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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22F3_standing-guard-at-jackson-road_Vicksburg-MS.html
You are on the historic Jackson Road, a critical link
between Jackson and Vicksburg during the Civil War.
To guard this key entrance to the city, Confederate
forces built a major fort here: the Third Louisiana
Redan. Lo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22F2_the-union-fleet_Vicksburg-MS.html
On March 13, 1863, Union Rear Admiral David D. Porter commanded a squadron of five "City Series" ironclads and ram General Sterling Price on a bold expedition to find a route into the Yazoo River above the Confederate fortifications north of Vicks…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22F1_final-resting-place-with-dignity_Vicksburg-MS.html
Gaining control of Vicksburg and the Mississippi River
cost so many lives-more than 10,000 Union dead. In the
aftermath of battle, the dead were often buried hastily in
makeshift graves. At hundreds of Civil War battle sites the
remains of fal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22D7_overwhelming-firepower_Vicksburg-MS.html
The Union siege of Vicksburg was
successful because of places like this.
At Battery De Golyer, the Union army
concentrated its cannon. Confederates
spread theirs out. When a Confederate
cannon fired, many Union g…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22CZ_navy-to-the-rescue_Vicksburg-MS.html
This impressive monument salutes the US Navy's role in the success at Vicksburg. In the spring of 1863, Grant needed to change tactics. Having failed to penetrate Confederate defenses north of Vicksburg, he decided to move his large and well-provi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22CY_thayers-approach_Vicksburg-MS.html
On May 22, 1863, Union troops commanded by General John M. Thayer stormed up this hill toward the Confederate fort at the top. Slowed by the steep terrain and pushed back by heavy enemy fire, Thayer's men were forced to withdraw. On May 30, the so…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22CX_grants-headquarters_Vicksburg-MS.html
When Union forces arrived at Vicksburg, Union General
Ulysses S. Grant chose a wood frame house near here as
his headquarters. But the house ended up serving a very
different purpose. During the night of May 21, 1863,
G…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22CW_joining-up-for-freedom_Vicksburg-MS.html
The Union army became a refuge for formerly enslaved
African Americans in 1862. The Second Confiscation Act
declared that enslaved people taking refuge behind Union
lines would be set free. Across the South, black freedom̷…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22CT_blasting-their-way_Vicksburg-MS.html
Direct assaults on the Confederate fortifications on
May 19 and 22 ended in heavy Union losses. With
Vicksburg's defenses holding strong. Grant changed
tactics and ordered a formal siege. Here, at Third
Louisiana Redan,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22CF_briefly-breaching-the-line_Vicksburg-MS.html
At daybreak on May 22, 1863, hundreds of Federal cannon
opened fire. The second Union attempt to take Vicksburg
began. Three miles of Confederate fortifications were
bombarded for four hours. Then the Union guns fell silent.
Troops charged for…