C.S. Waul's Texas Texas Legion; Army of Vicksburg

C.S. Waul's Texas Texas Legion; Army of Vicksburg (HM22JD)

Location: Vicksburg, MS 39183 Warren County
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Country: United States of America
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N 32° 20.566', W 90° 51.402'

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Colonel T.N. Waul


First Battalion (Infantry), Lieut. Col. Barnard Timmons
Second Battalion (Infantry), Lieut. Col. James Wrigley
Zouave Battalion (Infantry), Captain J.B. Fleitas
Cavalry Detachment, Lieut. Thomas J. Cleveland
Artillery Company, Captain J.Q. Wall


The legion was at Fort Pemberton, Mississippi, during March and April, 1863. By order of Gen. Pemberton dated May 4 Colonel Waul moved on transports to Snyder's Bluff leaving 300 of his troops at Fort Pemberton. He reported that the part of the legion that entered Vicksburg, May 17, and served in the defense, consisted of eleven infantry companies, one artillery company, a detachment of mounted scouts, and a battalion of attached Zouaves. The afternoon of May 19 the command reported to Gen. Stevenson and was assigned a position in rear of the left of Lee's brigade, that being the most assailable and threatened point on the line of Stevenson's division. It assisted in repulsing the assaults on Gen. Lee's line, May 22 and with a detachment from two of its companies under Major O. Steele (about 35 men led by Colonel Edmund W. Pettus, 20th Alabama), reoccupied the railroad redoubt. Casualties during the defense: killed 47, wounded 190, missing 8, total 245; ten officers reported killed.
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HM NumberHM22JD
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Placed ByNational Park Service, Department of the Interior
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Date Added Saturday, November 4th, 2017 at 1:01pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)15S E 701709 N 3580448
Decimal Degrees32.34276667, -90.85670000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 32° 20.566', W 90° 51.402'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds32° 20' 33.96" N, 90° 51' 24.12" W
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Area Code(s)601
Closest Postal AddressAt or near Confederate Ave, Vicksburg MS 39183, US
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