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| ==Background== | ==Background== |
| Following the Union occupation of [[Jackson, Mississippi]], on May 14, both Confederate and Union forces made plans for future operations. General [[Joseph E. Johnston]], commanding all Confederate forces in [[Mississippi]], retreated with most of his army up the Canton Road. However, he ordered Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton, commanding three divisions totaling about 23,000 men, to leave [[Edwards, Mississippi|Edwards]] Station and attack the Union troops at [[Clinton, Mississippi|Clinton]]. Pemberton and his generals felt that Johnston's plan was likely to result in disaster and decided instead to attack the Union supply trains moving from [[Grand Gulf, Mississippi|Grand Gulf]] to [[Raymond, Mississippi|Raymond]]. On May 16, however, Pemberton received another message from Johnston repeating his former orders. Pemberton had already started after the supply trains and was on the Raymond-Edwards Road, with his rear at a crossroads one-third mile south of the crest of Champion Hill. When he obediently ordered a countermarch, his rear, including his supply wagons, had become the vanguard of his attack. | The following Union occupation of [[Jackson, Mississippi]], on May 14, both Confederate and Union forces made plans for future operations. General [[Joseph E. Johnston]], commanding all Confederate forces in [[Mississippi]], retreated with most of his army up the Canton Road. However, he ordered Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton, commanding three divisions totaling about 23,000 men, to leave [[Edwards, Mississippi|Edwards]] Station and attack the Union troops at [[Clinton, Mississippi|Clinton]]. Pemberton and his generals felt that Johnston's plan was likely to result in disaster and decided instead to attack the Union supply trains moving from [[Grand Gulf, Mississippi|Grand Gulf]] to [[Raymond, Mississippi|Raymond]]. On May 16, however, Pemberton received another message from Johnston repeating his former orders. Pemberton had already started after the supply trains and was on the Raymond-Edwards Road, with his rear at a crossroads one-third mile south of the crest of Champion Hill. When he obediently ordered a countermarch, his rear, including his supply wagons, had become the vanguard of his attack. |
| ==Opposing forces== | ==Opposing forces== |
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