They served at Snyders & Haynes bluffs & also Milldale Post Office. About 10 mile
above Vicksburg. Sometimes called the "second front". Go up there, Snyders Bluff
still has a stone marker , Milldale is still there.
Gen. Kimball led an abortive mission up to Mechanicsburg on 3 June, 1863, consisting
of Engelmann's and Montgomery's BDEs of Kimball's DIV, plus Moyer's BDE & a battery
of artillery.
see, O.R, Series I, Vol. 24, Part III, PAGE 379.
see," Ninety Eight Days", Warren Grabau, page 455.
see, "Vicksburg Campaign, Unvexed to the Sea", Edwin C. Bearss,book III, page 1022.
Bob Teela, ( GG Grandfather 106th Illinois)....