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.
Iron tablets located on Confederate Avenue at the Stockade Redan (Tour Stop #10), on Old Jackson Road east of Confederate Avenue, at the 3d Louisiana Redan and Great Redoubt. At the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, this unit was attached to Brig. Gen. Louis Hèbert’s Brigade of Maj. Gen. Dabney H. Maury’s Division, Maj. Genl's. Martin Luther Smith’s (until 30 Dec 1862) and Carter L. Steven’s 2d Military District in Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton’s Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, and commanded by Capt. William M. Hogg.
Appeal Battery Position Marker
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The regiment was later assigned to Brig. Gen. Louis Hèbert’s Brigade of Maj. Gen. John H. Forney’s Division, Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton’s Army of Vicksburg and was commanded by Capt. William M. Hogg, Lt. Christopher C. Scott and Lt. Robert N. Cotten. [Refer to Edwin Bearss’ The Vicksburg Campaign, Volume I, page 226 and Volume III, pages 783, 870, and 965.]
