Undaunted by his failure at Grand Gulf, Grant moved farther south in search of a more favorable crossing point. Looking now to cross his army at Rodney, Grant was informed that there was a good road ascending the bluffs east of Bruinsburg. Seizing the opportunity, the Union commander hurled his army across the river and on to Mississippi soil at Bruinsburg on April 30-May 1, 1863. During the early morning hours of April 30, infantrymen of the 24th and 46th Indiana Regiments (Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson's XVII Corps of the Army of the Tennessee)stepped ashore at Bruinsburg. (After its establishment in 1796, Bruinsburg had become a significant landing. The advent of the Civil War Brought a decline in river traffic, which resulted in the economic collapse of Bruinsburg, and by 1865 the town was deserted. Because of the shift westward of the river channel, the sites of the village and the landing [both now private property] are no longer on the river).

The Union landing was made unopposed. The Hoosiers were quickly followed by the remainder of the XIII Union Army Corps and portions of the XVII Corps. This landing, involving the movement of 24,000 men and 60 cannon, was the largest amphibious operation in American military history until the Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II. Elements of the Union Army immediately pushed inland and took possession of the bluffs, therby securing the landing area. By the late afternoon of April 30, some 17,000 Federal soldiers were ashore and the march inland began. After resting at the Windsor Platation, a stately antebellum five-story mansion (destroyed by fire in 1890) that had been constructed between 1859-61 as the home of wealthy planter Smith Coffee Daniel III, the decision was made to push on that night by a forced march in hopes of surprising the Confederates and preventing them from destroying the bridges over Bayou Pierre. Instead of taking the Bruinsburg Road, which was the direct road from the landing area to Grand Gulf, Grant's columns swung on to the Rodney Road, passed the Bethel Presbyterian Church and marched through the night toward Port Gibson. Bruinsburg would serve as the only supply depot for Union forces on the Mississippi shore until the Confederate evacuation of Grand Gulf on May 3, 1863.

The Bruinsburg Landing Site has regional/state significance, because it is associated with a significant amphibious military operation that had an observable influence on the direction, duration, and conduct of the Vicksburg campaign. Learning that there was a good road ascending the bluffs east of Bruinsburg, Grant seized the opportunity and hurled his army across the river and on to Mississippi soil at Bruninsburg on April 30-May1, 1863. The Union landing, which was unopposed, involved the movement of 24,000 men and 60 cannon, the largest amphibious operation in American military history until the Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II.

Since the landscape at Bruinsburg Landing has changed little since the 1860s, the site would make an attractive addition to the overall visitor experience of the Vicksburg Campaign. Interpretation of the amphibious landing is merited and perhaps some modest land acquision to support interpretation should be explored.