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

Ohio Thirty Seventh Infantry;

 
 
Ohio Thirty Seventh Infantry Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 25, 2017
1. Ohio Thirty Seventh Infantry Monument
Inscription.
Col. Edward Siber;
Lieut. Col. Louis Von Blessingh;
Maj. Charles Hipp; Col. Edward Siber.
3D Brig.; 2D Div.; 15th Corps.

 
Erected by the State of Ohio.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
 
Location. 32° 22.246′ N, 90° 50.451′ W. Marker is in Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi, in Warren County. It is on Union Avenue, on the left when traveling north. 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: Dash of Courage (a few steps from this marker); Ohio Thirtieth Infantry; (within shouting distance of this marker); 47th Ohio Infantry Regimental Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Hugh Ewing (within shouting distance of this marker); U.S. Battery E, (within shouting distance of this marker); U.S. Battery B, (within shouting distance of this marker); "This is Murder!" (within shouting distance of this marker); U.S. Ewing's Approach. (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Vicksburg National Military Park.
 
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unit was attached to Brigadier General Hugh Ewing's 3d Brigade, of Major General Francis P. Blair's 2d Division, Major General's William T. Sherman's and Frederick Steele's XV Army Corps, and commanded by Lt. Colonel Louis Von Blessingh (wounded 22 May 1863), Major Charles Hipp, and Colonel Edward Siber.
 
Ohio Thirty Seventh Infantry Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 25, 2017
2. Ohio Thirty Seventh Infantry Monument
View of monument looking south on Union Avenue. image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 25, 2017
3. View of monument looking south on Union Avenue.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 19, 2017. It was originally submitted on November 19, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 345 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on November 19, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
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