Nearby
Shirley House

Battery Hickenlooper
Logan's Approach
Wooden Mortar Site
CS Confederate Line, 3rd Louisiana
C.S. Company A. 1st Mississippi Light Artillery
C.S. Alabama Battery

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(March 17, 2013) Enlarge Jackson Road cut and front of the redan
 

(March 17, 2013) Enlarge New Interpretive Marker

 

(3-07) Enlarge Jackson Road cut and the front of the redan. The "Mine" interpretive marker is at right center. The crater was directly behind the marker, just above the bald spot
  
Panorama: Third Louisiana Redan looking south
Panorama: Third Louisiana Redan looking west
Panorama: Third Louisiana Redan looking east

(3-93) Third Louisiana Redan. Shirley House and Illinois Memorial in left background
 
Confederate position tablet (Third Louisiana Redan)
Union position tablet (Affair of the Crater)
Union position tablet (John E. Smith's Brigade assault, May 22)
Battery Hickenlooper
Andrew Hickenlooper statue
Mine Explosion
Logan's Approach

(3-96) Third Louisiana Redan. Site Marker: CS Appeal (Arkansas) Battery: Maury's-Forney's Div.: Army of Vicksburg. Capt. William N. Hogg: Lieut. Christopher C. Scott: Lieut. Robert N. Cotten. A detachment of the battery, under Lieut. Christopher C. Scott, served one 3-inch rifle in this position from May 18 to about May 30, 1863, when its caisson was exploded by the fire of the Union batteries, and the rifle was moved to a less exposed position. Capt. William N. Hogg killed on duty in this position, May 19

(3-96) Confederate right of Third Louisiana Redan. Site Marker: CS Confederate Line, 6th Missouri, May 28-June 2, 38th Mississippi from June 2

(3-2011) Enlarge Wooden Mortar Site. Ravine east of the Third Louisiana Redan. The wooden mortars were constructed by S.R. Tresilian, Division Engineer, Third Division, 17th Corps.  Site Marker: Three wooden mortars banded with iron, one 6-pounder and two 12-pounders, were served here July 1-3, 1863, against the Confederate Third Louisiana Redan and the small work at its Confederate right

(3-2011) Enlarge View looking toward the Third Louisiana Redan behind the trees


Interpretive Marker

(March 17, 2013) Enlarge Wooden Mortar Site after restoration of the historic scene. Compare with photo above

(March 17, 2013) Enlarge Wooden Mortar Site (left center) from base of Third Louisiana Redan

O. R. Report of Maj. Samuel H. Lockett, C.S. Engineers, Chief Engineer, on the engineer operations during the siege
O. R. Report of Capt. Andrew Hickenlooper, Chief Engineer, 17th Corps, including operations since April 17 (with approach map)
Official Records Report of Logan's Approach