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80th Ohio Infantry
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Monument is located on Union Avenue, 100 yards north of the Minnesota Memorial. This unit was attached to Col's Samuel A. Holmes' and Green B. Raum's (assumed command 10 June 1863) 2d Brigade, of Brig. Gen'ls Isaac F. Quimby's and John E. Smith's (assumed command 2 June 1863) 7th Division, Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson's XVII Army Corps, and commanded by Lt. Col. Matthias H. Bartilson and Maj. Pren Metham.
80th Ohio Infantry Regimental Monument
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Did You Know?
The Union siege lines and Confederate defensive lines were marked during the first decade of the 20th century by many of the veterans who fought at Vicksburg, thus making Vicksburg National Military Park one of the most accurately marked military parks in the world.