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
 
Panorama from Confederate Avenue (March 03)
 
Louisiana Memorial restoration

(3-08) East face

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Union Position Tablet on east face
 
CSA Position Tablet on east face
 
35th Mississippi

  

(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
 
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(3-01) West view from old NPS park office, near the Surrender Interview site

 

(3-08) East face. Third Louisiana Redan and Illinois Memorial in the background
 
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(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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