Vicksburg National Military Park in Warren County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)
Third Louisiana Redan, On Left of Jackson Road.
Confederate Position Tablet.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 25, 2017
1. Third Louisiana Redan, On Left of Jackson Road. Marker
Inscription.
Third Louisiana Redan, On Left of Jackson Road.. Confederate Position Tablet.. This redan was held, May 22,1863, and the assaults of the Union force repulsed, by the Third Louisiana with the 43D Mississippi on its left. The casualties cannot be accurately stated. A Union mine was fired under the redan the afternoon of June 25, almost destroying its front parapet, making a crater in its terreplain, but not injuring a parapet across its gorge. It was then held by the 3d Louisiana, supported by the 6th Missouri, with the 38th Mississippi on the right and the 43D Mississippi on the left. The Union force assaulted immediately after the mine was fired, occupied the crater and attempted to carry the parapet across the gorge of the redan, but was repulsed. Col. Erwin, the 5th Missouri, at the head of some of his men, attempted a counter- charge and was killed on top of the parapet. The Union force in the crater was successively relieved by fresh troops, the fighting continued all night and most of the next day and the position was firmly held. Hand grenades, and shells with lighted fuses in place of grenades, were freely used on both sides. After dark of the 25th, the 5th Missouri reinforced this position. Casualties: 3D Louisiana, killed 8, wounded 21, total 27: 38th Mississippi. killed 1, wounded 3, total 4; 43D Mississippi, killed 6 (buried by firing of mine)., wounded 5, total 11; 5th Missouri. killed 1, wounded 7, total 8; 6th Missouri, killed 3, wounded 22, total 25, Col. Eugene Erwin and Lieut. W. S. Lipscomb killed; aggregate, killed 17, wounded 58, total 75. The 2D Missouri was moved to this position the night of June 26, and the 1st and 4th Missouri (consolidated) the evening of July 1. In the afternoon of that day a second mine was fired under the redan, almost completely destroying both its faces and materially damaging the parapet across its gorge, but no assault was made by the Union force. Lieut. Col. Pembroke S. Senteny, 2D Missouri, and Lieuts. John T. Crenshaw and John Roseberry, 6th Missouri, were killed-Lieut. Crenshaw being buried by the firing of the mine.
This redan was held, May 22,1863, and the assaults of the Union force repulsed, by the Third Louisiana with the 43D Mississippi on its left. The casualties cannot be accurately stated. A Union mine was fired under the redan the afternoon of June 25, almost destroying its front parapet, making a crater in its terreplain, but not injuring a parapet across its gorge. It was then held by the 3d Louisiana, supported by the 6th Missouri, with the 38th Mississippi on the right and the 43D Mississippi on the left. The Union force assaulted immediately after the mine was fired, occupied the crater and attempted to carry the parapet across the gorge of the redan, but was repulsed. Col. Erwin, the 5th Missouri, at the head of some of his men, attempted a counter- charge and was killed on top of the parapet. The Union force in the crater was successively relieved by fresh troops, the fighting continued all night and most of the next day and the position was firmly held. Hand grenades, and shells with lighted fuses in place of grenades, were freely used on both sides. After dark of the 25th, the 5th Missouri reinforced this position. Casualties: 3D Louisiana, killed 8, wounded 21, total 27: 38th Mississippi. killed 1, wounded 3,
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total 4; 43D Mississippi, killed 6 (buried by firing of mine)., wounded 5, total 11; 5th Missouri. killed 1, wounded 7, total 8; 6th Missouri, killed 3, wounded 22, total 25, Col. Eugene Erwin and Lieut. W. S. Lipscomb killed; aggregate, killed 17, wounded 58, total 75. The 2D Missouri was moved to this position the night of June 26, and the 1st and 4th Missouri (consolidated) the evening of July 1. In the afternoon of that day a second mine was fired under the redan, almost completely destroying both its faces and materially damaging the parapet across its gorge, but no assault was made by the Union force. Lieut. Col. Pembroke S. Senteny, 2D Missouri, and Lieuts. John T. Crenshaw and John Roseberry, 6th Missouri, were killed-Lieut. Crenshaw being buried by the firing of the mine.
Erected by National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is May 22, 1863.
Location. 32° 21.524′ N, 90° 50.663′ W. Marker is in Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi, in Warren County. It can be reached from Old Jackson Road. Located atop the 3rd Louisiana Redan, tour stop 3. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: 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.
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Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 25, 2017
2. View past the marker, looking east towards Old Jackson Road.
Credits. This page was last revised on November 7, 2017. It was originally submitted on November 7, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 576 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on November 7, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
