Grand Gulf Military State Park is a Mississippi state park located 10 miles northwest of Port Gibson in an unincorporated area, now the ghost town of Grand Gulf, in Claiborne County, Mississippi. The park includes the remnants of two batteries that fired on and repelled Ulysses S. Grant's forces during the Battle of Grand Gulf. After the Battle of Port Gibson, Grant made Grand Gulf his base of operations.[3] It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places[4] and is a Mississippi Landmark.
Grand Gulf Military State Park | |
 Confederate Memorial Chapel, built in 1868, was moved to Grand Gulf Military State Park from Rodney, Mississippi in 1983. | |
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| Nearest city | Port Gibson |
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| Coordinates | 32°1′49″N 91°3′12″W / 32.03028°N 91.05333°W |
| Area | 400 acres (160 ha) |
| NRHP reference No. | 72000689 |
| USMS No. | 021-GGF-0100-NR-ML |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | April 11, 1972[2] |
| Designated USMS | September 28, 1987[1] |
The 400-acre landmark includes Fort Cobun and Fort Wade earthworks, the Grand Gulf Cemetery, a museum, campgrounds, picnic facilities, hiking trails, an observation tower, and restored buildings.[5]
The town of Grand Gulf was originally a port on the Mississippi River. However, after being burned during the American Civil War and a shift in the flow of the Mississippi River, the community became a ghost town.[6]
Gallery
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Overview of the Fort Wade earth works. -
Ammunition magazine at Fort Wade. The magazine was excavated in the late 1970s. -
Remaining earth works of Fort Cobun. -
Observation tower at Grand Gulf Military Park
References
edit- ^ "Mississippi Landmarks" (PDF). Mississippi Department of Archives and History. May 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 9, 2010. Retrieved May 10, 2009.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ "Grand Gulf Military Monument Park". battlefields.org. American Battlefield Trust. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places: Grand Gulf Military State Park". Retrieved May 11, 2020.
- ^ "Grand Gulf Military Monument Park". ms.gov. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
- ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 794.
External links
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Media related to Grand Gulf Military State Park (Mississippi) at Wikimedia Commons
- Grand Gulf Military Park, official web site
- Grand Gulf Cemetery at Find a Grave