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Troops in the Defense of Vicksburg - Confederate
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7th Kentucky Infantry
| This unit was attached to Brig. Gen. Abraham Buford's 2nd Brigade of Maj.
Gen. William Wing Loring's Division, Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton's Army of Vicksburg and
was commanded by Col. Ed Crossland. At the beginning of the Vicksburg Campaign the brigade
was at Port Hudson, LA, reorganized and ordered to Tullahoma, TN on or about 15 April
1863, but was recalled on 18 April 1863 and participated in the Battle of Champion Hill on
16 May 1863. On 19 May 1863 the division arrived at Jackson, MS and was attached to Gen.
Joseph E. Johnston's Army of Relief, Department of the West . [Refer to Official
Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XXIV, Part 1 - Reports, page 707
and to Edwin Bearss' The Vicksburg Campaign, Volume II, pages 250 & 643 and
Volume III, page 1151.] |
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Last update: Saturday, July 07, 2001
http://www.nps.gov/vick/ky/ky7inf.htm
Editor: G. Zeman |
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