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Vicksburg National Military Park in Warren County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)
 

Indiana Company C, 4th Cavalry.

10th Division 13th Corps

 
 
4th Indiana Cavalry, Company C Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 25, 2017
1. 4th Indiana Cavalry, Company C Monument
Inscription.
Indiana
10th Division 13th Corps
Company C, 4th Cavalry.

Captain Joseph R. Leslie
Captain Andrew P. Gallagher
Escort at division headquarters
during campaign and siege.

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
 
Location. 32° 20.599′ N, 90° 51.009′ W. Memorial is in Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi, in Warren County. It is at the intersection of Union Avenue and Clay Street, on the right when traveling east on Union Avenue. Located just inside the entrance to the Vicksburg National Military Park near the Visitors Center. 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: 23rd Wisconsin Infantry Camp (here, next to this marker); Indiana 1st Brig. 10th Div. 13th Corps (a few steps from this marker); Wisconsin Twenty-Third Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); U.S. 1st Battery, (within shouting distance of this marker); U.S. 17th Battery. (within shouting distance of this marker); Vicksburg is the Key (within shouting distance of this
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marker); Battle for Vicksburg (within shouting distance of this marker); Ohio Ninety Sixth Infantry, (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Vicksburg National Military Park.
 
Regarding Indiana Company C, 4th Cavalry.. This unit was attached as headquarters escort to Brigadier General Andrew J. Smith's 10th Division, Major General's John A. McClernand (relieved of command June 19, 1863) & Edward O.C. Ord's XIII Army Corps and was commanded by Captain Andrew P. Gallagher.
 
Also see . . .  National Park Service on the 4th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Indiana Volunteers. (Submitted on June 10, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)
 
4th Indiana Cavalry, Company C Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 25, 2017
2. 4th Indiana Cavalry, Company C Monument
4th Indiana Cavalry, Company C Monument on left looking at Clay Street. image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 25, 2017
3. 4th Indiana Cavalry, Company C Monument on left looking at Clay Street.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 11, 2017. It was originally submitted on June 10, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 356 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on June 10, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
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