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Skirmish At Rocky Creek

Mississippi, Jones County, near Ellisville
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Near this site on June 25, 1863, a small group of Confederate soldiers and civilians under the command of Lt. W. M. Wilson of the 43rd Tennessee Infantry, defeated a detachment of the 5th Illinois Cavalry. During the skirmish, the entire 40 man Union force, on a raid to disrupt the railroads, was killed, wounded or captured.

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

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