Charge of the 2nd Michigan

During the Civil War siege of Jackson, on July 11, 1863, Union soldiers in the 2nd Michigan Infantry staged an impromptu assault on the city's fortifications. Advancing south through what is today eastern Belhaven, they overran a campsite north of the earthworks and struck the main Confederate line positioned along the heights south of Fortification Street. Though heavily outnumbered, the Michiganders fought to within 200 yards of the fortified ridge before Col. William Humphrey gave the order to retire.

Jackson, Mississippi · United States