The Union army became a refuge for formerly enslaved African Americans in 1862. The Second Confiscation Act declared that enslaved people taking refuge behind Union lines would be set free. Across the South, black freedom . . . — — Map (db m109350) HM
This brigade was formed, in support of Lawler's, for the assault of the Confederate Railroad Redoubt, behind the crest of the ridge about 380 yards in front of that redoubt, in lines of battle – the 77th Illinois on the right supported by the . . . — — Map (db m109601) HM
This brigade was formed for the assault of the Confederate Railroad Redoubt, in the ravine immediately in front of that redoubt, in two lines -- the 22nd Iowa on the right supported by the 21st Iowa and the 11th Wisconsin on the left supported by . . . — — Map (db m110836) HM
Stevenson's Division, Maj. Gen. C. L. Stevenson.
Maury's-Forney’s Division, {Maj. Gen. Dabney H. Maury;
{Maj Gen. John H. Forney.
Smith's Division, Maj. Gen. M. L. Smith.
Forney’s-Bowen’s Division, {Maj. Gen. John H. Forney;
{Maj. Gen. . . . — — Map (db m115572) HM
Brigadier General Lloyd Tilghman C.S.A.
Commanding First Brigade of Loring's Division
Killed May 16 1863
Near the close of the Battle of Champions Hill Miss — — Map (db m88181) HM WM
Col. L.D. Marks
Lieut. Col. L.L. McLaurin
Major Alex S. Norwood
Col. L.D. Marks
Capt. Joseph T. Hatch
Casualties during the defense
killed 58, wounded 96, total 154
Lieut. Col. L.L. McLaurin, Lieut.
George Harris, Capt. . . . — — Map (db m115636) HM
This lunette, part of the stockade to its right, and the line to its left were held, the afternoon of May 19, 1863, and the assaults of the Union force repulsed, by the 27th Louisiana Infantry with the Second Missouri Infantry in support. The . . . — — Map (db m115633) HM
C S Headquarters
Forney's-Bowen's Division
Army of Vicksburg
Maj. Gen. John S. Bowen
May 18-July 4, 1863
Near the "Yoste" House — — Map (db m134078) HM WM
First Brigade
Colonel Francis M. Cockrell
First and Fourth - Consolidated: Col. A.C. Riley, Killed 47. Wounded 164, Missing 52, Total 263; Capt. W.C.P. Carrington, Capt. Norval Spangler and Lieutenant T.J. Dobyns Killed; Lieut. . . . — — Map (db m240434) HM
Brig. General U.S. Vols Commanding Third Brigade 6th Division 17th Corps March 29 — April 30, 1863 Commanding 7th Division May 1 — May 17, 1863 —————— Cadet U.S. Military Academy July 1, 1847 to Feb 18, 1849 Capt 2nd Iowa INF May 24, 1861 Major May . . . — — Map (db m193033) HM
Brig. General U.S. Vols.
Commanding 2nd Brigade
14th Division 13th Corps
May 2 — July 4, 1863
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Capt. 3rd Ill. Inf. June 29, 1846
Hon. mustered out May 21, 1847
Capt. Ind. Co. Ill. Mtd. Vols. July 19, 1847
Hon. mustered . . . — — Map (db m110536) HM
Brig. General U.S. Vols.
Commanding 2nd Brigade
14th Division 13th Corps
May 2 – July 4, 1863
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Capt. 3rd Ill. Inf. June 29, 1846
Hon. Mustered out May 21, 1847
Capt. Ind. Co. Ill. Mtd. Vols. July 19, 1847 . . . — — Map (db m110741) HM
Casualties
Raymond, May 12,1863, none reported; Jackson, May 14, wounded
2; Champion's Hill, May 16, wounded 2; Assault, May 22, killed 12,
wounded 42, total 54, Lieut. George G. Sherbrooke killed,
Lieut. Clark Turner mortally wounded; . . . — — Map (db m133998) HM
Capt. S.J. Ridley
Lieut. Charles E. Hooker
Lieut. P.B. Lancaster
Forney's Division
Engaged Chamption Hill, May 16
Big Black River Bridge, May 17
Defense, May 18 - July 4
Casualties severe, but not fully . . . — — Map (db m109516) HM
Mower's and Matthies’ Brigades of Tuttle's Division were massed for the assault the morning of May 22, on the left of the Graveyard Road and in rear of Blair's Division. The two brigades remained in this position until about 3 p.m., when Mower's . . . — — Map (db m115648) HM
This impressive monument salutes the US Navy's role in the success at Vicksburg. In the spring of 1863, Grant needed to change tactics. Having failed to penetrate Confederate defenses north of Vicksburg, he decided to move his large and . . . — — Map (db m109343) HM
Cairo's officers slept separately from the enlisted men. Officers' quarters were on the gun deck on either side of the paddle wheel. Here they escaped the heat from the fireroom and boilers.
[Caption]
The captain's quarters . . . — — Map (db m110371) HM
Front
Capt. Louis Hoffman;
Lieut. George Froehlich.
1st Div.; 15th Corps.
Side
This battery was present with
its divisions, and took part in the
assaults, May 19 and May 22, and
served during the siege, with . . . — — Map (db m110098) HM
Front
Ohio
Ninety Sixth Infantry,
Lieut. Col. Albert H. Brown
Col. Joseph W. Vance.
1st Brig.10th Div.,13th Corps.
Rear
This regiment was ordered to remain at
Perkins' Landing, Louisiana, when . . . — — Map (db m104260) WM
Front,
Ohio
Seventeenth Battery
Capt. Ambrose A. Blount,
Capt. Charles S. Rice
10th Div., 13th Corps.
Rear
Casualties:
In the Battle of Port Gibson,
May 1, 1863,
Sustained no . . . — — Map (db m104205) WM
The Union siege of Vicksburg was successful because of places like this. At Battery De Golyer, the Union army concentrated its cannon. Confederates spread theirs out. When a Confederate cannon fired, many Union . . . — — Map (db m109360) HM
Cairo's 15-foot wide paddle wheel is made up of five, 22-foot-diameter "spiders"—the web-like iron arms and circles that form the spokes of the wheel. The paddles, or "buckets," were probably simple wood planks. If damaged, they could . . . — — Map (db m110372) HM
Look up. That circle of sloping iron plates overhead shielded Cairo's pilothouse. From this exposed perch atop the upper deck, the pilot steered the gunboat and the officer on duty kept a watchful eye on the river. Orders to the engine room . . . — — Map (db m110405) HM
Plenty of Firepower
Ironclads like the USS Cairo came equipped
with 13 heavy cannon. It took a crew of six men
to position and fire each gun. As Cairo prowled
the rivers north of Vicksburg, it could use its
cannon . . . — — Map (db m109470) HM
This brigade was formed for the assault, in columns of regiments by divisions closed in mass, in the following order from right to left: 72D Illinois, 14th Wisconsin, 95th Illinois, 11th Illinois in front, and the 17th Wisconsin in support. The . . . — — Map (db m115874) HM
Look around. This peaceful place once trembled with the roar of cannon, rumbled with underground explosions, and echoed with the cries of wounded and dying soldiers. Here men, who before 1861 had been fellow citizens, fought each other to the death . . . — — Map (db m110057) HM
States have been dedicating memorials here to their soldiers since
1903. The federal law that created Vicksburg National Military
Park authorized each state that had troops at Vicksburg to build
a memorial. Many northern states began at once. . . . — — Map (db m115411) HM
The line from the right of the 7th Mississippi Infantry Battalion to near Glass’ Bayou was held, May 19 and May 22, 1863, and the assaults of the Union force repulsed, by the 37th and 38th Mississippi. The casualties in the two regiments, on those . . . — — Map (db m115664) HM
Brig. General U.S. Vols.
Commanding 2nd Division
Ninth Army Corps
2nd Plaque
Robert B. Potter
Maj. 51st NY Ine Oct. 14 1861
Lieut. Colonel Oct. 23 1861
Colonel September 10 1862
Brig. Gen. U.S. Vols. Mar. 13 1863 . . . — — Map (db m239577) HM
Lookouts spotted Union vessels on the Mississippi River
and sounded the alarm. Within minutes, the night sky
blazed with the light of burning cotton bales and tar
barrels. In forts like the one you are in, Confederate
gunners knew just where to . . . — — Map (db m105440) HM
Many former bondsmen and free black men enlisted when the
United States Colored Troops was formed in 1863. By war's end,
over 220,000 black soldiers and sailors had served in Union forces.
About 40 percent of the burials at Vicksburg National . . . — — Map (db m109473) HM
Meet the deadline or pay $200 a day. James Eads had
agreed to these terms for the construction of seven new
ironclads. To speed production, a partner shipyard built
three of the boats, including the one in front of you. Eads'
shipyard built the . . . — — Map (db m109447) HM
At the beginning of siege operations, May 23, about 162 guns were on the investment line, most of them in position in hastily constructed batteries. These were enlarged and strengthened and additional guns successively mounted . . . — — Map (db m110266) HM
At the beginning of siege operations, May 23, about 162 guns were on the investment line, most of them in position in hastily constructed batteries. These were enlarged and strengthened and additional guns successively mounted in new batteries at . . . — — Map (db m116683) HM
This redan and the line immediately to its right were held the afternoon of May 19, 1863, and the assaults of the Union force repulsed, by the 7th Mississippi Infantry Battalion. Its casualtiescannot be accurately stated.
The position was held, . . . — — Map (db m115670) HM
This work and the lines immediately to the right and left of it were held, May 22, 1863, and the assault of the Union force repulsed, by the 26th Louisiana. The 31st Louisiana on the right of Baldwin’s Brigade, assisted in repulsing the assault. A . . . — — Map (db m134035) HM
This work was held by the right of the 30th Alabama, under command of Col. Charles M. Shelley, with the 31st Alabama on its right. No direct assault was made on it, but the fire from this work materially assisted in repulsing the assaults, May 22, . . . — — Map (db m109591) HM
You are on the historic Jackson Road, a critical link between Jackson and Vicksburg during the Civil War. To guard this key entrance to the city, Confederate forces built a major fort here: the Third Louisiana Redan. Look . . . — — Map (db m109425) HM
Rudders on either side of the paddle wheel steered the gunboat. These sturdy wooden fins were controlled by cables attached to the wheel in the pilothouse. Well-aimed enemy fire could cut the steering cables and disable the gunboat.
[Photo . . . — — Map (db m110373) HM
Lieutenant General
***C.S.A.***
Brigadier General
Commanding Second
Brigade Stevenson's
Division May Second
- July Fourth 1863 — — Map (db m88193) HM WM
This brigade, with fixed bayonets, was formed in two columns of regiments by divisions, the 7th Missouri and 81st Illinois on the right, the 8th Illinois and 32nd Ohio on the left — the 17th Illinois deployed in front as skirmishers. The . . . — — Map (db m170192) HM
This redan, the line immediately to its right, and part of the stockade to its left were held, the afternoon of May 19, 1863, and the assaults of the Union force repulsed, by the 36th Mississippi, with the 5th Missouri in support, on its east face; . . . — — Map (db m240447) HM
Dedicated to the Tennessee Confederate Soldiers
Who served in Defense of Vicksburg
Reverse: Honor to those who never sought it; Fame to those who never wished it; Glory to those who never dreamed it; Immortality, for they earned it . . . — — Map (db m88191) WM
First Heavy Artillery
Col. A. Jackson, Jr.
Company A
Capt. Pault T. Dismukes
Company B
Capt. William P. Parks
Company C
Captain H.T. Norman
Company D
Lieut. G.W. Miller
Lieut. . . . — — Map (db m109548) HM
(center panel)
Remembers the valor and devotion of her sons who served at Vicksburg and in other theaters of the War Between the States. "For those men believed in something. They counted life a light thing to lay down in the faith . . . — — Map (db m88194) HM WM
Brig. General John Gregg
7th Infantry Col. H. B. Granbury
Killed 22, Wounded 73, Missing 63, Total 158
Capt. H. R. Smith killed, Lts. J. C. Kidd
J. K. Taylor and A. R. White mortally wounded
Casualties, Raymond, May 12, . . . — — Map (db m109604) HM
On May 22, 1863, Union troops commanded by General John M. Thayer stormed up this hill toward the Confederate fort at the top. Slowed by the steep terrain and pushed back by heavy enemy fire, Thayer's men were forced to withdraw. On May 30, the . . . — — Map (db m109346) HM
The trench for Thayer's Approach to the Confederate work in his front was started about May 30, 1863, on the north side of this ridge, through which it was carried by a tunnel. Preserved by the brick arch. The trench across the ravine to the foot . . . — — Map (db m89281) HM
In 1861 the United Sates Navy was faced with the daunting task of taking control of the Mississippi River from the Confederacy. With few ships capable of navigating the shallow inland waters, necessity gave birth to the Brown Water Navy. This . . . — — Map (db m240620) HM
After 47 days under siege, the battle could only end in surrender—or a dramatic rescue. Inside Vicksburg, General Pemberton faced harsh realities—one third of his troops were too sick to fight, their drinking water was contaminated, they . . . — — Map (db m81907) HM
On December 12, 1862, the ironclad boat Cairo was sunk
in the Yazoo River while mine-clearing. The vessel was
found in 1956. It was raised, restored and relocated here.
The Cairo is the only remaining ironclad of its type . . . — — Map (db m109443) HM
After weeks of digging with picks and shovels, Union fatigue parties reached the Third Louisiana Redan before you. Excavating a tunnel underneath the fort, the Federals planted 2,200 lbs. of black powder, and detonated the mine on the afternoon . . . — — Map (db m87595) HM
This salient redoubt was occupied, May 22, 1863, by a detachment of the 30th Alabama. Supported by two companies, under Major O. Steele, of Waul’s Texas Legion. The entrenchment in rear was held by the 30th Alabama, reinforced during the day, by the . . . — — Map (db m110837) HM
