Monument located on Confederate Avenue behind the Louisiana Memorial (Park Tour Stop 11). At the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, this unit was attached to Brig. Gen. Louis Hébert’s 1st Brigade, of Maj. Gen. Dabney H. Maury’s Division, Maj. Gen. Carter L. Stevenson’s 2d Military District, in Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton’s Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. During the Greenville Expedition, the regiment was assigned to Brig. Gen. Stephen D. Lee’s Reinforced Brigade, of Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton’s Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. Afterwards, it was reattached to Brig. Gen. Louis Hébert’s 1st Brigade, of Maj. Gen. John H. Forney’s Division, Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton’s Army of Vicksburg, and commanded by Maj. David Pierson. [Refer to Edwin Bearss’ The Vicksburg Campaign, Volume I, page 226; Volume II, page 128; and Volume III, pages 870 and 965.]
LOUISIANA Hebert's Brigade Brig. General Louis Hebert THIRD INFANTRY Major David Pierson Lieut. Col. Samuel D. Russell Major David Pierson Casualties: Snyder's Mill, April 30 and May 1, 1863. Wounded 1; Defense, May 18 - July 5. Killed 49. Wounded 119. Missing 7. Total 175; Capt. J. E. John- son, Capt. John Kinney, Lieut. A. S. Randolph and one other officer killed |
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