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29	The 20th Mississippi and the 8th Kentucky regiments are mounted. Col. W. N. Brown, with fifty mounted men including Baxter, leave Jackson for Grand Gulf.
30	Grant crosses the Mississippi River to Bruinsburg, Miss., south of Vicksburg.
May 1863
1	Grant defeats the Confederates at Port Gibson, Miss.
Baxter is courier to General John Bowen in the battle.
9	Brown and his mounted men are ordered to Edwards
Station.
12	Grant defeats the Confederates at Raymond, Miss.
13	Joseph E. Johnston assumes command of the Confederate troops in Mississippi at Jackson.
14	Grant turns toward Vicksburg after driving Johnston from son, Miss.
15	Bl^rown and his men report to Brig. Gen.
Baldwin at the Big Black Bridge.
16	General Tilghman is killed at Baker?s Creek. Baxter serves as courier for Tilghman in the battles.
17	Grant routs Pemberton?s rear guard at the Battle of the Big Black River.
18	Pemberton withdraws into Vicksburg defenses.
19	Grant?s assault on Vicksburg is repulsed.
22	Grant opens the seige of Vicksburg after a second frontal
assault on the city fails.
24	Baxter, 20th Mississippi, and 8th Kentucky take possession
of Raymond, Miss., capturing 500 prisoners.
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