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

C S Headquarters

Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 24, 2017

1. C S Headquarters Marker

Inscription.
Waul's Texas Legion
Army of Vicksburg
Col. T.N. Waul
May 19 – July 4 1863
About 300 yards west of this tablet

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is May 19, 1863.

Location. 32° 20.499′ N, 90° 51.505′ W. Marker is in Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi, in Warren County. It is on Confederate Avenue 0.4 miles west of Union Avenue, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Confederate Avenue, Vicksburg MS 39180, 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

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least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: C.S. Vaiden (Mississippi) Battery; (within shouting distance of this marker); Small Work on Line of Lee's Brigade. (within shouting distance of this marker); C.S. Company E, (within shouting distance of this marker); Stephen Dill Lee (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Mississippi 1st Light Artillery (about 500 feet away); Briefly Breaching the Line (about 600 feet away); Texas Johnston's Army (about 700 feet away); C.S. Waul's Texas Legion; Army of Vicksburg (about 700 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Vicksburg National Military Park.

View north from marker towards the Railroad Redoubt. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 24, 2017

2. View north from marker towards the Railroad Redoubt.

Nearby bust of Thomas N. Waul. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 24, 2017

3. Nearby bust of Thomas N. Waul.

Colonel C • S • Army
Commanding Texas Legion
Army of Vicksburg

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 294 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 11, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.