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    Vicksburg

    National Military Park Mississippi

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22d Louisiana Infantry

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At the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou this unit was attached to Col. Allen Thomas' Provisional Brigade, of Brig. Gen. Stephen D. Lee's Provisional Division, and commanded by Col. I. W. Patton. [Refer to Edwin Bearss' The Vicksburg Campaign, Volume I, page 226.]

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."