The Union Assault on the Railroad Redoubt at Vicksburg, May 22, 1863






 

This map shows both the initial deployment of Union Troops at the Railroad Redoubt on May 22, 1863, their movements between 10 and 11 a.m., and the Union "high tide" positions.  Samuel Kirkman's 77th Illinois Volunteer Infantry regiment is shown by dark blue.
Map adapted from Maps 65 and 66 created by Warren E. Grabau, Ninety-Eight Days: A Geographer's View of the Vicksburg Campaign, pp. 599 and 600.

 
© 2002 by Bart Benjamin


 

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