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.
Regiment listed on the Rhode Island State Memorial. This unit was attached to Colonel Simon G. Griffin's 1st Brigade of Brigadier General Robert B. Potter's 2nd Division, Major General John G. Parke's IX Army Corps [Detachment]. Positioned on Major General William T. Sherman's exterior line, the unit was commanded by Colonel Zenas R. Bliss [Refer to page 742, Volume 6 of the WPA Monumentation Survey Books.] Two divisions of the IX Corps were ordered from the Department of the Ohio on 3 June 1863. Arriving at Snyder's Bluff on transports from Cairo, IL, they took position from Skillikalia Bayou to Templeton's and fortified that line. On 29 June 1863 by order of Major General William T. Sherman, the IX Corps moved to the east and took position from Haynes' Bluff to the railroad crossing of the Big Black River, resting its left at Neely's and its right at Bryant's. The Corps fortified this position and remained at that location until the surrender of Vicksburg.
Last updated: April 14, 2015
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