Battery Benton -- Vicksburg NMP, Vicksburg MS
N 32° 18.759 W 090° 54.006
15S E 697689 N 3577028
An 1898-vintage US War Department blue table preserves the history and heroism of Battery Benton, which operated here during the 1863 Siege of Vicksburg
Waymark Code: WMWCVT
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 08/15/2017
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A US War Department blue tablet erected at this site on Navy Circle in 1898 describes the actions of Battery Benton during the siege of Vicksburg.
The tablet reads as follows:
"U. S.
BATTERY BENTON
ACTING MASTER J. FRANK REED
A detachment of Battery E, 1st Missouri Light Artillery, under Lieut. Joseph B. Atwater, and a detail of enlisted men of the 34th Iowa Infantry, all under Acting Master J. Frank Reed of the gunboat "Benton," served two 42-pounder rifled guns in this position, Battery Benton, from the morning of July 1 to the end of the siege, July 4, 1863. A shell from the Confederate mortar at South Fort exploded in the battery, July 1, killing 2 and badly wounding 4 enlisted men of the 34th Iowa infantry."
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Type of memorial: Plaque
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