Vicksburg National Military Park in Warren County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)
Allen Thomas
Louisiana
Photographed by James Hulse, January 14, 2023
1. Allen Thomas Marker
Commanding
Baldwin's Brigade
May 22-23, 1863
Theo A. Ruggles-Kitson
Sculptor 1910
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
Location. 32° 22.237′ N, 90° 50.947′ W. Memorial is in Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi, in Warren County. It is on Confederate Avenue 1.3 miles east of Connecting Avenue, on the left when traveling east. The marker is located in the north central section of the Vicksburg National Military Park. 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 walking distance of this marker: Francis A. Shoup (a few steps from this marker); Capt. Louis Guion (within shouting distance of this marker); Louisiana 26th Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); C S Missouri Third Battery (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Small Work on Left of Shoup's Brigade (about 600 feet away); U S Missouri 12th Infantry (about 600 feet away); Iowa 26th Infantry (about 600 feet away); Watching the Approach (about 700 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Vicksburg National Military Park.
Also see . . . Allen Thomas.
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Allen Thomas (December 14, 1830 December 3, 1907) was a Confederate States Army brigadier general during the American Civil War (Civil War). He was born in Howard County, Maryland, and became a lawyer but he moved to Louisiana in the later 1850s and became a planter and colonel in the Louisiana militia. After the war, he was a planter, Presidential elector in 1872 and 1880, professor of agriculture at Louisiana State University and coiner at the United States Mint at New Orleans, Louisiana. He moved to Florida in 1889. Between 1894 and 1897, he was United States Minister to Venezuela. He moved to Mississippi in 1907 and died there in that year. He was buried at Donaldsonville, Louisiana.(Submitted on February 6, 2024, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.)
Photographed by James Hulse, January 14, 2023
2. The view of the Allen Thomas Marker along the park road
Public Domain - Wikipedia - Unknown author, circa 1861/1865
3. Brig. Gen. Allen Thomas, CSA
Credits. This page was last revised on February 6, 2024. It was originally submitted on February 5, 2024, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 190 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on February 6, 2024, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.
