grant that he was "short of provisions and ammunition" while captured mail indicated "many million rations in Vicksburg." The next morning, Grant rode from Cayuga and joined Sherman for the move toward the railroad. The XIII Corps left Fivemile Creek, one and a half miles southwest, at 5:30 a.m., following the XV Corps. McPherson's men from the XVII Corps left the Roach Farm, six miles southeast, and marched toward Raymond.

(3-01) Enlarge Junction of Old Port Gibson Road and State Highway 27 approx. ¼ mi. west of Old Auburn site. View looking northeast.

(3-01) Enlarge Whitaker Ford on Fourteenmile Creek. View looking north up the Historic Telegraph Road, four miles north of Old Port Gibson Road. On May 12 McClernand's Corps turned north on Telegraph Road, to strike the railroad at Edwards Station.  Just south of the creek, the Federal vanguard encountered dismounted Confederate cavalry. After a brisk skirmish the troopers were forced to retire across the creek to a fortified line south of Edwards Station. The Federals chased the Confederates only as far as Mt. Moriah, a mile and a half north

(3-12) Enlarge Fourteenmile Creek at site of Whitaker Ford. View looking east from the Middle Road bridge (wartime Telegraph Road)