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Chicago Mercantile Battery
Vicksburg, Mississippi |
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Chicago Mercantile
Battery
Captain Patrick H. White
10th Division, 13th Corps
In this assault, May 22,1863, one gun of the Battery was dragged by hand
with assistance of enlisted men of Benton's and Burbridge's Brigades to
a position within a few yards of the Confederate Lunette on the
Baldwin's Ferry Road, and served against that work for several hours.
Casualties:
Champion's Hill 16, Wounded 3 |
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U.S.
Chicago Mercantile Battery
10th Division, 13th Corps, Army of the Tennessee
Captain Patrick H. White
The right section under Lieut. Joseph W. Barr, served two 10-pounder
Rodman Rifles and the center section under Lieut. Henry Roe, served two
6 pounder guns in this position from the morning of May 23, 1863, to
about June 15, when the center section moved to an advanced Battery. The
left section under Lieut. George Throop, served two 8 pounder guns on
the line of Osterhaus Division the afternoon of May 22 and on the line
of Hovey's Division from May 24 to about June 15, when it moved to this
position and took the place of the center section. The right and left
sections served their pieces in this position to the end of the siege,
July 4th, except that both sections were ordered to Big Black River
Bridge about June 23, and returned within five days from the time of
starting. |
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Vicksburg National Military
Park |
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