U.S. Battery A,

U.S. Battery A, under Lieut. Jacob C. Hansel, Lieut. Frank B. Fenton, and Capt. Peter Davidson, served two James rifles, one 10-pounder Parrott rifle, and one 6-pounder gun in this position from the morning of May 22 to about June 2, when the 10-pounder Parrott rifle and the 6-pounder gun were moved to an advanced battery. One section served the two remaining pieces here to the end of the siege on July 4, 1863. Reported casualties in the battery during the campaign and siege were one killed.

Vicksburg, Mississippi · United States