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95th Ohio Infantry

95th Ohio Infantry 19 May 1863 Assault Marker

95th Ohio Infantry 19 May 1863 Assault Marker

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Monument located on the south side of Union Avenue, approximately 0.4 miles west of Grant Avenue. Also, a marker designating the assault of 19 May 1863 located on Graveyard Road 400 ft west of Union Avenue. This unit was attached to Brig. Gen. Ralph P. Buckland's and Col. William L. McMillen's 1st Brigade, of Brig. Gen. James M. Tuttle's 3d Division, Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's XV Army Corps, and commanded by Col. William L. McMillen and Lt. Col. Jefferson Brumback.

 
95th Ohio Infantry Monument
95th Ohio Infantry Regimental Monument
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Did You Know?

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.