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Vicksburg National Military Park
Navy Circle
Navy Circle
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Navy Circle
Navy Circle is located on Washington Street, off Exit 1A north of Interstate 20, and overlooks the Mississippi River. The circle is the site of Battery Benton, a Union siege position consisting of two 42-pounder rifled cannon, named after the Union gunboat "Benton" of Admiral Porter's river fleet. The battery dueled with Confederate positions located at South Fort, and sustained casualties when a Confederate shell exploded within its fortifications.
 
Battery Benton
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Did You Know?
In 1903, Massachusetts was the first state to erect a memorial to its soldiers who served during the Vicksburg campaign on the grounds of Vicksburg National Military Park?

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