Vicksburg Monday Pic 2

[mt155]

Looking up to he Tennessee lines from Thayer's Approach.

 

[Tom Hughes]

I've always liked this site in Vicksburg. The Yanks had a heckuva hill to climb and entrench while the Confederates had the high ridge.

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

I've always been amazed that more than a few Union boys almost made it to the top.

BTW, great photo @mt155 !

 

[UCVRelics]

Here a few early park photos from the Miss archives. Looks a lot different today. My favorite is the view from the top overlooking the river.

 

[Irishtom29]

I've always been amazed that more than a few Union boys almost made it to the top.

Indeed, the approaches here made it right up to the ditch at the foot of the rebel works. Had Vicksburg been assaulted in July the Federals would've been on the defenders in an instant.

I took this photo from the defender's position, the blue marker shows where the Federal saps had reached at the end of the siege. This might have been one of the places the saps were so close to the defenses they had to be covered with timbers as a defense against grenades.

 

[Irishtom29]

I took this photo from the reconstructed Federal trench connecting two saps at the foot of the Square Fort. The Federals were in a good position for an assault.

 

[Lubliner]

All nice photos. Thanks.
I saw on their website for the park some years ago the controlled burn on some of the hillsides. It was an interesting article.

Lubliner.

 

[Ole Miss]

This is a section of Union trenches occupied by Charles Leopold Matthies' Brigade and that of Joseph J. Woods. Notice the steepness of the terrain
Regards
David

 

[Vicksburger]

This is a section of Union trenches occupied by Charles Leopold Matthies' Brigade and that of Joseph J. Woods. Notice the steepness of the terrain
Regards
David

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Does anyone know if the artillery emplacement seen in the right side of this photo, is authentic, or one built by the CCC or the military park? Also, since we don't have Civil War Album anymore, what unit served in this position?

 

[alan polk]

Does anyone know if the artillery emplacement seen in the right side of this photo, is authentic, or one built by the CCC or the military park? Also, since we don't have Civil War Album anymore, what unit served in this position?

It is my understanding it is original, washed out or exposed by erosion.