Vicksburg's River
Batteries
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Whig Office Battery: Wartime view |
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Wyman's Hill Battery: One 3-inch Armstrong Rifle, one Whitworth
Rifle and one 10-inch Columbiad. Wyman's Hill is in the background. The
view is looking north from Cherry St., just south of Glass Bayou bridge.
Fort Hill Drive is in the distance winding up the hill. Three markers for
the battery are located on Fort Hill Drive, just past the bridge |
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(3-01) Fort Hill, Vicksburg National Military Park Tour Stop 9: View is looking toward the wartime bend in the Mississippi River. NPS Tour Guide: This fort, which anchored the northern flank of the Confederate lines, was so formidable that no Union attack was ever made against it. Confederate gunners posted here helped the river batteries sink the Federal gunboat Cincinnati on May 27, 1863. Site Marker: C.S. Johnston's Company, Tennessee Heavy Artillery: River Batteries: Army of Vicksburg. Capt. T.N. Johnston. A detachment of the company served one 3-inch rifle in this position, Fort Hill, from May 19 to the end of the defense, July 4, 1863 |
(3-02) Fort Hill: Looking toward the wartime bend in the Mississippi River and the Chickasaw Bayou battlefield |
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