VNMP Tour Stop 11
Great Redoubt
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(3-96) South
face. Louisiana Memorial at right. NPS 2000 Tour Guide: Like the Third
Louisiana Redan (Tour Stop 3), this massive Confederate earthwork
guarded the Jackson Road. The Federal attack here on May 22 was repulsed
with heavy losses. Union artillery subsequently kept the redoubt under
almost continuous bombardment |
(3-08) East face
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(3-08) Located at Tour Stop 11
is the memorial to Confederate Brigadier-General Llyod Tilghman,
commander of the First Brigade, Loring's Division. General Tilghman was
killed at the Battle of Champion Hill. This monument was erected May 19,
1926 and was donated by his sons, Frederick and Sidell |
(3-01) West view from old NPS park office, near the Surrender Interview site |
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(3-08) East face. Third
Louisiana Redan and Illinois Memorial in the background |
(3-08) View from the east face.
Old NPS park office in left background. DeGolyer's Battery is at the end
of the clearing in right-center of picture |
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