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

C S Missouri Sixth Infantry

 
 
C S Missouri Sixth Infantry Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 15, 2019
1. C S Missouri Sixth Infantry Marker
Inscription.
Repulse of Union Assault
May 19, 1863
Casualties not separately reported

 
Erected by the State of Missouri.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant day of the year for for this entry is May 31.
 
Location. 32° 22.28′ N, 90° 51.764′ W. Memorial is in Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi, in Warren County. It is on Confederate Avenue 0.4 miles east of Fort Hill Road, 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 14th Light Art. Battalion. (a few steps from this marker); Tennessee Smith's Division (within shouting distance of this marker); John Adams (within shouting distance of this marker); Randal W. MacGavock (within shouting distance of this marker); Tennessee (within shouting distance of this marker); Johnston's Army (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); C.S. Company B, (about 500 feet away); C.S. Lynch's Company. (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Vicksburg National Military Park.
 
Regarding C S Missouri Sixth Infantry. This unit was attached to Col. Francis M. Cockrell's
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1st Brigade, of Brig. Gen. John S. Bowen's Division, Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton's Army of Vicksburg, and commanded by Col. Eugene Erwin (killed in action 25 June 1863) and Maj. S. Cooper. Col. Erwin was Henry Clay's grandson.
 
C S Missouri Sixth Infantry Marker in foreground. image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 15, 2019
2. C S Missouri Sixth Infantry Marker in foreground.
 
 
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 244 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on May 25, 2019, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
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