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

Daniel W. Adams

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 11, 2016

1. Daniel W. Adams Marker

Inscription. Col. 1st Louisiana Infantry
Brig. General C. S. Army
Commanding Brigade
Breckinridge’s Division
Johnston’s Army

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.

Location. 32° 21.406′ N, 90° 50.886′ W. Marker is in Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi, in Warren County. It is on Confederate Avenue 0.2 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.

Regionally, this marker 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

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within walking distance of this marker: A Formidable Obstacle (a few steps from this marker); Mississippi 7th Battalion (within shouting distance of this marker); C S Headquarters Maury's-Forney's Division (within shouting distance of this marker); Lloyd Tilghman Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Brig. Gen. Lloyd Tilghman (within shouting distance of this marker); Louisiana (within shouting distance of this marker); Stevenson's Brigade; Assault, May 22, 1863. (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); US Capt. Robert Buchanan (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Vicksburg National Military Park.

Also see . . . Daniel Weisiger Adams.

In early 1861 Louisiana Governor Thomas O. Moore appointed Adams a member of the military board created to prepare the state for war. Adams was later appointed a lieutenant colonel of the 1st Louisiana Regulars, or 1st Louisiana Infantry, in the Confederate Army, and was promoted to the rank of colonel on October 30, 1861. When his regiment's brigade commander, Brigadier General Adley H. Gladden was killed on the first day of the Battle
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 11, 2016

2. Daniel W. Adams Monument
of Shiloh, Adams assumed command of the brigade. In early 1863 he led his brigade at the siege of Jackson, Mississippi under General Joseph E. Johnston.

(Submitted on March 4, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Credits. This page was last revised on March 4, 2022. It was originally submitted on March 4, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 256 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 4, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.