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OFFICIAL RECORDS: Series 1, vol 24, Part 1 (Vicksburg)
Page 772 ENGAGEMENT AT JACKSON, MISS.

Numbers 9. Report of Colonel Jesse I. Alexander, FIFTY-NINTH Indiana Infantry, First Brigade, Seventh DIVISION, SEVENTEENTH Army Corps, including operations May 3-24. CAMP near Vicksburg, MISS., May 24, 1863.

. . . . On the 14th, marched to within 1 mile of Jackson, when, in obedience to your order, my regiment was formed on the extreme right, throwing forward Companies K, A, and H as skirmishers, covering my front and right flank, when we joined with the DIVISION in the general assault on the enemy's works. The enemy was driven from his position, leaving his dead, wounded, and guns in our possession.

At this point Captain L. B. Martin rode up and asked for the colors of the FIFTY-NINTH. I ordered them given to him, when he placed our colors on the dome of the capitol, where they remained in charge of my color guard, whom I had ordered to guard them till next morning. They were the first and only colors planted on the capitol of Jackson. We encamped in the city. Casualties, 4 wounded. . . .

JESSE I. ALEXANDER,
Colonel FIFTY-NINTH Indiana Volunteers.

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