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    Vicksburg

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4th Louisiana Infantry Battalion

4th Louisiana Infantry Battalion Regimental Monument

4th Louisiana Infantry Battalion Regimental Monument

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Multiple monument located on Confederate Avenue at the Louisiana Memorial (Park Tour Stop 11). This unit was attached to Col. Claudius C. Wilson's Brigade, of Maj. Gen. William H.T. Walker's Division, Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's Army of Relief, Department of the West, and commanded by Lt. Col. J. McEnery. [Refer to Edwin Bearss' The Vicksburg Campaign, Volume II, page 558 and Volume III, page 1152.]

Did You Know?

Did You Know?

In 1903, Massachusetts was the first state to erect a memorial to its soldiers who served during the Vicksburg campaign on the grounds of Vicksburg National Military Park.