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•Another engagement
occurred on the Morning of October 15th when some 9,000 Yankee troops headed toward the Big Black River
in an effort
to relieve forces near Canton, Mississippi. The battle was fought near Canton where
some 4,000
of the mounted Texas Brigade hit General McPherson’s advance. The battle developed with General Whitfield’s Texas Brigade holding
the high ground in the wooded ravine overlooking the east bank of Bogue Chitto Creek.
Though out numbered, they pinned the Yankees at the bottom of the creek with their
artillery and small arms.