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. Click to hear the 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. Marker is in Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi, in Warren County. Memorial is on Confederate Avenue, 0.3 miles south of Pemberton Avenue, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Vicksburg MS 39183, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 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); Remembering the Sacrifices (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
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, May 11, 2016

2. Wm. W. Witherspoon Monument
The 36th Mississippi Infantry During the Siege of Vicksburg
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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.)

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