| Regiment listed on the Rhode Island State Memorial. This unit was attached to Col.
Simon G. Griffin's 1st Brigade of Brig. Gen. Robert B. Potter's 2nd
Division, Maj. Gen. John G. Parke's IX Army Corps (Detachment) on Maj. Gen'l William T.
Sherman's exterior line and was commanded by Col. Zenas R. Bliss. [Refer to page 742,
Volume 6 of the WPA Monumentation Survey Books.] Two divisions of the IX Corps were
ordered from the Department of the Ohio on 3 June 1863. Arriving at Snyder's Bluff on
transports from Cairo, IL they took position from Skillikalia Bayou to Templeton's and
fortified that line. On 29 June 1863 by order of Maj. Gen'l William T. Sherman, the IX
Corps moved to the east and took position from Haynes' Bluff to the railroad crossing of
the Big Black River, resting its left Neely's and its right at Bryant's. The corps
fortified this position and remained at that location until the surrender of Vicksburg. |
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