• View from Battery DeGolyer

    Vicksburg

    National Military Park Mississippi

Columbus Battery Georgia Artillery

Columbus Battery Regimental Monument

Columbus Battery Regimental Monument

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Multiple monument located outside of Vicksburg National Military Park, on former park property, at the southeast corner of Confederate Avenue and Hall’s Ferry Road in the City of Vicksburg. This unit was attached to Maj. W.C. Preston’s Reserve Artillery of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston’s Army of Relief, Department of the West, and commanded by Capt. Edward Croft. [Refer to Edwin Bearss’ The Vicksburg Campaign, Volume III, page 1152.]

Did You Know?

Thomas O. Selfridge

Thomas O. Selfridge, captain of the USS Cairo, commanded three boats which sank during the war. Each began with the letter "C"-Cumberland, Cairo, and Conestoga. The coincidence was noted after the Conestoga sank, and Selfridge was assigned to the USS Osage, which survived to the end of the war.