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.
Multiple monument located on Grant Avenue, 100 yards east of Sherman Avenue. This unit was attached to Brig. Gen. Hugh T. Reid's 1st Brigade of Brig. Gen'l John McArthur's 6th Division, Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson's XVII Army Corps, and later Brig. Gen'l Hugh T. Reid's Post of Lake Providence [LA] in Brig. Gen'ls Jeremiah C. Sullivan (relieved 3 June 1863) and Elias S. Dennis' District of Northeast Louisiana, and commanded by Col. Benjamin Allen and Maj. Thomas Reynolds. [Refer to page 339, Volume 5 and pages 719-720, Volume 6 of the WPA Monumentation Survey Books.]
