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 is located on Union Avenue north of the Minnesota Memorial. Also a marker designating the morning assault of 22 May 1863, located in the mowed bay 1000' southeast of the Louisiana Memorial, and a monument and multiple iron tablet designating the afternoon assault of 22 May 1863, located on the east end of the Anshe Chesed Jewish Cemetery near Clay Street. This unit was attached to Colonels George B. Boomer's (killed 22 May 1863) and Holden Putnam's 3d Brigade of Brig. Gen'ls Isaac F. Quimby's and John E. Smith's (assumed command 3 June 1863) 7th Division, Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson's 17th Corps and commanded by Maj. Charles F. Brown (killed) and Capt. Benjamin D. Dean. Later, the regiment was attached to Brig. Gen. Charles L. Matthies' Brigade of Brig. Gen. John McArthur's Provisional Division, Maj. Gen'l Cadwallader C. Washburn's XVI Army Corps (Detachment) on Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's exterior line.
26th Missouri Infantry Unit Position Markers
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Last updated: April 14, 2015
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