News On This Day In History: Battle of Champion Hill Was Crucial Action Of Grant’s Vicksburg Campaign – On May 16, 1863 AncientPages.com | May 16, 2016 AncientPages.com - On May 16, 1863, the Battle of Champion Hill was fought. It was the largest, bloodiest, and most significant action of Grant’s Vicksburg Campaign. Thirty-two thousand advancing Read More