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    VNMP is hosting 3 outdoor concerts at the Clay Street Visitor Center, May 24, 25, & 26. The VC parking lot will close at 5:00pm those days and NO on-site parking will be allowed. Click 'More' for detailed parking information. More »

1st Illinois Light Artillery, Battery E

Unit marker

Unit marker

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Iron tablet located 400 ' south of Graveyard Road; also an iron tablet located at Park Tour Stop #5 and another 250' north of Graveyard Road & 400' west of Union Ave. This unit was attached to Brig. Gen. James M. Tuttle's 3rd Division of Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's XV Army Corps and was commanded by Capt. Allen C. Waterhouse. (Capt. William Cogswell commanded all 1st Illinois Light artillery.)
 
Unit position tablets
Unit position tablets
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Unit position tablet
Unit position tablet
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Did You Know?

Did You Know?

Vicksburg National Military Park is one of the most heavily monumented parks in the world with over 1330 monuments, markers, tablets, and plaques.  The beauty and artistry of its monumentation prompted one Civil War veteran to call Vicksburg National Military Park, "the art park of the world."