Battle of Newton's Station 1863
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Date | 24 April 1863 | Wikidata |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 1863 | Wikidata P585 (point in time) |
| Era | 19th century (1800–1913) | derived from year |
| Location | United States | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | North America | Natural Earth |
| Coordinates | 32.3203, -89.1624 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
The Battle of Newton's Station was an engagement on April 24, 1863, in Newton's Station, Mississippi, during the famous Grierson's Raid of the American Civil War (1861-1865).
Union Army cavalry raiders of 1,700 troopers in a brigade of three mounted regiments (6th and 7th Illinois and 2nd Iowa Cavalry Regiments) under the command of Col. Benjamin Grierson (1826-1911), in an effort to disrupt Confederate States Army and civilian east-west communications and the railway line between Vicksburg and the state capital of Jackson further to the east.
They left LaGrange, Tennessee in the north and drove south through Mississippi to eventually rendezvous with Federal-occupied Baton Rouge, the state capital of Louisiana to the south. The blue-coated troopers probed deep in enemy territory and entered the town of Newton's Station (now Newton). They succeeded in securing the town without any serious fighting and captured two Confederate trains nearby.
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