26th Louisiana Infantry
| Monument located on Confederate Avenue between the Tennessee Memorial and
the Stockade Redan (Park Tour Stop #10). At the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou this unit was
attached to Col. Allen Thomas' Provisional Brigade of Brig. Gen. Stephen D. Lee's
Provisional Division. During the Greenville Expedition, the regiment was assigned to Brig.
Gen. Stephen D. Lee's Reinforced Brigade of Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton's Department of
Mississippi and East Louisiana, afterwards it was attached to Brig. Gen. Francis A.
Shoup's 3rd Brigade of Maj. Gen. Martin Luther Smith's Division, Lt. Gen. John
C. Pemberton's Army of Vicksburg and was commanded by Col. Winchester Hall (wounded 19 May
1863) & Lt. Col. William C. Crow. [Refer to Edwin Bearss' The Vicksburg Campaign,
Volume I, page 225; Volume II, page 128 and Volume III, pages 779, 870 & 966.] |
 
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Last update: Saturday, July 07, 2001
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Editor: G. Zeman |
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