Grand Gulf Military State Park is a Mississippi state park located 10 miles northwest of Port Gibson in an unincorporated area, now the ghost town of Grand Gulf, in Claiborne County, Mississippi. The
Confederate Memorial Chapel, built in 1868, was moved to Grand Gulf Military State Park from Rodney, Mississippi in 1983.
Ammunition magazine at Fort Wade. The magazine was excavated in the late 1970s.
Remaining earth works of Fort Cobun.
Observation tower at Grand Gulf Military Park
Battle of Grand Gulf
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The Battle of Grand Gulf was fought on April 29, 1863, during the American Civil War. Union Army forces commanded by Major General Ulysses S. Grant had failed several times to bypass or capture the Co
Grand Gulf Military State Park
…Gulf, in Claiborne County, Mississippi. The park includes the remnants of two batteries that fired on and repelled Ulysses S. Grant's forces during the Battle of Grand Gulf. After the Battle of Port Gibson, Grant made Grand Gulf his base of operations. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a…
1887 illustration of Union ships bombarding the Confederate positions at Grand Gulf
A 2023 photograph of the remains of Fort Cobun at Grand Gulf Military State Park