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U.S. Battery E,

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Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi

· 1st Illinois Light Artillery;

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THE STORY

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Lieut. John A. Fitch and Capt. Allen C. Waterhouse served with U.S. Battery E. A detachment of the battery served one 30-pounder Parrott rifle in this position, Battery Jenny, from about June 5 to June 22, 1863, when the battery moved with the 1st and 3D Brigades of its division to Bear Creek, on the exterior line.

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