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C.S. Appeal (Arkansas) Battery;

Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi
· Maury's-Forney's Div.; Army of Vicksburg.
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Capt. William N. Hogg, Lieut. Christopher C. Scott, and Lieut. Robert N. Cotten were associated with C.S. Appeal Battery of Arkansas. A detachment of the battery, under Lieut. Robert N. Cotten, served one 3-inch rifle in this position directly on the Jackson Road from about May 30 to the end of the defense on July 4, 1863.
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