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Captain S.J. Ridley, Lieutenant Charles E. Hooker, and Lieutenant P.B. Lancaster served with Company A, 1st Mississippi Light Artillery. One section of the company operated two 6-pounder guns in this position, the Cox House battery, from May 18 until the end of the defense on July 4, 1863.
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Vicksburg, Mississippi · United States