<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War" id="mwgQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>: During the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicksburg_campaign" id="mwgg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Vicksburg campaign">Vicksburg campaign</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_(American_Civil_War)" id="mwgw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Union (American Civil War)">Union</a> forces under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_A._McClernand" id="mwhA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="John A. McClernand">John A. McClernand</a> defeat a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" id="mwhQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Confederate States of America">Confederate</a> rearguard and capture around 1,700 men at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Big_Black_River_Bridge" id="mwhg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Big Black River Bridge">Battle of Big Black River Bridge</a>.<sup about="#mwt46" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-7"}}' id="cite_ref-7" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./May_17#cite_note-7" id="mwhw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 7;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwiA">[7]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-7"><cite about="#mwt43" class="citation web cs1" id="mwByY"><a class="external text" href="https://www.nps.gov/vick/learn/historyculture/bigblack.htm" id="mwByc" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Battle of Big Black River Bridge (May 17)"</a>. <i id="mwByg">NPS.gov</i>. National Park Service. February 15, 2018<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwByk">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwByo">May 17,</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt43" class="Z3988" id="mwBys" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=NPS.gov&amp;rft.atitle=Battle+of+Big+Black+River+Bridge+%28May+17%29&amp;rft.date=2018-02-15&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nps.gov%2Fvick%2Flearn%2Fhistoryculture%2Fbigblack.htm&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMay+17"></span></span>