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Capt. Martin Klauss's U.S. 1st Battery had one section serving two 6-pounder guns in this position from about June 20 to the end of the siege on July 4, 1863. Their fire was especially directed against a bridge across the railroad cut in the rear of the Confederate line of defense.
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Vicksburg, Mississippi · United States
