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

Boomer's Brigade: Assault, May 22, 1863.

Second Position

— Union Position Tablet —

Boomer's Brigade: Assault, May 22, 1863. Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 24, 2017

1. Boomer's Brigade: Assault, May 22, 1863. Marker

Inscription. This brigade moved from its first position, on the left of  Stevenson's brigade of Logan's division, about 3 p.m., reported  to Gen. Carr about 4 p.m. and was ordered to assault the Confederate  curtain between the lunette on the Baldwin's Ferry Road and  the railroad redoubt. The brigade was formed, in two lines with  intervals of about 50 yards, behind the crest of the ridge about  400 yards in front of the Confederate curtain, in the following  order: the 5th Iowa on the right, in front, with the 26th Missouri in  its rear; the 93D Illinois on the left, in front, with the 10th Iowa  in its rear. When the formation was completed, the brigade advanced, at common time, passed the first ridge and halted, near  the crest of the second, to correct its alignment for the final  assault on the Confederate curtain—the 5th Iowa being moved by  the left flank to the rear and partly to the left of the 93D Illinois and 10th Iowa. Immediately thereafter the brigade commander  Col. George B. Boomer, 26th Missouri was instantly killed by a musket 

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ball and the final assault was not made. Col. Holden Putnam, 93D Illinois assumed command, and, under orders from Gen. Carr, the brigade  remained in position until after dark and then retired to the  position where it was first formed for the afternoon assault—returning, next day, to its position on the investment line of the  17th Corps. This tablet marks the place where Col. Boomer was  killed. Casualties in second position: 93D Illinois, killed 4. wounded  51, total 55; 5th Iowa, killed 2, wounded 16. total 18; 10th Iowa, wounded  12; 26th Missouri, killed 5, wounded 5, total 10, Col. George B. Boomer  killed; aggregate, killed 11, wounded 84, total 95.

Erected by National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.

Location. 32° 20.637′ N, 90° 51.205′ W. Marker is in Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi, in Warren County. It is on Clay Avenue 0.2 miles west of Union Avenue, on the right when traveling west. Located next to the Anshe Chesed

Marker near the Anshe Chesed Cemetery. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 24, 2017

2. Marker near the Anshe Chesed Cemetery.

Cemetery. Respect the signage. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Clay Avenue, Vicksburg MS 39183, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker 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: U S Missouri 26th Infantry (a few steps from this marker); Iowa 5th Infantry (a few steps from this marker); U.S. Chicago Mercantile Battery; (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); U.S. 1st Battery, (about 600 feet away); U.S. 1st Battery, Wisconsin Light Artillery; (about 600 feet away); Indiana 8th Infantry (about 600 feet away); Benton's Brigade: Assault, May 22, 1863

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(about 600 feet away); U.S. Carr's Approach (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Vicksburg National Military Park.

More about this marker. Although appearing to be outside park property, this marker is actually within its boundaries.

Also see . . . Wikipedia article on George B. Boomer. (Submitted on November 3, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

Credits. This page was last revised on November 3, 2017. It was originally submitted on November 3, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 297 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 3, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.