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21st Iowa Infantry

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Unit position marker

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Monument located on Union Avenue 200 yards south of the railroad bridge. Also a marker designating the assaults of 22 May 1863, located on the exterior slope of the Railroad Redoubt on Confederate Avenue, a marker designating a sharpshooter's line located on Union Avenue north of the Iowa Memorial and a marker designating the camp site located on Union Avenue north of the Iowa Memorial. This unit was attached to Col. William Stone & Brig. Gen. Michael K. Lawler's 2nd Brigade of Brig. Gen. Eugene A. Carr's 14th Division, XIII Army Corps under Maj. Gen'l's John A. McClernand (relieved 6/19/63) and Edward O.C. Ord and was commanded by Col. Samuel Merrill (wounded 17 May 1863), Lt. Col. Cornelius W. Dunlap (killed 22 May 1863) & Maj. Salue G. Van Anda.
 
Unit position markers
Unit position markers
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Unit position markers
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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."