North Union Avenue and Grant Circle are closed to vehicular and pedestrian traffic for repairs. Entering these construction areas is prohibited. This work is to repair severe weather damage in 2020. The remainder of the park and tour road are open. More
Due to weather related incidents, Vicksburg National Cemetery is closed to vehicular traffic, however it is open to pedestrians. Visitor can park in the adjacent USS Cairo parking lot and walk into the cemetery.
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This unit was attached to Brig. Gen. Samuel B. Maxey's Brigade, of Maj. Gen. Franklin Gardner's 3d Military District at Port Hudson, LA, and commanded by Maj. C. J. Bell and Capt. T. K. Porter. [Refer to Edward Cunningham's The Port Hudson Campaign, 1862 - 1863, page 127; and to Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XXIV, Part 1 - Reports, page 706.]