It was back in 2006 that reeves lk
and I went searching for the Battle of Champion Hill, and found that the Coker House - used as a hospital by Federal forces - was overgrown and inaccessible.
![Coker House, 2006 Coker House, 2006](profiles/pics/2006/241753a.jpg)
Fortunately, there has been improvement! reeves lk
writes:
Remember traveling in and around the Champion Hill battlefield when you came to Bayou Wars? The Coker House was all covered up with foliage, and all you could see was the fireplace, and it looked like the roof had fallen in. Well, the State of Mississippi took some of the Katrina money and repaired it.
And now, here's the improved Coker House:
![Coker House 2010 Coker House 2010](profiles/pics/2010/520247a.jpg)
![Coker House 2010 Coker House 2010](profiles/pics/2010/520247c.jpg)
![Coker House 2010 Coker House 2010](profiles/pics/2010/520247d.jpg)