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.
Two iron tablets located outside of Vicksburg National Military Park, on former park property in the City of Vicksburg, on the east side of Confederate Avenue approximately 0.3 miles south of All Saints School. During the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, this unit was attached to Brig. Gen. Seth M. Barton’s 1st Brigade, of Maj. Gen'ls. Martin Luther Smith’s and Carter L. Stevenson’s 2d Military District, in Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton’s Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, and commanded by Lt. Col. H. P. Bell (wounded in action) and Maj. H. C. Kellogg. Afterwards, the regiment was assigned to Brig. Gen. Seth M. Barton’s 1st Brigade, of Maj. Gen. Carter L. Stevenson’s Division, Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton’s Army of Vicksburg, and commanded by Col. Skidmore Harris (killed in action 16 May 1863) and Capt. M. M. Grantham. [Refer to Gen. S. M. Barton of Virginia and to Edwin Bearss’ The Vicksburg Campaign, Volume II, page 644; and Volume III, pages 872 and 964.]
