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Port Gibson, Mississippi
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The first shot in the Battle of Port Gibson was fired from this site. The monument's top honors the Confederate soldiers who fought and fell in the Battle of Port Gibson on May 1, 1863.
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A Fight at Midnight
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Battle of Port Gibson
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Field Surgery on the Porch
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At the Center of the Battle
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Magnolia Church and the Battle along the Rodney Road
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Battle of Port Gibson
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