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    Vicksburg

    National Military Park Mississippi

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1st Tennessee Heavy Artillery, Company A [Dismukes']

Tennessee Heavy Artillery Units Monument

Tennessee Heavy Artillery Units Monument

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Multiple monument located on Confederate Avenue at Fort Hill (Park Tour Stop 9). This unit was attached to Col. Edward Higgins' River Defense Batteries, Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton's Army of Vicksburg, and commanded by Col. A. Jackson, Jr. and Lt. Col. R. Sterling. [Refer to Edwin Bearss' The Vicksburg Campaign, Volume I, page 226; and Volume III, pages 781, 782, 873, and 968.]
 
Company A (Dismukes') Tablet

Company A (Dismukes') Tablet

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Company A (Dismukes') - Iron tablet located outside of Vicksburg National Military Park, in the city of Vicksburg at the northwest corner of Fort Hill Road and Hugo Street. This company served one 10-inch Columbiad gun in the Wyman's Hill Battery, and was commanded by Capt. Paul T. Dismukes. [Refer to Edwin Bearss' The Vicksburg Campaign, Volume I, page 460; and Volume II, pages 61 and 63.]

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."