Battle of Grand Gulf
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{{redirect3|Grand Gulf|For the geologic feature and state park in Missouri, see [[Grand Gulf State Park]]}}
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{{Infobox Military Conflict
| conflict = Battle of Grand Gulf
| partof = the [[American Civil War]]
| image = [[Image:Approaches to Grand Gulf.jpg|200 px]]
| caption = Map of the approaches to Grand Gulf
| date = [[April 29]], [[1863]]
| place = [[Grand Gulf, Mississippi]]
| territory =
| result = Confederate victory
| status =
|combatant1 = {{flagicon|USA|1861}} [[United States]] ([[Union (American Civil War)|Union]])
|combatant2 = {{flagicon|CSA|1861}} [[Confederate States of America|CSA (Confederacy)]]
| commander1 = [[David D. Porter]]
| commander2 = [[John S. Bowen]]
| strength1 = 7 [[ironclad warship]]s
| strength2 =
| casualties1 = 80
| casualties2 = unknown
| notes =
}}
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{{Campaignbox Grant's Operations Against Vicksburg}}
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The '''Battle of Grand Gulf''' was fought on [[April 29]], [[1863]], during the [[American Civil War]]. In the [[Vicksburg Campaign]] of [[Major General#United States | Maj. Gen.]] [[Ulysses S. Grant]], [[Union (American Civil War) | Union]] naval forces under Rear Adm. [[David D. Porter]] led seven ironclads in an attack on the [[Confederate States Army | Confederate]] fortifications and batteries at Grand Gulf, downriver from [[Vicksburg, Mississippi]]. Although the Confederates withstood the Union bombardment and prevented infantry from landing against their fortification, the victory was only a minor setback to Grant's plan to cross the [[Mississippi River]] and advance against Vicksburg.
==Battle==
[[Image:VicksburgCampaignAprilJuly63.png|thumb|300px|left|Grant's Operations against Vicksburg.{{legend|#ff0000|Confederate}}
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Admiral Porter led seven ironclads in an attack on the fortifications and batteries at [[Grand Gulf, Mississippi]], with the intention of silencing the Confederate guns and then securing the area with troops of Maj. Gen. [[John A. McClernand]]'s [[XIII Corps (ACW) | XIII Corps]] who were on the accompanying transports and barges. The attack by the seven ironclads began at 8 a.m. and continued until about 1:30 p.m. During the fight, the ironclads moved within 100 yards of the Confederate guns and silenced the lower batteries of Fort Wade; the Confederate upper batteries at Fort Cobun remained out of reach and continued to fire. The Union ironclads (one of which, the [[USS Tuscumbia (1862) | ''Tuscumbia'']], had been put out of action) and the transports drew off. After dark, however, the ironclads engaged the Confederate guns again while the steamboats and barges ran the gauntlet. Grant marched his men overland across Coffee Point to below the Gulf. After the transports had passed Grand Gulf, they embarked the troops at Disharoon's plantation and disembarked them on the Mississippi shore at Bruinsburg, below Grand Gulf. The men immediately began marching overland towards [[Port Gibson, Mississippi]]. The Confederates had won a hollow victory; the loss at Grand Gulf caused just a slight change in Grant's offensive.
==References==
*[http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/ms004.htm National Park Service battle description]
==External links==
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[[Category:Battles of Grant's Operations Against Vicksburg of the American Civil War|Grand Gulf]]
[[Category:Battles of the Main Western Theater of the American Civil War|Grand Gulf]]