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C.S. Company A,

Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi
· 1st Mississippi Light Art. Battalion;
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Capt. S. J. Ridley, Lieut. Charles E. Hooker, and Lieut. P. B. Lancaster served in C.S. Company A. One section of the company, under Lieut. P. B. Lancaster, served two 12-pounder howitzers in this position near Fort Hill from the morning of May 19. Few shots were fired from them, and the howitzers remained in and near this position until about May 30, 1863, when the section was ordered to positions on the line of Hebert's Brigade.
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