14th Mississippi Battalion Light Artillery, Company A
| This unit was attached to Maj. Gen. Martin Luther Smith's Division, Lt. Gen. John C.
Pemberton's Army of Vicksburg and was commanded by Maj. M.S. Ward. [Refer to Edwin Bearss'
The Vicksburg Campaign, Volume III, pages 781, 785, 870 & 968.] Company
A Monument located on the north side of Confederate Avenue approximately .4 mile
east of Fort Hill (Park Tour Stop #9). Also an iron tablet on the north side of
Confederate Avenue approximately .2 mile east of Fort Hill (Park Tour Stop #9); an iron
tablet in the mowed bay running north behind the Tennessee Memorial and a third iron
tablet located at South Fort on the west side of South Washington Street. This unit
commanded by Capt. C.B. Vance was split into two sections; the 1st section
under command of Lts. T. H. Cunningham & B. T. Mathews manned two 12-pdr howitzers in
the South Fort from about 26 may 1863 until about 15 June 1863, when the section and
howitzers were reassigned to the left of Brig. Gen. John C. Vaughn's 2nd
Brigade. The second section manned guns on the left of Vaughn's 2nd Brigade
from 19 May 1863 until the end of the Siege, 4 July 1863. |
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Last update: Friday, November 05, 1999
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