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 located at Fort Hill (Park Tour Stop 9). Also an iron tablet located on the north side of Confederate Avenue approximately 0.1 mile east of the Tennessee Memorial. This unit was attached to Col. A. Jackson, Jr.'s and Lt. Col. R. Sterling's 1st Tennessee Heavy Artillery, of Col. Edward Higgins' River Defense Batteries, Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton's Army of Vicksburg, and commanded by Capt. J.P. Lynch. [Refer to Edwin Bearss' The Vicksburg Campaign, Volume III, pages 873 and 968.]
Lynch's Company Tablet
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Last updated: April 14, 2015
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