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.
Monument located on Union Avenue at the second turn past Park Tour Stop #15. Also, iron tablets located on Indiana Avenue and in Maloney Circle west of the old railroad bridge along Old Hwy 27. This unit was attached to Brig. Gen. Peter J. Osterhaus' 9th Division, Maj. Gen'ls John A. McClernand's (relieved of command 19 June 1863) and Edward O.C. Ord's XIII Army Corps and commanded by Lt. Oscar F. Nutting. [Refer to pages 468, 471, 495, 574 and 584, Volume 2 of the WPA Monumentation Survey Books.]
