42d Georgia Infantry

42d Georgia Infantry Marker

NPS Photo

Iron tablet located outside of Vicksburg National Military Park, on former park property in the City of Vicksburg, on the east side of Confederate Avenue, approximately 0.6 miles south of All Saints School. This unit was attached to Brig. Gen. Seth M. Barton’s 1st Brigade, of Maj. Gen. Carter L. Stevenson’s Division, Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton’s Army of Vicksburg, and commanded by Col. R. J. Henderson. [Refer to Gen. S.M. Barton of Virginia and to Edwin Bearss’ The Vicksburg Campaign, Volume I, page 224; Volume II, page 644; and Volume III, pages 872 and 964.]