Nelson's Independent Company, Georgia Cavalry

Nelson's Independent Company Regimental Monument

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Multiple monument located outside of Vicksburg National Military Park, on former park property in the City of Vicksburg, at the southeast corner of Confederate Avenue and Hall’s Ferry Road. This unit was attached as headquarters escort for Maj. Gen. William H.T. Walker’s Division, Gen. Joseph E. Johnston’s Army of Relief, Department of the West, and commanded by Capt. Thomas M. Nelson. This company participated in the Battle of Jackson, MS (14 May 1863), as an unattached command. [Refer to Edwin Bearss’ The Vicksburg Campaign, Volume II, page 558 and Volume III, page 1151.]