Battery G Monument - Map to locate the Battery G monument at Vicksburg.
Deaths at Vicksburg and vicinity (and burials where known):
Carlson, Nicholas - Died: Drowned May 1, 1863 during sinking of the transport steamer, Horizon, as the battery was being ferried across the Mississippi River near Bruinsburg. One report by E.K. Owen, naval officer, indicates that his body was recovered and buried, probably near Bruinsburg. The whereabouts of his grave today is unknown.
Davis, Jesse W. - Died: Oct. 15, 1863 at Vicksburg. Buried: Vicksburg National Cemetery, Section I, Gravestone 7712.
Ferris, Edward - Died: Aug. 31, 1863 of dysentery, in a hospital at or near Vicksburg. Buried: Vicksburg National Cemetery, Section I, Gravestone 8033.
Lindebeck, Francis - Died: Drowned May 1, 1863 during sinking of the transport steamer, Horizon, as the battery was being ferried across the Mississippi River near Bruinsburg. One report by E.K. Owen, naval officer, indicates that his body was recovered and buried, probably near Bruinsburg. The whereabouts of his grave today is unknown.
Scott, Dennis - Died: Sept. 7, 1863 at Vicksburg. Buried: Vicksburg National Cemetery, Section. I, Gravestone 7592.
Weir, John - Died: Oct. 14, 1863, killed in action at Brownsville,
Miss. He may be buried at Vicksburg National Cemetery, Sec. G, Gravestone
4745. The stone is marked, "We--, J. E."
Excerpts from Battery
Records:
The Horizon Disaster
May 1, 1863: "Embarked on transport Horizon at 2 A.M. While crossing
the river to Miss. shore [near Bruinsburg] were run into by steamer Moderator
& sunk. Privates Linderbeck & Carlson were drowned. Everything
belonging to Battery was lost except 13 Horses 6 mules 18 wedge tents 1
wall Tents part of Co records & papers, [rear?] one casson, & forge
wagon, Battery Wagon, 48 Knapsacks 25 Ponchos Fragments of arty Harness."
- Battery G Morning Report Book (from We Enlisted As Patriots).
Other
Vicksburg Reports
Including various official reports, with special emphasis
on the Horizon.