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    Vicksburg

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32d Ohio Infantry

32d Ohio Infantry 19 and 22 May 1863 Assault Markers

32d Ohio Infantry 19 and 22 May 1863 Assault Markers

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Monument located on Union Avenue at Park Tour Stop #1, Battery DeGolyer. Also markers designating the assault of 19 May 1863, located 100 ft west of Union Avenue near its junction with Old Jackson Road, and the assault of 22 May 1863, located 500 ft east-southeast of the Louisiana Memorial on the south side of the tree line. This unit was attached to Brig. Gen. John D. Stevenson's 3d Brigade, of Maj. Gen. John A. Logan's 3d Division, Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson's XVII Army Corps, and commanded by Col. Benjamin F. Potts.
 
32d Ohio Infantry Regimental Monument
32d Ohio Infantry Regimental Monument
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Did You Know?

Did You Know?

Jefferson Davis served as a United States Congressman, Senator, Secretary of War, and war hero before being called upon to accept the Presidency of the Confederate States.