Battle of Snyder's Bluff

Part of the American Civil War

Date	April 29 (1863-04-29) – May 1, 1863 (1863-06)
Location	Warren County, Mississippi 32°29′47″N 90°48′00″W / 32.4964°N 90.8000°W / 32.4964; -90.8000Coordinates: 32°29′47″N 90°48′00″W / 32.4964°N 90.8000°W / 32.4964; -90.8000
Result	Confederate victory

Belligerents

United States (Union)

CSA (Confederacy)

Commanders and leaders

William T. Sherman

Louis Hébert

Units involved

XV Corps
Mississippi River Squadron

Hébert's Brigade

Strength

1 division
8 gunboats
10 transports

1 brigade

Casualties and losses

unknown

Vicksburg Campaign

Grand Gulf Snyder's Bluff Port Gibson Raymond Jackson Champion Hill Big Black River Bridge Milliken's Bend Young's Point Lake Providence Richmond Goodrich's Landing Helena Vicksburg Jackson Expedition

The Battle of Snyder's Bluff was fought from April 29 to May 1, 1863, during the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. Union forces under Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman conducted a feint against Confederate units holding the bluff, which was easily repelled.

Grant's Operations against Vicksburg.

Confederate

Union

Battle

To ensure that troops were not withdrawn to Grand Gulf to assist Confederates there, a combined Union Army–Navy force feigned an attack on Snyder's Bluff, Mississippi. After noon on April 29, Lt. Cdr. K. Randolph Breese, with his eight gunboats and ten transports carrying Maj. Gen. Francis Blair's division, inched up the Yazoo River to the mouth of Chickasaw Bayou where they spent the night. At 9 a.m. the next morning, the force, minus one gunboat, continued upriver to Drumgould's Bluff and engaged the enemy batteries. During the fighting, the Choctaw suffered more than fifty hits, but no casualties occurred. Around 6 p.m., the troops disembarked and marched along Blake's Levee toward the guns. As they neared Drumgould's Bluff, a battery opened on them, creating havoc and casualties. The Union advance halted and, after dark, the men reembarked on the transports. The next morning, transports disembarked other troops. The swampy terrain and enemy heavy artillery fire forced them to retire. The gunboats opened fire again, about 3 p.m. on May 1, causing some damage. Later, the boats' fire slackened and stopped altogether after dark. Sherman had received orders to land his troops at Milliken's Bend, so the gunboats returned to their anchorages at the mouth of the Yazoo.

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