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U. S. Civil War
Fifteenth Regiment Infantry
The regiment remained at Grand Junction and at La Grange until June 5th, 1863, when it was ordered, in command of Colonel Oliver, to Vicksburg, Miss., with the 1st division, 16th corps, to which it had been attached since January 1st. Arriving at the mouth of the Yazoo, June 11th, the loth proceeded up the river and disembarked at Hayne's Bluff. Having been attached temporarily to the 9th corps, it participated with it in the advance on Jackson on the 4th of July. The Big Black river was crossed on the 6th (this regiment leading), on rafts and by swimming, and until the arrival of the national forces before Jackson the regiment was engaged in skirmishing with the rebels.
Civil War
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