Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Battle of Jackson

Nominator(s): Hog Farm (talk)

Another article in my project to bring all of the battles and operations of the Vicksburg campaign to FA status. I originally brought this article to GA in early 2021 and have since substantially expanded it, primarily with a stand-alone book about the battle published by Savas Beatie in 2022. After a fight at Raymond on May 12, 1863, Grant decided that the growing Confederate force at Jackson, Mississippi posed enough of a threat that his operational plans needed to be amended to neutralize it. While Grant approached Jackson from two directions, Joseph E. Johnston, sent by the Confederate government to take command in Mississippi, decided almost immediately that the city could not be held. John Gregg, who had led the Confederate troops at Raymond, commanded a delaying action that bought time for the Confederate wagon train to escape. Following the battle, Jackson experienced a wide range of destruction, ranging from legitimate destruction of military and infrastructure targets to wanton pillaging to released convicts burning down the prison they had been held in. Johnston continued to be unhelpful and made no serious attempt to rescue Vicksburg, which fell on July 4. Hog Farm _Talk 23:57, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]