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

C.S. Company D,

1st Mississippi Light Artillery;

— Maury's-Forney's Div.: Army of Vicksburg. —

 
 
<small>C.S.</small> Company D, Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 15, 2019
1. C.S. Company D, Marker
Inscription.
Capt. J.L. Wofford.
A detachment of the company, under Sergt. H. F. Sproles, served one 6-pounder gun in this position from May 19 to the end of the defense, July 4, 1863.
 
Erected by National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is May 19, 1863.
 
Location. 32° 22.33′ N, 90° 51.467′ W. Memorial is in Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi, in Warren County. It is on Confederate Avenue, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: Confederate Avenue, Vicksburg MS 39183, 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 Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Mississippi 1st Light Artillery (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named C.S. Company D, (within shouting distance of this marker); Mississippi 46th Infantry (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); William E. Baldwin (about 400 feet away); a different marker also named C.S. Company D, (about 600 feet away); C.S. Lynch's Company. (about 600 feet away); Mississippi 4th Infantry (about 600 feet away); a different
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marker also named C.S. Company D, (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Vicksburg National Military Park.
 
Regarding C.S. Company D,. Attached to Brigadier General John C. Moore's 2d Brigade, of Major General John H. Forney's Division, Lt. General John C. Pemberton's Army of Vicksburg, and commanded by Colonel William T. Withers.
 
Additional keywords. C.S. Company D,
 
<small>C.S.</small> Company D, Marker & cannon. image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 15, 2019
2. C.S. Company D, Marker & cannon.
<small>C.S.</small> Company D, Marker from Confederate Avenue. image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 15, 2019
3. C.S. Company D, Marker from Confederate Avenue.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 3, 2026. It was originally submitted on May 19, 2019, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 252 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on May 19, 2019, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
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