. Indiana at Vicksburg . brigade, with skirmishers in advance, was formed behindthe crest of the ridge, about 320 yards in front of the north face ofthe Confederate Stockade Redan on the Graveyard road, in thefollowing order, from right to left: 6th Missouri, 113th Illinois(detachment), 116th Illinois, 1st Battalion, 13th U. S. Infantry, inline, and the 8th Missouri in reserve. The ground in front wtismuch obstructed by a growth of brush and cane and by felled trees. (41) 42 Indiana at Vigksbukg. The brigade moved promptly at the appointed time, 2:00 p. m., butits lines were soon broken up by
. Indiana at Vicksburg . brigade, with skirmishers in advance, was formed behindthe crest of the ridge, about 320 yards in front of the north face ofthe Confederate Stockade Redan on the Graveyard road, in thefollowing order, from right to left: 6th Missouri, 113th Illinois(detachment), 116th Illinois, 1st Battalion, 13th U. S. Infantry, inline, and the 8th Missouri in reserve. The ground in front wtismuch obstructed by a growth of brush and cane and by felled trees. (41) 42 Indiana at Vigksbukg. The brigade moved promptly at the appointed time, 2:00 p. m., butits lines were soon broken up by the obstacles encountered, and bythe rugged character of the ground. The 8th Missouri, under or-ders, halted on the crest of the first ridge in front of the one be-hind which the line was formed, and liegan firing; the battalion ofthe 13tli U. S. Infantry and the 116th Illinois pushed close to theStockade Redan and to the stockade west of that work, some menof the battalion getting into the ditch on the north face of the. -U-liir -ulBLS Jf I IE ^ = .JUilil. 111! 11/! iLOJ i,i!■ l!. MUSH J. ./yuiiiau ji I jjtii. ly. UiUr. .u^i^^j !;. mi. •iUt JUi/iJ J. MJUiS JijSLiLlJ j;i!!i> Jju ilii-lU .J. £!.
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