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    Vicksburg

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3rd Illinois Cavalry, Companies A, E, K

Unit position marker

Unit position marker

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Monument located on Union Avenue 200 yards south of the Iowa Memorial. Companies A, E, & K were attached to Brig. Gen. Peter J. Osterhaus' 9th Division of Maj. Gen'ls. John A. McClernand (relieved 6/19/63) and Edward O. C. Ord's 13th Army Corps and commanded by Capt. John L. Campbell.

Did You Know?

Did You Know?

Confederate President Jefferson Davis made his antebellum home in Warren County, just south of Vicksburg.