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

Tennessee Smith's Division

 
 
Tennessee Smith's Division Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 15, 2019
1. Tennessee Smith's Division Marker
Inscription.
Tennessee Battery
Captain Thomas F. Tobin
Casualties not separately reported
Vaughn's Brigade
Brig. General J.C. Vaughn
60th Infantry
Colonel J.H. Crawford
Lieut. Colonel N. Gregg
Captain J.W. Bachman
61st Infantry
Colonel F.E. Pitts
Lieut. Col. James G. Rose
62nd Infantry
Colonel John A. Rowan
Casualties not fully reported killed
9 wounded 22 missing 10 total 41

 
Erected by the State of Tennessee.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
 
Location. 32° 22.276′ N, 90° 51.784′ 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: C S Missouri Sixth Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); Mississippi 14th Light Art. Battalion. (within shouting distance of this marker); John Adams (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Randal W. MacGavock
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(about 300 feet away); Tennessee (about 400 feet away); Johnston's Army (about 500 feet away); C.S. Company B, (about 700 feet away); C.S. Company A, (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Vicksburg National Military Park.
 
Regarding Tennessee Smith's Division. This unit was attached to Brig. Gen. John C. Vaughn's 2d Brigade, Maj. Gen. Martin Luther Smith's Division, in Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton's Army of Vicksburg, and commanded by Col. J. H. Crawford, Lt. Col. N. Gregg (captured 17 May 1863), and Capt. J. W. Bachman.
 
Tennessee Smith's Division Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 15, 2019
2. Tennessee Smith's Division Marker
 
 
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 250 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on May 25, 2019, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
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