Position Marker Attack of 16th Indiana Infantry & 23rd Wisconsin Infantry (Union)

This memorial in the Vicksburg National Military Park shows the furthest advance of the 16th Indiana Infantry and 23rd Wisconsin Infantry, in the attack on 22 May 1863 during the Siege of Vicksburg.

At the Siege of Vicksburg, from 18 May to 4 July 1863, about 77,000 Northern soldiers under command of Major General Ulysses S. Grant fought against 33,000 Southern soldiers. The battle ended with the surrender of Vicksburg and almost 30,000 Confederates. Victory here and at Port Hudson gave the Union control of the Mississippi River. The Union lost 4835 men (dead, wounded or missing), the Confederates 3202 men.

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: NPS Photo