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Troops in the Defense of Vicksburg - Confederate

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3rd Battery Missouri Artillery

 

Marker located on Confederate Avenue east of the head of Thayer's Approach. This unit was attached to Brig. Gen. Martin E. Green's (killed 27 June 1863) & Col. Thomas P. Dockery's 2nd Brigade of Maj. Gen. John S. Bowen's Division, Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton's Army of Vicksburg and was commanded Capt. William E. Dawson. [Refer to and Edwin Bearss' The Vicksburg Campaign, Volume II, pages 316, 645 & 688 and Volume III, pages 780, 781, 871 & 967.]

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Last update: Friday, February 16, 2001
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Editor: G. Zeman

 

 

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