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    Vicksburg

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56th Ohio Infantry

56th Ohio Infantry Tablet

56th Ohio Infantry Tablet

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Monument located on Union Avenue, approximately 0.1 mile past Park Tour Stop #15. Also an iron marker designating the secondary approach trench located on the south ridge branch of the mowed bay on the east side of Confederate Avenue, in front of Brig. Gen. Tracy's bust. This unit was attached to Col. James R. Slack's 2d Brigade, of Brig. Gen. Alvin P. Hovey's 12th Division, Maj. Gen'ls John A. McClernand's (relieved of command 19 June 1863) and Edward O.C. Ord's XIII Army Corps, and commanded by Col. William H. Raynor.

 
56th Ohio Infantry Regimental Monument
56th Ohio Infantry Regimental Monument
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Did You Know?

Did You Know?

On hearing the news of Vicksburg's surrender, President Lincoln declared, "The Father of Waters again goes unvexed to the sea."