. Siege and defence of Vicksburg and the Vicksburg National Military Park . OF VICKSBURG. Brig. Gen. S. D. Lee; Brig. Gen. Francis A. Shoup. [Col. Winchester Hall;26th Louisiana, 1 Lieut. Col. William C. Crow. Col. L. D. Marks; Lieut. Col. L. L. McLaurin;• Maj. Alex S. Norwood; Col. L. D. Marks; Capt. Joseph T. (29th) Louisiana, Col. Allen (Arkansas) Battery, Capt. Francis McXally. The brigade, reinforced by regiments of Cockrells Brigade ofBowens Division, repulsed determined and repeated assaults on itsfront, May 19 and May 22, 1863. Countermines were prepared attw
. Siege and defence of Vicksburg and the Vicksburg National Military Park . OF VICKSBURG. Brig. Gen. S. D. Lee; Brig. Gen. Francis A. Shoup. [Col. Winchester Hall;26th Louisiana, 1 Lieut. Col. William C. Crow. Col. L. D. Marks; Lieut. Col. L. L. McLaurin;• Maj. Alex S. Norwood; Col. L. D. Marks; Capt. Joseph T. (29th) Louisiana, Col. Allen (Arkansas) Battery, Capt. Francis McXally. The brigade, reinforced by regiments of Cockrells Brigade ofBowens Division, repulsed determined and repeated assaults on itsfront, May 19 and May 22, 1863. Countermines were prepared attwo points and fired at one. Casualties: in the defense, killed 107,wounded 199, total 306, Col. L. D. Marks, Lieut. Col. L. , and ten other officers killed or mortallv wounded. c. s. MISSISSIPPI STATE TROOPS;SMITHS DIVISION; ARMY OF VICKSBURG. Brig. Gen. Jeptha V. Harris. 5th Regiment,3d Battalion, Col. H. C. Robinson. Lieut. Col. Thomas A. Blirgin. The command arrived .at Vicksburg about May 10, : in the defense, killed 3, wounded 28, total Statue of General Stephen Dill Lee. ATTACHED. Detachment, Maj. J. R. Stevens. 14th Mississippi Light Artillery Battalion, S. Partisan Rangers, Capt. J. S. Corps, Capt. Max T. Davidson. The detachment under Maj. Stevens was composed of officersand men of Lorings Division, largely of the 6th Mississippi,detached from that command at the close of the battle of Champion*Hill, May 16, 1S63. Casualties: in the defense, killed 2, wounded 1,missing 2, total 5. Battery C, 14th Mississippi Light ArtilleryBattalion, was engaged in the battle of Champions Hill, May 16;Batteries A and B and one section of Battery C served in thedefense. Casualties: in the defense, wounded 3. Neither the Miss-issippi Partisan Rangers nor the Signal Corps are mentioned in theOfficial Records except in the statement of the organization olthe Confederate Army of Vicksburg. The aggregate reportedcasualties i
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