C.S. Company G, 1st Mississippi Light Artillery;

Under Capt. J.J. Cowan, Company G of the 1st Mississippi Light Artillery fought at the Battle of Champion's Hill on May 16 as part of Loring's Division and suffered two wounded. After the battle, it fell back with the army to Vicksburg, where most of the enlisted men were armed with muskets and served in the trenches on the line of Moore's Brigade from May 18 to the end of the defense on July 4, 1863. A detachment also served an 18-pounder siege gun in a position about 500 yards north of the railroad, while that gun, a 30-pounder Parrott rifle, and a Whitworth rifle were all in the rear of Moore's Brigade's line under Capt. J.J. Cowan.

Vicksburg, Mississippi · United States