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    Vicksburg

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67th Indiana Infantry

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Unit position marker

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Monument is located on Union Avenue near the Visitor Center parking area. Also a marker designating the assaults of 22 May 1863, located on Confederate Ave. at the Jewish Cemetery; markers designating sharpshooter's lines within 100 feet of the Memorial Arch, on Confederate Avenue opposite the Jewish Cemetery, and a marker designating the camp site located 10 feet west of the Memorial Arch. This unit was attached to Brig. Gen. Stephen G. Burbridge's 1st Brigade of Brig. Gen. Andrew J. Smith's 10th Division, Maj. Gen'ls John A. McClernand (relieved of command 19 June 1863) & Edward O.C. Ord's XIII Army Corps and was commanded by Lt. Col. Theodore F. Buehler.
 
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Unit position marker
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Did You Know?

Did You Know?

President Abraham Lincoln, in speaking of Vicksburg's importance, is reputed to have stated early during the Civil War, "See what a lot of land these fellows hold, of which Vicksburg is the key, the war can never be brought to a close until that key is in our pocket."