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    Vicksburg

    National Military Park Mississippi

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30th Louisiana Infantry [Detachment]

No Marker Placed

No Marker Placed

This unit was attached to Brig. Gen. Samuel B. Maxey's Brigade, of Maj. Gen. Franklin Gardner's 3d Military District at Port Hudson, LA, and commanded by Maj. C. J. Bell and Capt. T. K. Porter. [Refer to Edward Cunningham's The Port Hudson Campaign, 1862 - 1863, page 127; and to Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XXIV, Part 1 - Reports, page 706.]

Did You Know?

Did You Know?

The Union siege lines and Confederate defensive lines were marked during the first decade of the 20th century by many of the veterans who fought at Vicksburg, thus making Vicksburg National Military Park one of the most accurately marked military parks in the world.