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    Vicksburg

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13th and 20th Consolidated Louisiana Infantry

13th and 20th Consolidated Louisiana Infantry Regimental Monument

13th and 20th Consolidated Louisiana Infantry Regimental Monument

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Multiple monument located on Confederate Avenue at the Louisiana Memorial (Park Tour Stop 11). This unit was attached to Brig. Gen. Daniel W. Adams Brigade, of Maj. Gen'l John C. Breckinridge's Division, Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's Army of Relief, Department of the West, and commanded by Lt. Col. Thomas Shields, Col. Augustus Reichard, and Capt. E. M. Dudroca. [Refer to Edwin Bearss' The Vicksburg Campaign, Volume III, page 1149.]

Did You Know?

Did You Know?

On hearing the news of Vicksburg's surrender, President Lincoln declared, "The Father of Waters again goes unvexed to the sea."