Battery Selfridge

USA / Mississippi / Vicksburg /

Location: Tour Stop 7, North Union Avenue, Vicksburg National Military Park.

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During the siege of Vicksburg many naval guns were loaned to the Army to increase the Federal artillery fire. The cannon were usually manned by army artillerymen. Battery Selfridge, however, was the only battery which contained cannon manned exclusively by sailors. The battery was named after its commander. Lieutenant Commander Thomas O. Selfridge, Jr., the former commander of the U.S.S. Cairo, an ironclad gunboat which was sunk by a mine in the Yazoo River in December 1862.

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Coordinates: 32°22'34"N 90°51'52"W

Brigadier General Alfred V. Ellet Bust 0.1 km
Colonel Charles R. Woods Bust 0.2 km
Missouri Multi Monument 0.3 km
Old Gate to Vicksburg National Cemetery 0.7 km
River Battery 0.8 km
Thayer's Approach 1.3 km
114th Illinois Infantry Monument 1.9 km
11th Illinois Infantry Monument 2.5 km
2nd Illinois Light Artillery, Battery F, Monument 2.5 km
Colonel Isaac F. Shepard Relief 2.8 km

Tour Stop 8 - The Vicksburg National Cemetery 0.2 km
Vicksburg National Cemetery 0.5 km
Soldier's Rest 1.2 km
Cedar Hill Cemetery 1.2 km
Tour Stop 6 - Thayer's Approach 1.4 km
Vicksburg National Military Park 2.4 km
Tour Stop 4 - Ransom's Gun Path 2.5 km
Kings, Mississippi 3 km
Waltersville, Mississippi 3 km
De Soto Island (Louisiana) 3.5 km

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Tour Stop 8 - The Vicksburg National Cemetery Vicksburg National Cemetery Soldier's Rest Cedar Hill Cemetery Tour Stop 6 - Thayer's Approach Vicksburg National Military Park Tour Stop 4 - Ransom's Gun Path Kings, Mississippi Waltersville, Mississippi De Soto Island (Louisiana)