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.
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3 February - 10 April 1863 (Yazoo Pass Expedition) - This unit was attached as an unbrigaded regiment of Maj. William Wing Loring's Confederate Forces, Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton's Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, and commanded by Col. Robert McCulloch. During the rest of the Campaign and Siege of Vicksburg, it was attached to Col. Robert McCulloch's 1st Brigade, of Brig. Gen. James R. Chalmers' 5th Military District (headquartered at Panola, MS), Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's Department of the West, and commanded by Maj. R. A. McCulloch and Capt. P. M. Savery. [Refer to Edwin Bearss' The Vicksburg Campaign, Volume I, page 594; Volume II, page 250; and Volume III, page 1144.]
Last updated: April 14, 2015
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