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    Vicksburg

    National Military Park Mississippi

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1st Mississippi Light Artillery, Company A

1st Mississippi Light Artillery, Company A Regimental Monument

1st Mississippi Light Artillery, Company A Regimental Monument

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Attached to Brig. Gen. John C. Moore's 2d Brigade, of Maj. Gen. John H. Forney's Division, Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton's Army of Vicksburg, and commanded by Col. William T. Withers.

Company A

Monument located outside of Vicksburg National Military Park, in the City of Vicksburg at the northeast corner of Grove and Hope Streets. Also, an iron tablet and multiple iron tablet located in the northeast end of the Anshe Chesed Jewish Cemetery.
 
1st Mississippi Light Artillery, Company A Tablets
1st Mississippi Light Artillery, Company A Tablets
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1st Mississippi Light Artillery, Company A Tablet and Marker
1st Mississippi Light Artillery, Company A Tablet and Marker
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Did You Know?

Did You Know?

Confederate President Jefferson Davis made his antebellum home in Warren County, just south of Vicksburg.