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 on the north side of Confederate Avenue 100 yards west of the Tennessee Memorial. Also, an iron tablet located in the northwest end of the Anshe Chesed Jewish Cemetery. 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. Gens. Martin Luther Smith's (until 30 Dec 1863) and Carter L. Stevenson's 2d Military District, of Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton's Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, and commanded by Capt. T. F. Tobin.
Tobin's Battery Tablet
NPS Photo
During the campaign and siege of Vicksburg, the battery was attached to Brig. Gen. William E. Baldwin's Brigade, of Maj. Gen. Martin Luther Smith's Division, Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton's Army of Vicksburg, and commanded by Capt. T.F. Tobin. [Refer to Edwin Bearss' The Vicksburg Campaign, Volume I, pages 226 and 594; and Volume III, pages 781, 782, 869, and 966.]
