North Union Avenue and Grant Circle are closed to vehicular and pedestrian traffic for repairs. Entering these construction areas is prohibited. This work is to repair severe weather damage in 2020. The remainder of the park and tour road are open. More
Due to weather related incidents, Vicksburg National Cemetery is closed to vehicular traffic, however it is open to pedestrians. Visitor can park in the adjacent USS Cairo parking lot and walk into the cemetery.
Wisconsin 11th Infantry Assault Marker, 22 May 1863
NPS/ C. Fields
This monument is located on Union Avenue between the Iowa Memorial and railroad bridge. Also, a marker designating the assault of 22 May 1863, located on Confederate Avenue 200 yards south of the railroad. This unit was attached to Brig. Gen. Michael K. Lawler's 2d Brigade of Brig. Gen. Eugene A. Carr's 14th Division, XIII Army Corps under Maj. Gen'ls John A. McClernand (relieved 19 June 1863) and Edward O.C. Ord, and commanded by Col. Charles L. Harris, Maj. Arthur Platt and Lt. Col. Charles A. Wood. [Refer to pages 530, 545 and 546, Volume 2 of the WPA Monumentation Survey Books.]
11th Wisconsin Infantry Regimental Marker and Assault Marker, 22 May 1863
