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The Ohio Seventeenth Battery, under Capt. Ambrose A. Blount and Capt. Charles S. Rice of the 10th Division, 13th Corps, took part in the Battle of Port Gibson on May 1, 1863, the Battle of Champion's Hill on May 15, and the assaults of May 19 and May 22. It sustained no casualties at Port Gibson, Champion's Hill, or in the May 19 assault, and had 3 wounded in the May 22 assault. During the siege, casualties were not reported. The aggregate reported casualties for the battery during the campaign and siege were 3 wounded.
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Vicksburg, Mississippi · United States
