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

U.S. 3rd Div. 17th Corps Army of the Tennessee

8th Battery Michigan Light Artillery

<small>U.S.</small> 3rd Div. 17th Corps Army of the Tennessee Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 25, 2017

1. U.S. 3rd Div. 17th Corps Army of the Tennessee Marker

Inscription.
Capt. Samuel DeGolyer
Lieut. Theodore Lockwood

The battery served two 12-pounder howitzers and four James rifles  in this position from about May 25, to the end of the siege  July 4, 1863, except that one 12 pounder howitzer, under Lieut. M. D. Elliott, was carried to the front almost daily from about June  20, and served in a position about 100 yards from Confederate 3rd  Louisiana Redan. For a day or two prior to May 25, a detachment  of the battery, under Captain Degolyer, served some of its pieces  in a position close to the Confederate line, and near the Jackson  Road. Battery fired 2409 rounds of ammunition during the siege  aggregate reported casualties in battery, during the campaign and  siege: killed 1, wounded 7, total 8; Captain Samuel Degolyer  mortally wounded May 28

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 25, 1863.

Location. 32° 21.253′ N, 90° 50.461′ W. Marker is in Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi, in Warren County. It is on Union Avenue 0.3 miles east of Pemberton Road, on the left

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when traveling north. Located at Tour Stop #1, Battery De Golyer. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Union 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: Overwhelming Firepower (within shouting distance of this marker); U.S. 3D Battery, (within shouting distance of this marker); U.S. Yost's Independent Ohio Battery; (within shouting distance of this marker); U.S. Battery L. (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); 93rd Infantry (approx. 0.2 miles away); U.S. 6th Battery, (approx. 0.2 miles away); Isaac F. Quinby (approx. 0.2 miles away); George B. Boomer (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Vicksburg National Military Park.

Additional keywords. U.S. 3rd Div. 17th Corps Army of the Tennessee

View west past marker towards Louisiana Monument in far background. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 25, 2017

2. View west past marker towards Louisiana Monument in far background.

Credits. This page was last revised on November 8, 2017. It was originally submitted on November 8, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 326 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 8, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.