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

Wm. W. Witherspoon

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 11, 2016

1. Wm. W. Witherspoon Marker

Inscription. Col. 36th Miss. Infantry
Commanding Brigade
April — May — 1863

Erected 1915 by Federal Government.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical month for this entry is April 1863.

Location. 32° 21.293′ N, 90° 51.001′ W. Memorial is in Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi, in Warren County. It is on Confederate Avenue 0.3 miles south of Pemberton Avenue, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: 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

Paid Advertisement

Click or scan to see
this page online

walking distance of this marker: John H. Forney (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); C.S. Moore's Brigade (about 600 feet away); Samuel H. Lockett (about 700 feet away); C S Headquarters Maury's-Forney's Division (approx. 0.2 miles away); Brig. Gen. Lloyd Tilghman (approx. 0.2 miles away); A Formidable Obstacle (approx. 0.2 miles away); Mississippi 7th Battalion (approx. 0.2 miles away); C.S. Company C, (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Vicksburg National Military Park.

Also see . . . William Wallace Witherspoon. Find A Grave website entry:

He served during the Civil War as Colonel and commander of the 36th Mississippi Infantry. He was killed during the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee in 1864.

(Submitted on March 3, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Wm. W. Witherspoon Monument image. Click for more information.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 11, 2016

2. Wm. W. Witherspoon Monument

The 36th Mississippi Infantry During the Siege of Vicksburg
Mississippians in the Confederate Army blog entry
Click for more information.

Credits. This page was last revised on April 26, 2022. It was originally submitted on March 2, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 609 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 2, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.