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

Iowa 24th Infantry

Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 24, 2017

1. Iowa 24th Infantry Marker

Inscription.
2D Brig. 12th Div. 13th Corps
Camp
June 4 – July 4 1863
in second ravine east and about
800 yards southeast of marker

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is June 4, 1863.

Location. 32° 20.13′ N, 90° 51.583′ W. Marker is in Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi, in Warren County. It is on Union Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Union 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 least 8 other markers

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are within walking distance of this marker: James R Slack (within shouting distance of this marker); Iowa 28th Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); William T. Rigby (within shouting distance of this marker); Indiana Company C, 1st Cavalry (within shouting distance of this marker); U.S. 2D Battery, (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Brig. Gen. Edward D. Tracy (approx. 0.2 miles away); Edward D. Tracy (approx. 0.2 miles away); Wisconsin Twenty-Ninth Infantry (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Vicksburg National Military Park.

View looking south on Union Avenue. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 24, 2017

2. View looking south on Union Avenue.

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 307 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 11, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.