The skylights provided light for the
gun deck and the engine room and for
inspection of the paddle wheel. The
frame of the skylights has been
ghosted with the light-colored glu-
laminated wood.
During the southern summer, Cairo . . . — — Map (db m110084) HM
Here in the shade of a stunted oak General John C. Pemberton met General Ulysses S. Grant to negotiate the surrender of Vicksburg. When Pemberton refused unconditional surrender terms, Grant suggested they step aside and let subordinate officers . . . — — Map (db m5991) HM
On March 13, 1863, Union Rear Admiral David D. Porter commanded a squadron of five "City Series" ironclads and ram General Sterling Price on a bold expedition to find a route into the Yazoo River above the Confederate fortifications north of . . . — — Map (db m109426) HM
History
Completion of Plans: July 6, 1861
Request for Proposals: July 18, 1861
Contract Signing: August 7 1861
Contract Delivery: October 10, 1861
Actual Delivery: January 15, 1862
Building Site: Mound City, Ilinois . . . — — Map (db m110060) HM
This redan was held, May 22,1863, and the assaults of the Union force repulsed, by the Third Louisiana with the 43D Mississippi on its left. The casualties cannot be accurately stated. A Union mine was fired under the redan the . . . — — Map (db m109728) HM
This brigade, with skirmishers in advance, was formed about 600 yards in front of the east face of the confederate stockade redan on the graveyard road, on both sides of that road, in the following order: the 83D Indiana with the 127th Illinois in . . . — — Map (db m115655) HM
On December 12, 1862, Cairo was part of a
mine-clearing expedition on the Yazoo River.
Her commander, hearing small arms fire coming
from up ahead, steamed around the rest of the
boats and into unexplored waters. Suddenly,
explosions . . . — — Map (db m109448) HM
Engineer Regt. of the West
First Battalion Pioneers
Major Henry Flad
Major William Tweeddale
Thirty – Fifth Infantry
Company I Pioneers
Lieut. Christian Lochbihler — — Map (db m109788) HM
15th Corps Second Division
Maj. Gen. Francis P. Blair
Tenth Cavalry Company C
Captain Daniel W. Ballou
Lieut. Benjamin Joel
Wounded 1
First Bridgade
Colonel Giles A. Smith
Sixth . . . — — Map (db m109859) HM
Assault May 22, 1863
Killed 26, Wd. 82, Total 108
Major Gustavus Lightfoot
Capt. Christian Andel and Lts.
Chas. L. Kasten and Geo. Eggart killed — — Map (db m134054) HM WM
2nd Light Art. Bat. F Capt. Clem. Landgrabber
Killed 1, wounded 1, total 2
Brig. Gen. F.P. Blair
1st Brig. Col. Francis H. Manter
Col. Bernard G. Farrar
27th Infantry Colonel Thomas Curly
29th Infantry Colonel James Peckham . . . — — Map (db m110605) HM
Maj. Daniel Chase
Capt. Edward C. Washington
Capt. Charles Ewing
Capt. Charles C. Smith
1st Brig. 2D Div. 15th Corps
Casualties
Assault May 19 1863
Killed 21 wounded 49 total 70
Capt. Edward C. Washington . . . — — Map (db m109860) HM
Assault May 19 1863
Casualties
Killed 21 Wounded 49 Total 70
Capt. Edward C. Washington and Lieut. Justus A. Boies
mortally wounded — — Map (db m115799) HM
Lieut. Augustus Beach.
The battery served four 6-pounder guns and two 12-pounder howitzers on the investment line from the morning of May 21 to May 24, when it went with the 1st Brigade, 9th Division, 13th Corps, to Big Black River Bridge . . . — — Map (db m111662) HM
Company A was detailed for service on gunboats, March 6, 1863, its operations after that date during the campaign and siege of Vicksburg are not of record; Company D served for a time at Gen. Grant's headquarters and, later, was assigned to duty on . . . — — Map (db m109752) HM
The Cairo is the sole survivor of the fleet of river gunboats built by the Union during the Civil War with the object of controlling the lower Mississippi River. Designed by Samuel Pook and built by James B. Eads, the 175-foot ironclad vessel . . . — — Map (db m109469) HM
(front)
Major General
Ulysses S Grant
Illinois
(right)
Ulysses S. Grant
Brig. Gen. U.S. Vols, May 17 1861
Maj. General of Vols, Feb. 16 1862
Maj. Gen. U.S. Army July 4 1863
Lieutenant General March 2, 1864
General . . . — — Map (db m89280) WM
This memorial is dedicated to Union soldiers buried on this site who were captured at the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou on December 29, 1862 and died in Vicksburg as prisoners of war forty four known by name - others known only to God.
Thomas . . . — — Map (db m240615) WM
This historic park commemorates the campaign, siege and defense of Vicksburg during the Civil War. The Union victory here in 1863 established Federal control of the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy in two. Although the war continued for . . . — — Map (db m104225) HM
(front statue)
David Dixon Porter
Commanded the Mississippi Squadron from October 1862 to September 1864 as Acting Rear Admiral U.S. Navy. Engaged in operations on the Mississippi River and tributaries leading up to and during the . . . — — Map (db m89099) HM WM
On this steep hill crowned by rifle pits, Confederates easily threw back a Union assault on May 22, 1863. During the siege that followed, Confederate sharpshooters could only harass Union troops as they slowly dug trenches up the hill. — — Map (db m134030) HM
Built in the late 1830s, Wexford Lodge is the only surviving wartime structure in the park. Better known as the Shirley House, the building was the home of James and Adeline Shirley. Although they were both northern born, their three children, . . . — — Map (db m87593) HM
The wheelhouse enclosed the paddle wheel. Wheelhouses were not armor-plated. They were vulnerable to cannon fire from batteries atop forts and long high riverbanks.
[Caption]
Water ran off the paddle wheel and into the latrine to . . . — — Map (db m110370) HM
Colonel Charles L. Harris
Lieut. Colonel Charles A. Wood
Major Arthur Platt
Engaged: Port Gibson, May 1;
Big Black River Bridge, May 17;
Assault, May 22; Siege, May 23-July4.
Aggregate casualties 151.
Killed 14, wounded 137. . . . — — Map (db m109932) HM
Colonel Benjamin Allen Lieut. Colonel Cassius Fairchild Major Thomas Reynolds
Served at Lake Providence, LA., March 29 - July 4.
1st. Brig. 6th Div. 17th Corps — — Map (db m239691) HM
Colonel Charles R. Gill
Lieut. Colonel William A. Greene
Major Bradford Hancock
Engaged: Port Gibson, May 1;
Champion's Hill, May 16;
Assault, May 22, Siege, May 23-July 4.
Aggregate casualties 188.
Killed 29, . . . — — Map (db m110530) HM
Colonel Joshua J. Guppey
Lieut. Colonel William F. Vilas
Major Edgar P. Hill
Engaged. Port Gibson. May 1:
Champion's Hill, May 16:
Big Black River Bridge, May 17:
Skirmishes, May 19 and May 20: . . . — — Map (db m104202) WM
Brig. General U.S. Vols.
Commanding 1st Division
Sixteenth Army Corps
2nd Plaque
Wm. Sooy Smith
Cadet U.S. Military Academy 1849
2nd Lieut. 2nd Art. July 3, 1852
Resigned June 19 1954
Col. 13th Ohio Inf. June 26 . . . — — Map (db m239576) HM
