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During the Siege of Jackson, July 10-17, 1863, Confederate Gen. William W. Loring's division held defensive positions extending east of the Canton Road to the Pearl River. A number of artillery batteries were posted on this line, the most prominent of which was a salient position at this site known as the "Cotton Bale" Battery, consisting of nine cannon. After repelling several assaults by Union infantry against this position, the guns were withdrawn when the Confederate Army evacuated the city on July 16.
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Jackson, Mississippi · United States
