Major Campaigns and Battles

1862

• Corinth Siege: April 29 - June 10, 1862
• Vicksburg (naval bombardment): May 18 - July 26, 1862
• Iuka: September 19, 1862
• Corinth: October 3-4, 1862
• Vicksburg-North Mississippi Campaign: October-December 1862
• Holly Springs: December 20, 1862
• Chickasaw Bayou: December 27-29, 1862

1863

• Vicksburg Campaign (attempts to bypass): January 1-April 30, 1863
• Fort Pemberton: March 11-17, 1863
• Grierson's Raid: April 17 - May 3, 1863
• Vicksburg Campaign (Grant's march): May 1-18, 1863
• Port Gibson: May 1, 1863
• Raymond: May 12, 1863
• Jackson: May 14, 1863
• Champion Hill: May 16, 1863
• Big Black Bridge: May 17, 1863
• Vicksburg Siege: May 1 - July 4, 1863
• Jackson Siege: July 9-16, 1863

1864

• Meridian Campaign: February 3-March 5, 1864 (includes battle of West Point)
• Brice's Cross Roads: June 10, 1864
• Tupelo: July 14-15, 1864

Mississippi Civil War Cemeteries

There are very few Mississippi cemeteries of nineteenth–century origin that do not contain the remains of at least one Confederate soldier. Many graves are not in cemeteries. For example, several Unknown Soldier Union marked graves can found on an old roadbed adjacent to Highway 41 between Okolona and the Natchez Trace. These men were victims of action against the cavalry of Nathan Bedford Forrest. Many such graves, Confederate and Union, marked and unmarked, are scattered across the state. The list below, compiled by Richard Cawthon of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, is not intended to be comprehensive; it focuses on the most significant Civil War cemeteries in Mississippi.

Confederate

• Aberdeen: Confederate section of Old Aberdeen Cemetery
• Archusa Springs near Quitman: Confederate cemetery
• Baldwyn: Brice's Cross Roads Battlefield: Confederate graves in Bethany Cemetery
• Biloxi: Confederate cemetery at Beauvoir, last home of Confederate President Jefferson Davis
• Brookhaven: Confederate section of Rose Hill Cemetery
• Canton: Confederate section of city cemetery
• Castalian Springs near Durant: Confederate section of Wesley Chapel Cemetery
• Clinton: Unmarked Confederate burial sites in city cemetery
• Coffeeville: Confederate graves in city cemetery
• Columbus: Confederate section of Friendship Cemetery
• Corinth: Graves at Fort Robinett
• Crystal Springs: Confederate Section of city cemetery
• Duck Hill: Confederate Cemetery
• Enterprise: Confederate section of city cemetery
• Grenada: Confederate section of Odd Fellows Cemetery
• Hazelhurst: Confederate section of city cemetery; several Union soldier graves nearby
• Hernando: Confederate section of Hernando Memorial Cemetery
• luka: Confederate mass grave at Shady Grove Cemetery
• Jackson: Confederate section of Greenwood Cemetery
• Lauderdale Springs near Lauderdale: Confederate cemetery
• Macon: Confederate section in Odd Fellows Cemetery
• Magnolia: Confederate section of city cemetery
• Newton: Confederate cemetery
• Okolona: Confederate cemetery
• Oxford: University of Mississippi campus: Confederate cemetery
• Pontotoc: Confederate section of city cemetery
• Raymond: Confederate section of city cemetery, enclosed by iron fence
• Vicksburg: Confederate section known as ”Soldiers’ Rest,” of city cemetery
• West: Confederate section of Oakwood Cemetery

Union/National

• Corinth: Corinth National Cemetery
• Hazlehurst: City cemetery in section adjacent to Confederate section
• Macon: Odd Fellows Cemetery in section adjacent to Confederate section
• Natchez: Natchez National Cemetery
• Vicksburg: Vicksburg National Cemetery located in Vicksburg National Military Park