The National tribune., 1902-03-20
YICKSBURG BATTLEFIELD.
Ohio Commissions Efforts to Mark Posi-
tions of Troops from that State.

The Ficksburg National Military Park,
located at Yicksburg, Miss, contains 1 2;5}2
acres, and embraces practically all the
land occupied by the Federal line of iu-
vestment, and the Confederate line of de-
fense. The work of surveying and con-
structing both the Union and Confederate
avenues, and placing the park in condi-
tion to enable the different States repre-
sented on tie lines to erect monuments to
each and every military organization that
participated in that memorable siege, is
pushed forward as rapidly as possible un-
der the wise and energetic leadership Of
the National Military Park Commission.
On April Is, 1900, the General Assem-
bly, of Ohio passed bill empowering the
Governor of Ohio (HOn. George X. Nash)
to appoint six hOnOrably discharged sol
diers residents of Ohio. and who partici-
pated in the campaign and siege of Ficks-
burg, to serve as Commissioners from
Ohio, for the purpose of visiting the Ficks-
burg National Park TO assist the Ma
tional Commission in locating each Ohio
organization that participated in that
siege in the exact position they occupied
during the time of investment, and mark
the closest approach they made to the
Confederate line at any time during the
assaults Of May 10 and May 90, or at any
time during the subsequent siege.
In April. 1901, the Ohio Vicksburg Bat
tleheld Commission made n visit to the
park, and in company with the Acting
Chairman of the National Commission
Capt. w. Il. Rigby) proceeded to locate
the several Ohio regiments and batteries
as near the exact spot they occupied dur
ing the investment as possible, and also
located their closest approach TO the Con-
federate line a. any time during the as
saults of May 10 or May % or the subse-
quent siege.
That we may verify the work the Ohio
Commission has done on the park, and to
make our work doubly sure, it is the ear
nest desire of the Commission that every
surviving soldier who served in any Ohio
regiment or battery during the siege ad-
dress communication at his earliest con-
yenience to the Secretary of the Ohio
NickSburS Battlefield Commission CWill-
lam Z. Gault, Columbus, Ohio, giving his
personal rccollections in regard TO the To-
cation of his camp" as compared with
his position on the firing or investment
bne, the work his regiment or battery did
during the siege, and the closest approach
his regiment or battery made to the Con-
fedarate line at any time from May 10
until July 4. 1868. In describing your
camp" state, if possible, the number of
ravines between your camp and the line
You did duty on; also state how close your
camp was to your division or brigade
headquarters, and how near you were to
n certain battery, giving the name of the
battery.
Comrades serving in the Ohio batteries
will please state the number. kind and
caliber Of their guns, and the regiments
serving nearest their batteries.
The following is list of Ohio regi-
ments and batteries that participated in
the siege of Vicksburg:
10Th Inf. Lindsey's Brigade, Oster-
haus's Division, Thirteenth Corps.
Goth Inf, Leggett's Brigade, Logan's
Division. Seventeenth Corps.
22d Inf. Richmond's Brigade, Kim
balls Division, Sixteenth Corps.
Both Inf, Ewing's Brigade, Blair's Di-
vision. Fifteenth Corps.
32d Inf. Stevenson's Brigade, Logan's
Division. Seventeenth Corps.
37th Inf, Ewing's Brigade, Blair's Di-
vision, Fifteenth Corps.
AID Inf. Lindsey's Brigade. Osterhaus's
Division, Thirteenth Corps.
18th Inf. Hicks Brigade, William Sooy
Smiths Division. Sixteenth Corps.
47th Inf. Ewing's Brigade, Blair's Di-
vision. Fifteenth Corps.
4Sth Inf, Landram's Brigade, A. J.
Smiths Division. Thirteenth Corps.
sd Inf, COckerill's Brigade. William
Sooy Smiths Division, Sixteenth Corps.
54th Inf, 7. Kirby Smiths Brigade,
seth Inf, Slack's Brigade, Hovey's Di-
vision, Thirteenth Corps.
57th Inf. T. Kirby Smiths Brigade
BlaiT'S Division, Fifteenth Corps.
5Sth Inf, served on gunboats during the
siege.
Gsth Inf, Leggett's Brigade, Logan's
Division. Seventeenth Corps.
=, 10th Inf Cockerill's Brigade, William
SOOy Smiths Division, Sixteenth Corps.
72d Inf. Buckland's Brigade, Tuttle's
Division, Fifteenth Corps.
18th Inf, Woods Brigade, Steele's Di-
vision. Fifteenth COrps.
18th Inf, Leggett's Brigade, Logan's
Division. Seventeenth Corps.
S0th Inf, Holiness Brigade, Quinby's
Division, Seventeenth Corps.
SD Inf, Burbridge's Brigade, A. J.
95th Inf. Buckland's Brigade, Tuttle's
Division, Fifteenth COrps.
96th Inf, Burbridge's Brigade, A. ].
Smiths Division. Thirteenth Corps.
114th Inf, Lindsey's Brigade, Oster-
haus's Division, Thirteenth Corps.
120th Inf, Kegwin's Brigade, Oster-
haus's Division. Thirteenth Corps.
4th Company Ohio Cavalry.
I'd Ohio Battery, Hovey's Division,
Thirteenth Corps.
Sd Ohio Battery, Logan's Division, Sew
enteenth Corps.
4th Ohio Battery, Steele's Division, Fif-
teenth Corps.
9Th Ohio Battery, Lauman's Division.
Sixteenth Corps.
9TH Ohio Battery, Lauman's Division,
Sixteenth Corps.
Sth Ohio Battery, Blair's Division, Fif
tcenth CorDs.
10th Ohio Battery, McArthur's Division.
Seventeenth Corps.
11th Ohio Battery, Quinby's Division,
Seventeenth Corps.
10th Ohio Battery, Lauman's Division,
Sixteenth Corps.
18th Ohio Battery, Hovey's Division,
Thirteenth Corps.
18th Ohio Battery, A. J. Smiths Divi-
sion, Thirteenth Corps.
w. P. GAULT,
Secretary Ohio Vicksburg Park Commits |
sion. Columbus. o.