5^th Mississippi Infantry State Troops

Monument located on the north side of Confederate Avenue approximately .2 mile east of Fort Hill (Park Tour Stop #9). Also two trench markers located on the north side of Confederate Ave. starting approximately .1 mile east of Fort Hill (Park Tour Stop #9) and running east. This unit was attached to Brig. Gen. Jeptha V. Harris' Mississippi State Troops of Brig. Gen. John C. Vaughn's 2nd Brigade, Maj. Gen. Martin Luther Smith's Division in Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton's Army of Vicksburg and was commanded by Col. H.C. Robinson. [Refer to page 895, Volume 3 of the WPA Monumentation Books and Edwin Bearss' The Vicksburg Campaign, Volume I, page 249 and Volume III, pages 779, 870 & 967.]

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	Last update: Friday, November 05, 1999 http://www.nps.gov/vick/ms/ms5inf.htm Editor: G. Zeman