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Nvmagpie
August 26, 2016

Second Texas Lunette Stop #12

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I made a major mistake on this page. I put it together without checking my brochure map and reading about the following stop #13 - which was also Texans. I had included 2 other photos that were to be at the next stop. I tried taking them off but they had adhered too well (especially after a day) and tore the pp. I ended up cutting that section off and finding cs to use. I am actually happier with this version. Actually I am just happy I was able to fix it without starting over!

Journaling reads: At this stop we found a pleasant seating area. There were several signs around telling about history. There was also a bronze sculpture of Jefferson Davis- who won lasting fame as President of the Confederate States of America - holding the Confederate flag. Davis was a graduate of West Point Military Academy and a veteran of the Mexican War where he earned the rank of Colonel. Davis then served terms as a United States Senator and was Secretary of War under President Franklin Pierce.
When Mississippi seceded from the Union, Davis returned to his plantation a few miles south of Vicksburg. While at his plantation he received news that he was elected President of the Confederacy. After the war, he returned to Mississippi and lived the rest of his life at Beauvior on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
The Second Texas Lunette (a crescent-shaped fortification) was the Confederate defensive work constructed to guard the Baldwin Ferry Road entering Vicksburg. In 1863, the road approached the city from the southeast, passed in front of the lunette, and then entered the city. The lunette is named after the Second Texas Volunteer Infantry which held the position throughout the siege.
The lunette was the subject of tremendous artillery bombardment and repeated, furious Union assaults on May 22. However, the determination and bravery of the attacking Federals was matched by the Confederates, whose withering defensive fire consistently forced the Union soldiers to retire. After the assaults, the commander of the Second Texas stated, "along the road [Baldwin Ferry] for more than 200 yards the bodies lay so thick that one might have walked the whole distance without touching the ground."
With so many casualties, the Federals changed their strategy of attack against the Second Texas Lunette, and commenced mining operations by digging approach trenches. At the time of the Vicksburg surrender, one of the trenches was within 10 yards of the outer ditch of the fortification.
Used Graphic 45 products - I have been hoarding them
Stamps - Tim Holtz & Dear Lizzy (date) & bubble wrap


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