Vicksburg National Military Park in Warren County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)
Ohio Seventeenth Battery
Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 25, 2017
1. Ohio Seventeenth Battery Marker (Front)
Front,
Seventeenth Battery
Capt. Ambrose A. Blount,
Capt. Charles S. Rice
10th Div., 13th Corps.
Rear
In the Battle of Port Gibson,
May 1, 1863,
Sustained no casualties;
In the Battle of Champion's Hill,
May 15,
Sustained no casualties;
In the assault, May 19,
Sustained no casualties;
In the assault, May 22,
Wounded 3;
And during the siege, not
reported.
Aggregate reported casualties
in battery during the
campaign and siege, wounded 3.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
Location. 32° 20.604′ N, 90° 51.076′ W. Memorial is in Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi, in Warren County. It is on Confederate Avenue west of Union Avenue, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 3201 Clay Street, Vicksburg MS 39183, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Natchez Trace Corridor and in Greater Jackson. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, in the Mississippi Delta, and in the Great River Road Region. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Ohio Ninety Sixth Infantry, (a few steps from this marker); U.S. 17th Battery. (within shouting distance of this marker); Indiana 8th Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker);
this page online
Regarding Ohio Seventeenth Battery. This unit was attached to Brigadier General Andrew J. Smith's 10th Division, Major Generals John A. McClernand's (relieved of command June 19, 1863) and Edward O.C. Ord's XIII Army Corps, and commanded by Captain Ambrose A. Blount and Captain Charles S. Rice.
Also see . . . Wikipedia article on the 17th Ohio Battery. (Submitted on June 8, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)
Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 25, 2017
2. Ohio Seventeenth Battery Marker (Rear)
Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 25, 2017
3. Ohio Seventeenth Battery Marker in far left background.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 8, 2017. It was originally submitted on June 8, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 350 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 8, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
