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Title: Indiana at Vicksburg
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Indiana. Vicksburg National Military Park Commission Adams, Henry C. jr. comp
Subjects: Indiana -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories Indiana Vicksburg (Miss.) -- History Siege, 1863 Vicksburg National Military Park
Publisher: Indianapolis, W. B. Burford, contractor for state printing and binding
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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c; ^ Indiana Circle. On the opposite page is pictured Indiana Circle, the spot selectedby the Vicksburg National Military Park Commission as the site forthe proposed Indiana State Memorial. This location is a com-manding one in the park, and is in the very heart of a colony ofIndiana monuments. From its elevation can be seen many of theinteresting views of the park, and a beautiful panorama is observed. It is within easy distance of the old camp sites of the followingIndiana connnauds: 8th, 11th, 16th, 18th, 24th, 34th, 46th, 47th,49th, 54th, 59th, 60th, 67th and 69th Infantry, 1st Battery and 1stand 4th Cavalry; Hoveys, Keigwins, Slacks, McGinniss and Ben-tons headquarters are nearby. Surmounted by a beautiful memorial, as some day it must be,and surrounded by reminders of the men from Indiana who wentinto the South and clamored for entrance to Vicksburg during thoseweary months, it surely would be a place for a Hoosier to love andrevere.
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(28) Historic Vicksburg. THE STORY OF THE CAMPAIGN, SIEGE AND DEFENSE OF VICKS-BURG AND OF THE COMMANDS. UNION AND CONFED-ERATE. ENGAGED THEREIN. Compiled from the Tablet Inscriptions in the Vicksburg National Military Park. The Vicksburg campaign opened IMareh 29, 1863, with GeneralGrants order for the advance of General Osterhaus Division fromMillikens Bend, and closed July 4, 1863, with the surrender ofGeneral Pembertons army and the eily of Vicksburg. Its coursewas determined by General Grants daring and to General Peni-berton and his division commanders seemingly impossible plan ofcampaign. This plan contemplated the march of his army fromMillikens Bend, Louisiana, to a point on the river below Vicks-burg, and the running of the batteries at Vicksburg by a sufficientnumber of gunboats and transports, and the transfer of the armyto the Mississippi side. These preliminary operations were suc-cessfully accomfjlished and the first battle of the campaign wasfought near Port Gibson, j\

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