Visitor Center (March 2003)

(3-92) Fort Cobun. North of the Grand Gulf Military Monument Visitor Center. Site Marker: On a ledge 40 feet above the Mississippi, The Confederates in March, 1863, laid out Fort Cobun. Protected by a parapet nearly 40 feet thick were four big guns manned by Company A. 1st Louisiana Heavy Artillery. The guns of Fort Cobun under command of Captain John B. Grayson fired their first hostile shots on March 31st at Admiral David G. Farragut's squadron as it passed down river. On April 29, seven of Admiral David D. Porter's gunboats attacked the Grand Gulf fortifications. For more than five hours, the Union ironclads and the guns of Fort Cobun dueled. The Confederate artillerists disabled the "Tuscumbia." Unable to knock out the Confederate guns, the Union gunboats broke off the bombardment. Following the occupation of Grand Gulf, Admiral Porter said, "Grand Gulf is the strongest place on the Mississippi."

(3-92) Fort Cobun (Point of Rock)
 
Visitor Center Drawing of Action at Fort Cobun
 
Information Tablet (Naval Battle during Grant's Campaign)

(3-92 VHS) Confederate rifle pits at Fort Cobun. Site Marker: Shortly after the Union Ironclads opened fire on April 29, 1863, the 12th Arkansas Sharpshooter Battalion moved up from the reserve and occupied these rifle pits

(3-92 VHS) Mississippi River below Fort Cobun. Hard Times Landing is around the point at upper center of photo