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    Vicksburg

    National Military Park Mississippi

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16th Battery Ohio Light Artillery

16th Ohio Battery Tablet

16th Ohio Battery Tablet

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Monument located on Union Avenue, 50 yards south of the Iowa Memorial. This unit was attached to Brig. Gen. Alvin P. Hovey's 12th Division, Maj. Gen'ls John A. McClernand's (relieved of command 19 June 1863) and Edward O.C. Ord's XIII Army Corps and was commanded by Lt. Russell P. Twist.
 
16th Ohio Battery Monument
16th Ohio Battery Monument
NPS Photo

Did You Know?

Did You Know?

The Union siege lines and Confederate defensive lines were marked during the first decade of the 20th century by many of the veterans who fought at Vicksburg, thus making Vicksburg National Military Park one of the most accurately marked military parks in the world.