Mississippi Nightmare

William Loring’s desperate slog to avoid capture changed the course of the Vicksburg Campaign. Where was Major General William Loring? The Battle of Champion Hill on May 16, 1863, had not gone well for the Confederate army. By dusk, the Rebels were in full retreat before Major General Ulysses S. Grant’s victorious force. Major General …

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