Third Louisiana Redan, On Left of Jackson Road.

At the Third Louisiana Redan on the left of Jackson Road, the Third Louisiana, with the 43d Mississippi on its left, held the position on May 22, 1863, and repulsed Union assaults. On the afternoon of June 25, a Union mine exploded under the redan, almost destroying its front parapet and making a crater in its terreplain, but not injuring the parapet across its gorge. The position was then held by the 3d Louisiana, supported by the 6th Missouri, with the 38th Mississippi on the right and the 43d Mississippi on the left. Union troops assaulted immediately after the explosion, occupied the crater, and attempted to carry the parapet across the gorge of the redan, but were repulsed. Col. Erwin of the 5th Missouri, leading some of his men in a countercharge, was killed on top of the parapet. Union troops in the crater were repeatedly relieved by fresh troops, and the fighting continued all night and through most of the next day, but the position remained firmly held. Hand grenades and shells with lighted fuses used in place of grenades were freely used by both sides. After dark on June 25, the 5th Missouri reinforced the position. Reported casualties were 27 in the 3d Louisiana, 4 in the 38th Mississippi, 11 in the 43d Mississippi, 8 in the 5th Missouri, and 25 in the 6th Missouri, including Col. Eugene Erwin and Lieut. W. S. Lipscomb killed, for an aggregate of 75 killed and wounded. The 2d Missouri moved to this position on the night of June 26, and the 1st and 4th Missouri, consolidated, on the evening of July 1. That afternoon a second mine was fired under the redan, almost completely destroying both its faces and materially damaging the parapet across its gorge, but no Union assault followed. Lieut. Col. Pembroke S. Senteny of the 2d Missouri and Lieuts. John T. Crenshaw and John Roseberry of the 6th Missouri were killed, with Lieut. Crenshaw buried by the mine explosion.

Vicksburg, Mississippi · United States