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

Iowa 21st Infantry

 
 
Iowa 21st Infantry Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 24, 2017
1. Iowa 21st Infantry Marker
Inscription.
2D Brig. 14th Div. 13th Corps
Casualties
Killed 16 wounded 87 missing 10
Total 113 Lieut. Col. Cornelius W. Dunlap
killed Lieuts. Samuel Bates and
William A. Roberts mortally wounded

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
 
Location. 32° 20.545′ N, 90° 51.352′ W. Memorial is in Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi, in Warren County. It can be reached from Confederate Avenue 0.2 miles Union Avenue. Located atop the Railroad Redoubt. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: Confederate Avenue, Vicksburg MS 39180, 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
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Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: C.S. Alabama Battery (here, next to this marker); Illinois. 77th Infantry. (here, next to this marker); Landram's Brigade; Assault, May 22, 1863. (here, next to this marker); Illinois. (here, next to this marker); The Railroad Redoubt. (a few steps from this marker); Lawler's Brigade; Assault, May 22, 1863. (a few steps from this marker); Iowa (a few steps from this marker); C.S. Hudson's (Mississippi) Battery; (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Vicksburg National Military Park.
 
Iowa 21st Infantry marker at edge of redoubt. image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 24, 2017
2. Iowa 21st Infantry marker at edge of redoubt.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 11, 2017. It was originally submitted on November 11, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 405 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on November 11, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
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