MILITARY · HISTORICAL MARKER
Fort Pemberton
Greenwood, Mississippi
Historical Marker Database · Courtesy of Melissa Janczewski Jones
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THE STORY
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Early in 1863, Grant's gunboats bound for Vicksburg were halted here by the batteries of Fort Pemberton and by the sunken hulk of the "Star of the West" in the channel.
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Greenwood, Mississippi · USA
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