Missouri Units (Union) Monument
This memorial in the Vicksburg National Military Park commemorates the following units from Missouri, involved in the Siege of Vicksburg.
2nd Missouri Light Artillery, Battery F
3rd Missouri Infantry
12th Missouri Infantry
17th Missouri Infantry
27th Missouri Infantry
29th Missouri Infantry
30th Missouri Infantry
31st Missouri Infantry
32nd Missouri Infantry
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
Nearby
Museum
- USS Cairo Museum - Vicksburg
- Pemberton's Headquarters - Vicksburg
- Visitor Center Vicksburg National Military Park - Vicksburg
Point of interest
- Position Marker Attack of 30th Missouri Infantry (Union) - Vicksburg
- Position Marker Attack of 12th Missouri Infantry (Union) - Vicksburg
- Position Marker Attack of 9th Iowa Infantry (Union) - Vicksburg
Monument
- Statue of Major General Frederick Steele (Union) - Vicksburg
- Bust of Colonel Charles R. Woods (Union) - Vicksburg
- Bust of Brigadier General Alfred V. Ellet (Union) - Vicksburg
Cemetery
Fortification
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