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US-61B below Fort Hill. No related marker at
site. The Water Battery, located on the bank of the old Mississippi
River below Fort Hill, commanded the river bend above Vicksburg. The
Water Battery was one of the three most powerful batteries in the
Vicksburg defenses. Shortly after daylight on May 27, 1863, the
Union ironclad, U.S.S. Cincinnati, was sunk by the combined fire
of the Water Battery and other batteries |
