Vicksburg National Military Park in Warren County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)
Illinois Battery F. 1st Light Artillery
Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 15, 2019
1. Battery F. 1st Light Artillery Marker
1st Div., 16th Corps.
Served with Division on exterior
line from about June 12, 1863,
to end of siege.
Erected by the State of Illinois.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is June 12, 1863.
Location. 32° 22.498′ N, 90° 50.366′ W. Memorial is in Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi, in Warren County. It is on Union Avenue west of Grant Avenue, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: Union 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
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Illinois 103D Infantry (here, next to this marker); Illinois 90th Infantry. (within shouting distance of this marker); Illinois Cogswell's Battery. (within shouting distance of this marker); Minnesota 5th Infantry (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Milton Montgomery (about 600 feet away); Wisconsin Sixteenth Infantry (about 700 feet away); George W. Neely (approx. 0.2 miles away); Indiana 6th Battery Light Artillery (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Vicksburg National Military Park.
Regarding Illinois Battery F. 1st Light Artillery. This unit was attached to Brig. Gen. William Sooy Smith's 1st Division of Maj. Gen. Cadwallader C. Washburn's XVI Army Corps (Detachment) and was commanded by Capt. John T. Cheney. (Capt. William Cogswell commanded all 1st Illinois Light artillery.)
Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 15, 2019
2. Battery F. 1st Light Artillery Marker on extreme right.
Credits. This page was last revised on May 25, 2019. It was originally submitted on May 25, 2019, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 213 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 25, 2019, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
