Vicksburg National Military Park in Warren County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)
C.S. Waul's Texas Legion; Army of Vicksburg
Colonel T.N. Waul
Photographed By Mark Hilton, October 24, 2017
1. C.S. Waul's Texas Legion; Army of Vicksburg Marker
Inscription.
C.S. Waul's Texas Legion; Army of Vicksburg. Colonel T.N. Waul.
First Battalion (Infantry), Lieut. Col. Barnard Timmons Second Battalion (Infantry), Lieut. Col. James Wrigley Zouave Battalion (Infantry), Captain J.B. Fleitas Cavalry Detachment, Lieut. Thomas J. Cleveland Artillery Company, Captain J.Q. Wall . The legion was at Fort Pemberton, Mississippi, during March and April, 1863. By order of Gen. Pemberton dated May 4 Colonel Waul moved on transports to Snyder's Bluff leaving 300 of his troops at Fort Pemberton. He reported that the part of the legion that entered Vicksburg, May 17, and served in the defense, consisted of eleven infantry companies, one artillery company, a detachment of mounted scouts, and a battalion of attached Zouaves. The afternoon of May 19 the command reported to Gen. Stevenson and was assigned a position in rear of the left of Lee's brigade, that being the most assailable and threatened point on the line of Stevenson's division. It assisted in repulsing the assaults on Gen. Lee's line, May 22 and with a detachment from two of its companies under Major O. Steele (about 35 men led by Colonel Edmund W. Pettus, 20th Alabama), reoccupied the railroad redoubt. Casualties during the defense: killed 47, wounded 190, missing 8, total 245; ten officers reported killed.
First Battalion (Infantry), Lieut. Col. Barnard Timmons
Second Battalion (Infantry), Lieut. Col. James Wrigley
Zouave Battalion (Infantry), Captain J.B. Fleitas
Cavalry Detachment, Lieut. Thomas J. Cleveland
Artillery Company, Captain J.Q. Wall
The legion was at Fort Pemberton, Mississippi, during March and April, 1863. By order of Gen. Pemberton dated May 4 Colonel Waul moved on transports to Snyder's Bluff leaving 300 of his troops at Fort Pemberton. He reported that the part of the legion that entered Vicksburg, May 17, and served in the defense, consisted of eleven infantry companies, one artillery company, a detachment of mounted scouts, and a battalion of attached Zouaves. The afternoon of May 19 the command reported to Gen. Stevenson and was assigned a position in rear of the left of Lee's brigade, that being the most assailable and threatened point on the line of Stevenson's division. It assisted in repulsing the assaults on Gen. Lee's line, May 22 and with a detachment from two of its companies under Major O. Steele (about 35 men led by Colonel Edmund W. Pettus, 20th Alabama), reoccupied the railroad redoubt. Casualties during the defense: killed 47, wounded 190, missing 8, total 245; ten officers reported killed.
Location. 32° 20.566′ N, 90° 51.402′ W. Marker is in Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi, in Warren County. Marker can be reached from Confederate Avenue, 0.2 miles west of Union Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Confederate Avenue, Vicksburg MS 39180, United States of America. Touch for directions.
3. Marker with Texas Monument on left and Railroad Redoubt on right background.
Photographed By Mark Hilton, October 24, 2017
4. View from Confederate Avenue parking lot towards marker (center) and Texas Monument.
Credits. This page was last revised on December 1, 2017. It was originally submitted on November 4, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 444 times since then and 24 times this year. Last updated on November 30, 2017, by T. Patton of Jefferson, Georgia. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 4, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
