Imagine the open fields in front of you covered with tents and crowded with white-bearded men. In October 1917, as the United States entered World War I, this rolling landscape played host to thousands of Vicksburg veterans. Soldiers from both sides . . . — — Map (db m111661) HM
They were all volunteers-and unmarried—those 150 Union men
called the "Forlorn Hope." Powerful cannon had pounded the
Confederates for four straight hours. Laden with planks and hastily
built ladders, they struggled up the road in front of . . . — — Map (db m109458) HM
Brig. Gen. William E. Baldwin;
Col. Allen Thomas;
Col. Robert Richardson;
Brig. Gen. William E. Baldwin.
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17th Louisiana,
Col. Robert Richardson;
Lieut. Col. Madison Rogers;
Maj. W. A. Redditt; . . . — — Map (db m134026) HM WM
Capt. J.F. Waddell.
A detachment of the battery, under Lieut. R. H. Bellamy, served one 6-pounder gun in this position, Railroad Redoubt, from May 18 to a little before 10 o'clock the forenoon of May 22, 1863, when its ammunition . . . — — Map (db m109596) HM
Capt. William N. Hogg;
Lieut. Christopher C. Scott;
Lieut. Robert N. Cotten.
A detachment of the battery, under Lieut. Christopher C. Scott, served one 3-inch rifle in this position from May 18 to about May 30, 1863, when . . . — — Map (db m110765) HM
Capt. William A. Davidson.
The right section of the company, under Lieut.
Jeff Thompson, served two 3-inch rifles in this
position from about May 21 to the end of the
defense, July 4, 1863. — — Map (db m109518) HM
Capt. H.H. Sengstak.
The battery served two 6-pounder guns, one 3-inch rifle and one 24-pounder howitzer on the line of Moore's Brigade in undetermined positions from May 18 to the end of the defense, July 4, 1863. Casualties in battery . . . — — Map (db m115592) HM
Capt. William N. Hogg;
Lieut. Christopher C. Scott;
Lieut. Robert N. Cotten.
A detachment of the battery, under Lieut. Christopher C. Scott served one 3-inch rifle in this position, Third Louisiana Redan, from May 18 to the end . . . — — Map (db m109651) HM
Capt. William N. Hogg;
Lieut. Christopher C. Scott;
Lieut. Robert N. Cotten.
A detachment of the battery, under Lieut. Robert N. Cotten, served one 3-inch rifle in this position, directly on the Jackson Road, from about May 30 to the . . . — — Map (db m115629) HM
Capt. J.Q. Wall.
Part of the company served pieces, number, kind and caliber unknown, on the line of Moore's Brigade in undetermined positions from May 18 to the end of the defense, July 4,1863. A detachment probably served one Whitworth . . . — — Map (db m115616) HM
Capt. C.B. Vance.
The first section of the company, under Lieuts. T.H. Cunningham and B.T. Mathews, served two 12-pounder howitzers in this position from about June 15 to the end of the defense, July 4, 1863. — — Map (db m109451) HM
Capt. S. J. Ridley;
Lieut. Charles E. Hooker;
Lieut. P. B. Lancaster.
One section of the company, under Lieut. P. B. Lancaster, served two 12-pounder howitzers in this position, near Fort Hill, from the morning of May 19. . . . — — Map (db m110839) HM
Capt. C.B. Vance.
The company served two 6-pounder guns and two 12-pounder howitzers in this position from the morning of May 19 to about May 26, 1863, when the pieces were moved to other positions. Reported casualties in battalion during . . . — — Map (db m134001) HM WM
Capt. J.H Yates
The second section of the company, under Lieut. W. J. Shelton, served two 6-pounder guns and one 24-pounder siege gun in this position, Fort Hill, from the morning of May 19 to about June 12, when the siege gun was . . . — — Map (db m110841) HM
Capt. J. H. Yates.
The first section of the company, under Lieut. R. B. Jones, served two 12-pounder guns in this
position from the morning of May 19 to the end of the defense, July 4, 1863. — — Map (db m134011) HM WM
Lieut. F.W. Merrin
The company, under Capt. Jacob Culbertson, was engaged in the battle of Champion Hill, May 16,attached to Loring's division. At the close of that battle one section, under Capt. Culbertson, moved to Crystal Springs . . . — — Map (db m110745) HM
Capt. T. K. Emanuel;
Lieut. John R. Scalter.
The company served pieces, number, kind and caliber unknown, on the line of Hebert’s Brigade in undetermined positions from May 18 to the end of the defense, July 4, 1863. A detachment . . . — — Map (db m115748) HM
Capt. J.L. Wofford.
A detachment of the company, under Sergt. H. F. Sproles, served one 6-pounder gun in this position from May 19 to the end of the defense, July 4, 1863. — — Map (db m134018) HM WM
Capt. J.L. Wofford.
A detachment of the company served one 12-pounder howitzer and one 3-inch rifle in this position from May 19. The 3-inch rifle was disabled within a few days. The howitzer was served to the end of the defense, July 4, . . . — — Map (db m134022) HM WM
Capt. J.L. Wofford.
The company was attached to Featherston’s brigade of Loring’s division in the battle of Champion's Hill, May 16, and was not closely engaged. At the close of that battle it fell back with the army to Vicksburg. A . . . — — Map (db m134024) HM WM
Capt. J.L. Wofford.
A detachment of the company under Lieut. A.J. Arnold, served one 24-pounder howitzer and one 3-inch rifle in this position from May 19 to the end of the defense, July 4,1863-except that the howitzer was moved to a pit at . . . — — Map (db m134025) HM WM
Capt. Newit J. Drew;
Lieut. W.J. Duncan.
The company, under Lieut. W.J. Duncan, served pieces, number, kind and caliber unknown, on the line of Lee's brigade in undetermined positions from May 18 to the end of the defense, July . . . — — Map (db m109592) HM
Capt. J.J. Cowan.
The company was engaged in the Battle of Champion's Hill, May 16, attached to Loring's Division; casualties, wounded 2. At the close of that battle it fell back with the army to Vicksburg most of the enlisted men . . . — — Map (db m115589) HM
Capt. Henry Cuibor:
Lieut. William Corkery;
Lieut. Cornelius Heffernan.
The battery was engaged: at Grand Gulf, the evening of March 31, against Admiral Farragut’s vessels. Casualties, killed 2, wounded 2, total 4, Capt. Henry Cuibor . . . — — Map (db m134029) HM WM
Lieut. J.R. Sweaney;
Lieut. M.H. Trantham.
The battery was engaged in the battle of Port Gibson, May 1, casualties, wounded 20. One section, under Lieut. E. S. Walton, served two 12-pounder howitzers in this position, railroad . . . — — Map (db m109595) HM
Capt. T. N. Johnston.
A detachment of the company served one 3-inch rifle in this position, Fort Hill, from May 19 to the end of defense, July 4, 1863. — — Map (db m109453) HM
Capt. John C. Landis;
Lieut. John M. Langan.
The battery, under Capt. John C. Landis, was engaged in the battle of Port Gibson, May 1, without reported casualties: and in the Battle of Champion's Hill, May 16, under Lieut. John M. . . . — — Map (db m116011) HM
Captain Schuyler Lowe;
Lieut. Thomas B. Catron.
One section under Sergt. William A. Fisher, served one six pounder gun in this lunette from about May 23, to the end of the defense, July 4, 1863. Casualties in battery during the campaign . . . — — Map (db m115666) HM
Capt. J.P. Lynch.
A detachment of the company served one 32-pounder smoothbore gun in this position from about May 24 to the end of the defense, July 4, 1863. One 30-pounder Parrott rifle was served in this position by a detachment from a . . . — — Map (db m134013) HM WM
C.S.
Marks' Company, 22D Louisiana;
River Batteries; Army of Vicksburg.
Capt. Washington Marks.
A detachment of the company, under Lieut.
Samuel Barnes, served one 10-inch Columbiad in
this position from . . . — — Map (db m105448) HM
54th Alabama (Detachment), Lieut. Joel P. Abney
City Guards, Capt. E. B. Martin.
Signal Corps, Capt. C. A. King.
The Detachment of the 54th Alabama, Buford's Brigade, Loring's
Division, was engaged in the Battle of Champion's Hill, May . . . — — Map (db m115569) HM
One piece of artillery, kind and caliber unknown, was served in this work from May 18 to the end of the defense, July 4, 1863, by a detachment of either Sengstak's, Tobin's, Landis; or Wall's battery. — — Map (db m115621) HM
1st Louisiana Heavy Artillery, {Colonel C. A. Fuller.
{Lieut. Col. D. Beltzhoover.
8th Louisiana Heavy Artillery Battalion, Major F. N. Ogden
22nd Louisiana (Detachment). Captain Samuel Jones.
1st Tennessee Heavy . . . — — Map (db m115576) HM
Capt. S.C. Bains.
A detachment of the battery, under Lieut. E.L. Wood, served one 12-pounder howitzer in this position from May 23 to the end of the defense July 4, 1863. — — Map (db m109594) HM
15th Corps 3rd Division
Second Brigade
Brig. Gen. Joseph A. Mower
11th Infantry
Major Eli Bowyer
Colonel Andrew J. Weber
Lieut. Col. William L. Barnum
Killed 7, wounded 92, missing 3,
total 102: Col. Andrew J. . . . — — Map (db m110102) HM
Lieut. Jacob C. Hansel;
Lieut. Frank B. Fenton;
Capt. Peter Davidson.
The battery served two James rifles, one 10- pounder Parrott rifle and one 6-pounder gun in this position from the morning of May 22 to about June . . . — — Map (db m109624) HM
Capt. Samuel E. Barrett;
Lieut. Israel P. Rumsey.
The battery, May 19, served four 6-pounder guns and two 12-pounder howitzers on this ridge and to the left of this tablet, which marks the position of the . . . — — Map (db m109740) HM
Capt. Samuel E. Barrett;
Lieut. Israel P. Rumsey.
The battery served four 6-pounder guns and two 12-pounder howitzers in this position from the morning of May 22 to the evening of May 26, when it went with the force under . . . — — Map (db m110734) HM
Lieut. John A. Fitch;
Capt. Allen C. Waterhouse.
A detachment of the battery served one 30-pounder Parrott rifle in this position, Battery Jenny, from about June 5 to June 22, 1863, when the battery moved with the 1st and 3D . . . — — Map (db m109737) HM
Capt. Levi W. Hart.
The battery served four 20-pounder Parrott rifles from about May 27 and one 30-pounder Parrott rifle from about May 30, to about June 10, in this position, when the right section, under Lieut. Francis DeGress, . . . — — Map (db m110733) HM
Companies D and K were assigned to duty on gunboats by order of Major General U.S. Grant, dated February 18, 1863; Company D, under Captain Eberlee P. H. Stone served during the campaign and siege of Vicksburg on gunboat "Tyler" . . . — — Map (db m109750) HM
This regiment was detailed for service on gunboats by order of Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, dated February 6, 1863; before that date it was attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 15th Corps, Army of the Tennessee. Casualties: . . . — — Map (db m109753) HM
Beginning of Logan's approach to the Confederate Third Louisiana Redan. Work on it commenced, May 26, 1863, in charge of Capt. A. Hickenlooper, Chief Engineer, 17th Army Corps. — — Map (db m109646) HM
End of Logan’s approach to the Confederate Third Louisiana redan; carried to this point, June 22, and a gallery for a mine begun next day. The gallery carried 40 feet to the front and a mine at its head, charged with 2200 pounds of powder, fired . . . — — Map (db m109648) HM
Lieut. Cyrus Sears;
Lieut. Fletcher E. Armstrong;
Capt. Frank C. Sands.
The battery served two 6-pounder guns, two 12-pounder howitzers and two James rifles on the investment line from May 19 to May 26, when it . . . — — Map (db m109631) HM
Capt. Ambrose A. Blount:
Capt. Charles S. Rice.
The 2d section, under Lieut. William Hunt, served
two 10 pounder Parrott rifles in this position, "Burnt
Chimneys," from the morning of May 21 to about May
25, 1863, . . . — — Map (db m104188) HM WM
Capt. Ambrose A. Blount:
Capt. Charles S. Rice.
The 1st section, under Lieut. George A. Ege, served two 10-pounder Parrott Rifles in this position from about June 7 to the end of the siege, July 4, 1863. From May 19 to about . . . — — Map (db m133923) HM
Capt. Martin Klauss.
Two sections served four James rifles in this
position, "Burnt Chimneys," from about May 22 to
the end of the siege, July 4, 1863. Aggregate
reported casualties in battery during the campaign
and siege: . . . — — Map (db m104192) HM WM
Capt. Martin Klauss.
One section served two 6-pounder guns in this position from about June 20 to the end of the siege, July 4, 1863. Their fire was especially directed against a bridge across the railroad cut in rear of the . . . — — Map (db m109569) HM
U.S.
1st Battery,
Wisconsin Light Artillery;
9th Div.; 13th Corps; Army of the Tennessee.
Lieut. Charles B. Kimball;
Lieut. Oscar F. Nutting.
The right section of the battery served two . . . — — Map (db m103764) HM
Capt. William S. Williams.
The battery served two 6-pounder guns and four James rifles in this position from about May 25 to June 6, when one of the 6-pounder guns was moved to an advanced battery on right of Jackson Road. The other . . . — — Map (db m109784) HM
Capt. Samuel DeGolyer
Lieut. Theodore Lockwood
The battery served two 12-pounder howitzers and four James rifles in this position from about May 25, to the end of the siege July 4, 1863, except that one 12 pounder . . . — — Map (db m109780) HM
Capt. Henry Dillon;
Lieut. Samuel F. Clark.
The battery served its pieces in temporary positions near the Jackson Road from May 19 to about May 31. One section served two 12-pounder howitzers in this position from about May 31 to . . . — — Map (db m109637) HM
Capt. James F. Putnam.
The battery served two 30-pounder Parrott rifles in this position from about May 24 to the end of the siege, July 4, 1863. — — Map (db m109798) HM
Capt. George W. Schofield.
The battery served four pieces, kind and caliber unknown, in this position from about May 26. It also served the four 24-pounder siege guns on the line of Hovey's division, in a . . . — — Map (db m109622) HM
Capt. Samuel E. Barrett;
Lieut. Israel P. Rumsey.
The left section of the battery served its pieces in this position from the morning of May 20, 1863, to the evening of the next day. — — Map (db m109731) HM
Capt. Charles Mann.
The battery served two 6-pounder guns and two 12-pounder howitzers on this ridge from about May 24 to the evening of May 26, when one section, under Lieut. Clemens Goedde, went with the . . . — — Map (db m109858) HM
Capt. Clemens Landgraeber.
The battery served two 12-pounder howitzers and four James rifles in a battery, not in the park and about 15 yards West of this tablet, from May 19 to the end of the siege, July 4, 1863. Aggregate reported . . . — — Map (db m109803) HM
Capt. Frederick Sparrestrom;
Lieut. John W. Lowell.
By a collision between the transports "Horizon" and "Moderator", about 3 a.m., May 1, while the battery was crossing the river to Bruinsburg, Mississippi, . . . — — Map (db m109632) HM
Capt. William H. Bolton.
The battery served four James rifles in this position from about May 25 to the end of the siege July 4, 1863, except that after about June 15, one rifle, in charge of a daily detail . . . — — Map (db m109643) HM
Beginning of Carr's right approach to the Confederate railroad redoubt was in cut immediately at left of this marker. Work on it commenced about June 2, 1863; carried along the railroad from here to the next marker. — — Map (db m109570) HM
Capt. Patrick H. White A detachment of the center section, under Lieut. George Throop, with the help of enlisted men of infantry regiments, dragged one of its 6-pounder guns by hand to this position in the assault, May 22, 1863, and . . . — — Map (db m192894) HM
Maj. Maurice Maloney.
A detachment of the regiment, under Capt. E.D. Phillips, served one 30-pounder Parrott rifle in this position from May 21 to the end of the siege, July 4, 1863. — — Map (db m115626) HM
Beginning of Ewing's Approach to the Confederate Stockade Redan. Work on it begun, May 23, 1863, by details from his brigade and from 1st and 3D brigades, 3D Division, 15th Corps. — — Map (db m109733) HM
End of main gallery from Ewing's approach. Carried to this point the forenoon of July 4. Preparations had been made for charging a mine at head of gallery with 2200 pounds of powder, when work was stopped by order of Gen. Grant. — — Map (db m115812) HM
End of Giles A. Smith's approach to Confederate Lunette in front. Carried to this point July 3, and a galley for a mine started but not finished. Sap-roller at head of approach faced by a Confederate 6-pounder rifled gun in ditch in front of . . . — — Map (db m115813) HM
End of Thayer's Approach to Confederate work in front. Carried to this point about July 3, and a gallery for a mine begun but not finished. Work in charge of Capt. Herman Klosterman. — — Map (db m134042) HM WM
Capt. T.D. Yost.
The battery was Company F. 32D Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, prior to the Battle of Champion Hill, May 16. Two 12-pounder guns and four 3-inch rifles captured in that battle were turned over to it. Two sections . . . — — Map (db m110768) HM
Commemorating the service of the 1st and 3rd Mississippi Infantry Regiments, African Descent and all Mississippians of African descent who participated in the Vicksburg Campaign. — — Map (db m42187) HM
Had you stepped aboard the USS Cairo
during the Civil War, the conversations may
have surprised you. So many languages! Stroll
the decks and you might have heard French,
Danish, Russian, German, and accents from
Ireland, England, and the . . . — — Map (db m109464) HM
The earthen slope in front of you marks the southern edge
of Great Redoubt, the largest fort and highest point on the
defensive line. Today's tour road follows the deep, dry
moat that once fronted the wall of the fort and gave
the . . . — — Map (db m115410) HM
In mid-19th century America, rivers were highways. And
the Mississippi was the greatest of them all—the nation's
main artery for commerce leading all the way to the Gulf
of Mexico. By early 1863, two Confederate strongholds
still blocked Union . . . — — Map (db m109452) HM
Look down to your left to see one of Cairo's restored firebox doors. Coal shoveled into the fireboxes heated the boilers. Steam from the boilers powered Cairo's engines and drove the paddle wheel. A gunboat without steam could not move . . . — — Map (db m110400) HM
A mine, at the head of Logan’s Approach to the Third Louisiana redan, was begun on June 23, finished the forenoon of June 25 and charged with 2200 pounds of powder. Leggett's (1st) Brigade of Logan’s (3D) Division, 17th Corps, occupied the trenches, . . . — — Map (db m109722) HM
Captain Fifth Ohio Battery
Chief Engineer 17th Army Corps
March 29—July 4, 1863
Logan's Approach and the mines
at its head under the Confederate
Third Louisiana Redan were under
his personal direction
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Given by . . . — — Map (db m110730) HM
Just how important was Vicksburg to the war, and to those who fought here? Look around and you'll see. Hundreds of markers, plaques, and memorials tell the story of sacrifice and dedication — and celebrate the spirit of reconciliation between . . . — — Map (db m170141) HM
The types of cannon you see here all saw action during the Vicksburg fighting. For centuries, artillery had ruled the battlefield. By the time of the Civil War, advances like rifled barrels, improved aiming and ignition had made cannon more . . . — — Map (db m104199) HM
The Union Army under command of Maj Gen. U. S. Grant was composed of three divisions of the 13th, the 15th, and the 17th Corps. The Confederate Army, under command of Lieut. Gen. John C. Pemberton, was composed of Stevenson’s, Forney’s, Smith's, and . . . — — Map (db m110827) HM
The Union Army under command of Maj Gen. U. S. Grant was composed of three divisions of the 13th, the 15th, and the 17th Corps. The Confederate Army, under command of Lieut. Gen. John C. Pemberton, was composed of Stevenson’s, Forney’s, Smith's, and . . . — — Map (db m116685) HM
The Union Army, under command of Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant, was composed of the 13th, 15th, and 17th Corps. The Confederate Army, under command of Lieut. Gen. John C. Pemberton, was composed of Stevenson’s, Forney’s, Smith's and Bowen’s Divisions, and . . . — — Map (db m110830) HM
The Union Army, under command of Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant, was composed of the 13th, 15th, and 17th Corps. The Confederate Army, under command of Lieut. Gen. John C. Pemberton, was composed of Stevenson’s, Forney’s, Smith's and Bowen’s Divisions, and . . . — — Map (db m116684) HM
During the 19th century, rivers meant trade and transit—none more than the Mississippi. This mighty artery of commerce was the nation's single greatest economic feature. In late 1862, Vicksburg remained the primary Confederate stronghold along . . . — — Map (db m104226) HM
The Union Army, under command of Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant, was composed of the 13th Corps, Blair’s division of the 15th Corps, and Logan’s and Crocker’s Divisions of the 17th Corps. The Confederate Army, under command of Lieut. Gen. John C. Pemberton, . . . — — Map (db m110826) HM
The Union Army, under command of Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant, was composed of the 13th Corps, Blair’s division of the 15th Corps, and Logan’s and Crocker’s Divisions of the 17th Corps. The Confederate Army, under command of Lieut. Gen. John C. Pemberton, . . . — — Map (db m116686) HM
The Union Army under command of Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant was composed of the 13th Corps and Logan's Division of the 17th Corps. The Confederate Army, under command of Brig. Gen. John S. Bowen, was composed of Tracy’s, Cockrell's, Green’s, and Baldwin's . . . — — Map (db m110216) HM
The Union Army under command of Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant was composed of the 13th Corps and Logan's Division of the 17th Corps. The Confederate Army, under command of Brig. Gen. John S. Bowen, was composed of Tracy’s, Cockrell's, Green’s, and Baldwin's . . . — — Map (db m115556) HM
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