VNMP Tour Stop 3
Third Louisiana Redan Page2
   

(3-96)  Ravine in front of the redan, south of Old Jackson Road

(3-96) Confederate left of Third Louisiana Redan. Site Marker: CS Confederate Line, 3rd Louisiana

   

 

(3-96) Confederate right of the Third Louisiana Redan. Site Marker: C.S. Company A. 1st Mississippi Light Artillery: Maury's-Forney's Div.: Army of Vicksburg. Capt. S. J. Ridley: Lieut. Charles E. Hooker: Lieut. P. B. Lancaster. A detachment of the company served one 12-pounder howitzer in this position directly on the Jackson Road from about May 30 to the end of the defense, July 4, 1863. Light charges of powder were used and the howitzer was fired as a mortar at high elevation

(3-96) Rear of Third Louisiana Redan. Arrow points to marker in previous photo

      

(3-96) Great Redoubt and Louisiana Memorial from the Third Louisiana Redan

 

(3-07) Enlarge Similar view 11 years later

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