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1st Tennessee Heavy Artillery, Company B [Parks']

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 B (Parks') Tablet

Company B (Parks') Tablet

NPS Photo

Company B (Parks') - 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 32-pdr rifled gun in the Wyman's Hill Battery, and was commanded by Capt. William P. Parks. [Refer to Edwin Bearss' The Vicksburg Campaign, Volume I, page 459; and Volume III, pages 1253 and 1254.]

Did You Know?

Did You Know?

President Abraham Lincoln, in speaking of Vicksburg's importance, is reputed to have stated early during the Civil War, "See what a lot of land these fellows hold, of which Vicksburg is the key, the war can never be brought to a close until that key is in our pocket."