Yazoo City expedition

Yazoo City expedition
Part of the American Civil War
Yazoo River
Date May 4–21, 1864[1] Location Yazoo County, Mississippi Result Union victory[2]
Belligerents
United States (Union)	CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
John McArthur	Wirt Adams
Units involved
Post of Vicksburg	Adams' Cavalry Brigade
Strength
2 brigades of infantry	brigade
Casualties and losses
5 killed 14 wounded[3]	unknown

The Yazoo City expedition was an expedition of Union forces from the

History

McArthur's expedition was in conjunction with a second Union raid under

Post of Vicksburg: Brigadier General John McArthur

• 1st Brigade (2nd Brigade, 4th Division, Dist. of Vicksburg): Col Benjamin Dornblaser
  • 46th Illinois Infantry
  • 76th Illinois Infantry
• 2nd Brigade (2nd Brigade, 1st Division, XVII Corps): Col James Henry Coates
  • 11th Illinois Infantry
  • 72nd Illinois Infantry
  • 124th Illinois Infantry
• Artillery: Captain Bolton, Chief of Artillery
  • Battery L, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery
  • 7th Ohio Battery
• Cavalry: Col Embury D. Osband
  • 1st Kansas Mounted Infantry
  • 5th Illinois Cavalry
    , detachment
  • 11th Illinois Cavalry
    , detachment
  • 3rd U.S. Colored Cavalry

Confederate

Department of Alabama, Mississippi & East Louisiana: Lieutenant General Stephen D. Lee

• Wirt's Cavalry Brigade: Brigadier General
  W. Wirt Adams

Battles

• Benton (May 7–9, 1864)^[8]
• Luce's Plantation (May 13, 1864)^[9]
• Vaughn Station (May 15, 1864)^[10]

References