To Snyder’s and Haynes’ bluffs BUS CHICKASAW BAYOU 61 61 Touring the Battlefield BATTLEFIELD Sh erm We suggest that you be- 3 Third Louisiana 6 Thayer’s Approach died during the are beat back repeated Union Detached Park Sites an gin the 16-mile tour at Here was one of the major During the afternoon of buried in Vicksburg’s attacks. During the siege Louisiana Circle Confed- A v e the visitor center, where Confederate May 22, Union troops Cedar Hill Cemetery. Union soldiers dug erate cannon here guard- n u exhibits and an audio- guarding the Jackson commanded by Brig. Gen. approach trenches to with- ed the river approaches to e visual program explain Road approach to Vicks- John M. Thayer stormed 9 Fort Hill This fort, in 15 feet of the lunette. the city and engaged Un- Grant’s the campaign and siege burg. Concluding that the up this hill toward Confed- which anchored the north- ion gunboats during the U.S.S. Cairo Headquarters of Vicksburg. The num- fort was impregnable to erates dug in at the top. ern flank of the Confeder- 13 Railroad siege. Area bered stops below are direct assault, General They were stopped by ate lines, was so formida- Confederates built this Museum Information keyed to the numbers on Grant ordered his troops to geography and enemy fire. ble that no Union attack work to protect the South- South Fort Southern the map. During the tour, dig mines under the work Later, Thayer’s men began was ever made against it. ern Railroad of Mississippi. anchor of the Confederate Vicksburg National Pennsylvania you will notice either red and blow it up. The first digging a six-foot-deep Confederate gunners On the morning of May 22 defense lines around Cemetery New Hampshire Navy Massachusetts or blue metal markers. mine was detonated on approach trench toward posted here helped the Union troops assailed this Vicksburg. It guarded the 7 VICKSBURG NATIONAL Sherman Rhode Island Red markers pertain to June 25; the second on the Southern position. His river batteries sink the stronghold and forced out Warrenton Road (Wash- 8 Battery Circle New York Gra Confederate lines or em- July 1. Neither succeeded soldiers dug the tunnel be- Federal gunboat Cincin- the defenders. A detach- ington Street) entrance to MISSISSIP Selfridge MILITARY PARK nt ue PI Aven placements. Blue mark- in breaking the Confeder- neath the road to avoid nati on May 27, 1863. ment of Col. Thomas the city. YA n Ave Kansas Z LOUISIAN Unio nue ers pertain to Union crossing the ridge, where Waul’s Texas Legion coun- O A Thayer’s Approach 6 ate line. O e u forces. 10 Redan The terattacked and, in a sav- RI n Stockade they would be exposed to Navy Circle Southern VE e Confederate oad R D v Av R IVER A Tennessee e Redan 4 Ransom’s Gun Path Confederate fire. Federal failures on May 19 age hand-to-hand fight anchor of the Union siege SI g n rd O in u a N t ey 1 Battery De Golyer To provide additional and 22 to overrun this for- with bayonets, clubbed c e v Stockade Redan lines. Rifled cannon e 9 G ra 5 C n From this position a bat- artillery support for infantry 7 Battery Selfridge tification, the principal muskets, and artillery n Attack mounted here prevented ) o Fort Hill A

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those from the 8th Michi- siege lines, men of the 2nd entirely of naval cannon ing the Graveyard Road drove out the Federals. ing the city via the War- L A Arkansas Missouri Cedar Hill gan Artillery commanded Illinois Artillery dismantled and was manned by approach to Vicksburg, renton Road (now Wash- N Cemetery m e ar v F by Capt. Samuel De Gol- two 12-pounder cannon sailors of the U.S. Navy. It were major factors in 14 Fort Garrott On June ington Street). I i (Confederate r ky Wisconsin yer, hammered the Con- and, aided by Gen. is named in honor of Lt. Grant’s decision to avoid 17 Confederate soldiers of D section) S O ill oad federate Great Redoubt di- Thomas Ransom’s infantry, Commander Thomas O. any more direct assaults. Col. Isham W. Garrott’s Grant’s Canal This site, H Ransom’s R 4 ackson rectly ahead. At one time 20th Alabama Regiment treet rt Gun Path J n) dragged the guns over Selfridge, Jr., one of the located across the Missis- S o er P F (mod as many as 22 Federal ar- rough terrain to an earthen naval officers stationed 11 Great Redoubt Like suffered great casualties sippi River in Madison tillery pieces were posi- parapet just 100 yards here and the man in com- the Third Louisiana Redan here from the fire of Feder- Parish, La., is where Fed- n Third tioned here. Captain De from the Confederate posi- mand of the ironclad Cairo (Tour Stop 3), this massive al sharpshooters. Garrott, eral troops attempted to the Louisiana artin Lu r King J B Golyer was mortally tion. There the guns were when it was sunk in the Confederate earthwork exasperated at the dam- cut a canal across the M r l Redan Shirley vd 2 61 wounded while directing reassembled and returned Yazoo River on December guarded the Jackson age being inflicted on his 3 House base of De Soto Point to M Washingto i the fire of this battery. to action. 12, 1862. A plaque here Road. The Federal attack men, picked up a rifle- enable gunboats and s s Louisiana Pem Illinois i tells of the navy’s role in here on May 22 was musket to return the fire. transports to bypass Con- o b

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Great Redoubt 11 t 2 Shirley House Union 5 Stockade Redan the siege of Vicksburg. repulsed with heavy loss- He was shot through the o federate batteries at 6 6 n 1 Battery De Golyer t troops called it “the white Attack From this and es. Union artillery subse- heart and died without Vicksburg. e Surrender A re v house.” It is the only sur- nearby points on May 19, 8 Vicksburg National quently kept the redoubt learning he had been pro- Main St Interview e Site East Michigan viving wartime structure in Gen. William T. Sherman Cemetery Of the nearly under almost continuous moted to brigadier general. R

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the park. During the siege launched an infantry attack 17,000 Union soldiers bombardment. a Mississippi u d n e ve u it served as headquarters against the Stockade buried here, about 13,000 15 Hovey’s Approach Old Court House A n Pemberton Circle e for the 45th Illinois Infantry, Redan (Tour Stop 10). The are unknown. Established 12 Second Texas Lunette This restored section of Museum v e A To Big Black River Bridge, (open to public) Grove t Street a Champion Hill, Raymond, members of which built Federals were repulsed in 1866, the cemetery is Manned by the Second the two approach trenches r St e Jackson and battlefields hundreds of bombproof with heavy losses. Three also the final resting place Texas Volunteer Infantry, dug by Gen. Alvin P. Crawford d Minnesota Pemberton’s Headquarters fe shelters around it to pro- days later, as part of a for veterans of the Span- this Confederate fortifica- Hovey’s Union troops Second Texas n n (private) o o Clay i C tect themselves against general assault on the ish-American War, World tion guarded the Baldwin demonstrates how the Street Lunette 12 n Exit 5 Balfour House Visitor U 20 Confederate artillery fire. It Confederate lines, Union Wars I and II, and the Ferry Road approach to siege was conducted. The (open to public) has been restored to its soldiers attacked the Korean Conflict. It was Vicksburg. On May 22 it zigzag design helped to rry Center 27 1863 appearance. closed to burials in 1961. was the scene of furious nullify the effects of Con- ad Redan again. This attack Che o Anshe Chesed Memorial dw R also failed. Many Confederates who fighting as Confederates federate enfilading fire and Bal in Cemetery (private) Arch minimized Federal casual- Ferry 80 ties. Texas 13 Exit 4 3 VICKSBURG Railroad 6 Redoubt 8 O 1 Alabama Iowa T H ist Kentucky ori c S O A I Fort Garrott (future) ou the N P 14 rn A P 15 Ra S I I Georgia ilr S Hovey’s oa IS BUS d S Approach o U I 61 H f e S M O a i l s L S l s n I s Indiana is D i s M ip ( p F Ind i e iana r W G r A y is v r c e Exit a o n n 3

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t North Carolina i e n ’s o e r a t d C DELTA S Florida A a v R e e n u n n a R e u l v e E E Maryland A V on I V t e ng t 80 R I i a sh r a e W d R fe n To Tallulah South o To Natchez Exit 186 Carolina C Trace Parkway Grant’s th Louisiana Sou 20 Canal Circle (use Exit 186 (Mississippi to US-80) Exit Overlook) 1C I P Virginia IP South Fort S IS North For Safety’s Sake S Navy Tour road 1 Tour stop S e Exit 1B I I Circle Av M a Whether driving, hiking, jogging, or bicycling, be alert P Iow Present NPS land Detached park unit to potential hazards while visiting the battlefield. P Exit 1A Avoid running on steep slopes, and watch for fire ants, I 20 Relic Hunting Prohibited Former NPS land Monuments poison ivy, and poisonous snakes. S IS Present course of Severe thunderstorms can develop quickly at any Mississippi River Picnic area S BUS 0 0.5 1 Kilometer time of year; be prepared to seek shelter. Report all 61 S To Grand Gulf and 1863 course of accidents to park rangers, who are here to help you. I Port Gibson battlefields, 0 0.5 1 Mile Mississippi River Wheelchair accessible 61 Natchez National Historical Park, M and Port Hudson Battlefield To Utica