The State Memorials at Vicksburg.

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On 21 February 1899 the Congress of the United States authorized the War Department to create it's 5th national military park at Vicksburg, Mississippi. It is the 8th oldest national park in the United States. On 10 August 1933 ownership of the park was transferred from the War Department to the Department of the Interior which oversees the park to the present day.
The following are the memorials from the Confederate States.


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The Virginia Monument, dedicated 23 November 1907.

The first monument erected at Vicksburg National Military Park commerates the only unit from Virginia present during the siege, the Botetourt Light Artillery. It is located at the southeast corner of North Frontage Road and Iowa Ave. in the city of Vicksburg. It's entire cost of $520 was raised by donations.

The Botetourt Light Artillery

After its official designation as artillery, Anderson’s Battery was assigned to Brig. Gen. Edward Johnson’s Brigade, Army of the Northwest. The battery is listed in the Order of Battle for Johnson’s Brigade in the Bath-Romney Campaign of 1862.
After 8 months of service the men of the new Anderson’s Battery headed home for a 30-day furlough. The remained in the Buchanan area from December 24,1861 until February 1, 1862.
Captain Anderson, with 80 men and officers, reported to Camp Lee near Richmond on Feb. 3,1862 to begin instruction in artillery drill.
Because Capt. Anderson’s battery was the most advanced in training at the time, they were sent to Knoxville, Tenn. on March 29, 1862 because of heavy Union activity in Eastern Tennessee and Kentucky. One section was sent to Chattanooga, Tenn. To pick up 4 new guns, two 6 pounders and two,12-pounders.

The battery was assigned to Brig. Gen. Seth M. Barton’s Brigade for service in Maj. Gen. Carter L. Stevenson’s Division. Operating in this region the battery took part in numerous minor engagements with General Edmund Kirby-Smith’s Army of East Tennessee.
On August 6, 1862 the battery engaged the enemy at Waldron’s Ridge, Tennessee.
In August, 1862 the Army of East Tennessee was renamed the Army of Kentucky. Stevenson’s Division was the vanguard of Kirby-Smith’s army as it invaded Kentucky through the Cumberland Mountains in August. Kirby-Smith’s Army of Kentucky was part of a two pronged attack on the Union forces in Kentucky. The other prong was Maj. Gen. Braxton Bragg’s Army of Mississippi. Bragg’s army would enter Kentucky from middle Tennessee.
It was very difficult hauling artillery through the mountain passes into Kentucky. Much of it had to be done by hand.
Stevenson’s Division was given the task of taking the Cumberland Gap and holding it open. The division did not rejoin Kirby-Smith’s main columns until the middle of September, 1862. During the month of September , Kirby-Smith’s forces encountered the enemy at Harrodsburg and Lexington.
Joining Bragg’s army after the retreat from Perryville, Stevenson’s Division was part of the force covering the army’s retreat back into Tennessee.

In November, 1862 , following the retreat back into Tennessee, the army was reorganized. Stevenson’s Division was sent to Bragg’s newly named Army of Tennessee at Murfreesboro
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In December, 1862, Stevenson’s Division was ordered to Mississippi where it was to bolster the forces of Gen. John C. Pemberton in the defense Vicksburg.
By this action the battery , and Stevenson’s Division, missed the Battle of Murfreesboro( Stones’ River ) on December31st and January 1st.

Fighting in Mississippi the battery was involved in numerous engagements including the
Siege of Vicksburg.

On New Years Day 1863 Anderson’s Battery was entrenched in the cold winter Mississippi rain and mud where they remained until January 15th when they received orders to move their camp about 2-miles south of Vicksburg.
The Botetourt Artillery now numbered 140 men. On the other side of the river Major General U.S. Grant’s Army numbered 35,000. General Pemberton now had about 40,000 men in and around Vicksburg. Confederate troops moved to several locations in April setting up their defenses. On orders The Botetourt Artillery marched 44 miles in 27 hours and set up their weapons at Port Gibson.
On May 1, 1863 Stevenson’s Division engaged Ulysses S. Grant’s Army of the Tennessee at Port Gibson (Bayou Pierre). The battery was heavily engaged and suffered heavy casualties, with a loss of 32 %. Captain Johnston’s report states at the start of the fight he had 144 men and at the end, only 79.
The land battle for Vicksburg was under way.
Captain Anderson had been promoted on January 28th and was now Major Anderson on General Stevenson’s staff and was also Chief of the Artillery for Stevenson’s Division. Lt. John William Johnston was now commanding officer of The Botetourt Artillery.
The battery suffered heavy casualties at Port Gibson (Bayou Pierre). Capt. Johnston reported he had 144 men at the start of the battle and only 79 when the day ended.
The total loss of the Botetourt Artillery in this battle in killed, wounded, and captured was about sixty five officers and men, fifty three horses, and four guns. Late in the day Captain Johnston was disabled.


The men continued their retreat toward Vicksburg making camp at Hawkins Ferry. On May 15th they moved again taking up a position at Champions Hill ( Baker’s Creek )to get better position. Scattered fighting became a full-scale battle by late morning. The Virginians asked for Infantry help but none came. The battle of Champion’s Hill left 1,202 men dead. One of those men was Major Joseph W. Anderson.
This hit and run battle continued until tattered troops retreated into Vicksburg and set up the defense of the City. The men of the Botetourt Artillery were the only Virginia unit that would spend the next 47 terrible days at the siege of Vicksburg!
After two unsuccessful frontal assaults on May 19th and 22nd Grant settled in for an extended siege of Vicksburg. Two more frontal assaults would take place later on June 25th and July 1st.
General Stevenson in his report of the Champion’s Hill ( Baker's Creek) battle mentions Maj. J. W. Anderson as "Gallantly falling in full discharge of his duties" and Capt. J. W. Johnston as fighting his battery "to the last extremity," and he mentions Captain Johnston in the siege of Vicksburg while inspector of light artillery "for valuable service rendered."
The Botetourt Artillery had lost all their guns in the fighting at Champion’s Hill. Upon reaching the defenses of Vicksburg they were given two 6 pounder guns as armament. Those men not assigned to serve these two guns were armed with Enfield rifles and served as sharpshooters in support of these field pieces.

The battery had the misfortune of being posted in the swamps South of Vicksburg where the conditions were horrible. The men made the best of a bad environment. There was a consolation in this however. This area was the right flank of the Confederate line. It was an honor to be able to say that a unit was the “Right Of The Line”. It denoted that a commander placed trust in a unit’s ability to keep an army’s flank from caving in to enemy pressure.
During the siege of Vicksburg the Botetourt Artillery was attached to the renowned
Waul’s Texas Legion,Col. Thomas N. Waul, commanding, which was assigned to Stevenson’s Division.

On June 2, 1863 Capt. Johnston was promoted to Inspector General of Artillery on General Stevenson’s Staff. Lt. Francis Obenchain assumed command of the battery.


All through June at Vicksburg, the Union troops dug lines parallel to and approaching the rebel lines. Soldiers could not poke their heads up above their works for fear of snipers. It was a sport for Union soldiers to poke a hat above the works on a rod, betting on how many rebel bullets would pierce it in a given time.
Over a year before the much publicized Battle of “The Crater” at Petersburg, Virginia, the troops under siege at Vicksburg dealt with a similar fight. Union engineers had tunneled under the Confederate defenses and set off a mine under the 3rd Louisiana Infantry. The Federal troops who charged through the opening made by the mine were repulsed with heavy losses. As with at Petersburg, the fighting was hand to hand.
Brig. Gen. Andrew V. Hickenlooper, Chief engineer of the XVII Army Corps of the Army of the Tennessee observed that
“Every eye was riveted upon that huge redoubt standing high above the adjoining works. At the appointed moment it appeared as though the whole fort and connecting outworks commenced an upward movement, gradually breaking into fragments and growing less bulky in appearance, until it looked like an immense fountain of finely pulverized earth, mingled with flashes of fire and clouds of smoke, through which could occasionally be caught a glimpse of some dark objects,-men, gun-carriages, shelters, etc. Fire along the entire line instantly opened with great fury, and amidst the din and roar of 150 cannon and the rattle of 50,000 muskets the charging column moved forward to the assault. But little difficulty was experienced in entering the crater, but the moment the assaulting forces attempted to mount the artificial parapet, which had been formed by the falling debris about midway across the fort, completely commanded by the Confederate artillery and infantry in the rear, they were met by a withering fire so severe that to show a head above the crest was certain death. Two lines were formed on the slope of this parapet, the front line raising their muskets over their heads and firing at random over the crest while the rear rank were engaged in reloading. But soon the Confederates began throwing short-fused shells over the parapet, which, rolling down into the crater crowded with the soldiers of the assaulting column, caused the most fearful destruction of life ever witnessed under like circumstances. The groans of the dying and shrieks of the wounded became fearful, but bravely they stood to their work until the engineers constructed a casemate out of the heavy timbers found in the crater, and upon which the earth was thrown until it was of sufficient depth to resist the destructive effects of the exploding shells. As soon as this work was completed, and a parapet was thrown up across the crater on a line with the face of the casemate, the troops were withdrawn to the new line beyond the range of exploding shells.”

Suffering from heat, the sun, rain and long damp nights and the lack of food for the better part of five weeks took a heavy toll on Confederate troops.
Finally on July 3, 1863, flags of truce were placed along the works. That night, the men of the Botetourt Artillery cut up the wedding dress Virginia flag so it would not fall into enemy hands and each man was given a small piece. On July 4, 1863 the City of Vicksburg was surrendered. With this event the Confederacy was literally cut in half. No longer would the Armies west of the Mississippi have efficient contact with those east of the river. The waning days of the Confederacy were beginning.
On July 7 and 8 Major Fry of the 20th Ohio paroled the majority of the Botetourt Artillery. A total of 130 men of the Artillery were paroled; 21 of this number were paroled within one of the local hospitals on July 11, 1863. Pemberton’s army was to be exchanged at Enterprise, Mississippi and the Virginians would have to march 154 miles east to reach the site. It took them nine days to get there two men died during the journey. The death toll for the Botetourt Artillery during this campaign was 41men dead.
 
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The Mississippi Monument dedicated 13 November 1909

Erected at a cost of $32,000 the second memorial in the park, honoring the men from Mississippi, was dedicated on 13 November 1909. The bronze sculpture at its base was fabricated in Rome, Italy and shipped to New Orleans on 20 April 1912. The memorial is fashioned from North Caroline granite and stands 76 feet high.

Mississippi's monument is located on Confederate Ave. at milepost 12.3 of the park road. Damaged by lightening in 1951 the memorial was repaired in 1954.
 
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The Maryland Monument dedicated March 1914

The third memorial erected at Vicksburg National Military Park in March of 1914 honors the men of Stevenson's Division,
3rd Maryland Battery. It is located on South Confederate Ave. some .2 miles from the Mulvihill Street intersection in Vicksburg. The memorial consists of a bronze tablet mounted on a granite pedestal.

3rd Maryland Artillery, CSA
Alternate Designation
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History
One of the most traveled units in the Civil War, seeing action in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee, Ritter's Battery was originally organized by Captain John Latrobe, of Baltimore, in the fall of 1861 in Virginia.
Initial training began at Camp Dimmock near Richmond in November. On the 15 the battery lost it's first casualty to the war when Lieutenant H.A. Steuart attempted to return to Maryland to collect medical supplies and more recruits. Steuart was captured and held at the old Capitol prison for about a year before being shot while attempting to escape.
In December the battery moved to Camp Lee and was mustered into the Confederate Army on January 14, 1862. Term of service: duration of the war. Contingent: originally 92 men. Armament: 2 six-pounder smooth bore, 2 twelve-pounder howitzers and 2 three-inch rifled pieces.
In February the battery was transfered to Knoxville, and the pattern for it's diverse future was established when part of the crew was detached to guard the home of Parson Brownlow, who had openly attacked the Confederacy from his pulpit; part was detached to defend Cumberland Gap; and by April the remainder had marched off with General Leadbetter on a raid to the Clinch River. In mid-April part of the detachment with Leadbetter returned to Knoxville, only to be put on a train to Chattanooga where they were to seek out any enemy force thought to be in the area. The alarm was false and the detachment under Lieutenant John Rowan (Rowan was from Elkton, Md., a community staunchly Unionist, and my home town) returned to Knoxville, where they re-united with the crew from Cumberland, which had endured fighting off Federal assaults in the middle of snow storms, short rations and freezing cold.
In May, 25 Tennessee recruits joined the battery before it marched as a unit to Clinton Tennessee. In June it was back to Chattanooga, then to Morristown, Loudon and Blain's Cross Roads, where 50 Georgians joined the battery. Then back to Tazewll in east Tennessee, where, as a part of General Reynolds' brigade the battery helped puch Federal troops back to Cumberland Gap. For several days Reynolds engaged Federal troops around the Gap. On the 23rd General Kirby Smith ordered Reynolds to join him in Kentucky.
The battery marched to Richmond, Lexington and finally Covington, oppossite Cincinnati, Ohio. The move by Smith was a feint to draw troops away from Louisville, General Braxton Bragg's objective. The battery moved with the army from point to point through September. On October 4th the battery was to provide a 14 gun salute during the inaguration of Governor Hawes (the Confederate Military Governor), but Frankfort was threatened by a large Federal force on the 3rd and abandoned. Smith retired to Harrodsburg. After the Battle of Perryville, Bragg retired to Tennessee, the 3rd Maryland returned to Knoxville, serving in the army's rear guard during the retreat.
In January the battery was sent to Vicksburg, and again split up. On the 23rd three guns were sent down river to Warrenton. A crew was placed on the "Archer"and sent down river a few days later. On the 30th a detachment was sent up river to General Ferguson's command at Deer Creek. On the 27th the crew on the Archer fired with effect on the DeSoto, a Confederate ship captured by the Federals. In February the Federal Ram "Queen of the West" was captured and the crew on the Archer was transfered to her. On the 24th the "Queen" the "Webb" and the "Grand Era" sailed up river and captured the formidable "Indianola." During the action the "Queen" came alongside the "Indianola" and the Maryland crew fired point blank into the Federal ship while exposed to point blank fire from the Federal crew. On April 14th the "Queen" was sunk at Grand Lake, Louisiana. Nine of the 13 man crew were killed, drowned, or captured.
Captain Latrobe left the service in March. Lt. Claiborne was promoted to Captain, and Orderly Sergeant William Ritter to Junior 2nd Lt. On the 21st he was promoted again to Senior 2nd Lt.
During the siege of Vicksburg several men were wounded and two killed, including Claiborne. Lt. rowan replaced Cliaborne, and Ritter was promoted to Senior 1st Lt. When Vicksburg fell, 3 officers, 70 men, 5 guns and 135 horses and mules of the 3rd Md. fell into Federal hands. However, one gun, the one Toomey had taken north with Ferguson, under the command of Lt. Ritter, was not in Vicksburg at the time of the surrender. Ferguson had attached the battery to Missouri artillery along the Mississippi River harassing transports moving reinforcements to Vicksburg. When Federal forces moved to Black Bayou in March, Ferguson met them at Rolling Rock and a three day battle ensued in which the battery was heavily engaged. On April 29th the battery was moved to Fish Lake, near Greenville, Mississippi, and here harassed transport moving toward Vicksburg. On several occassions the battery engaged heavily armoured gun boats, and was instrumental in the capture of the supply laden "Minnesota," transporting an estimated $250,000 of food stuffs that Ferguson troops were in great need of. The battery participated in several bloody skirmishes as the army moved towards the Yazoo River. At Vernon, Mississippi the battery was attached to General Walker's division under the command of an Arkansa battery whose commander was senior to Ritter. General Johnston moved to Jackson, and there the battery was hotly engaged for seven days, loosing two men and several wounded, including Ritter.
The Marylanders captured at Vicksburg were paroled on July 12th and furloughed for thirty days on the 26th. They then reported to Decatur , Georgia, where Rowan aquired four guns and a number of replacements. Ritter moved to Demopolis, Alabama in September for repairs, and on October 19th was order to join the 3rd Maryland at Decatur.
 
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The Missouri Monument dedicated 17 October 1917

The Missouri State Memorial is located just south of the Stockade Redan on Confederate Ave. It is unique in that it is the only memorial in the park dedicated to soldiers of both armies. It was dedicated on 17 October 1917 and it's height is symbolic of the Missouri units, 27 Union, and 15 Confederate engaged there. It stands where two opposing Missouri units clashed in battle. The monument was constructed at a cost of $40,000.
 
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The Louisiana Memorial dedicated 18 October 1920

Located on Confederate Ave. near the intersection of Pemberton Bvld., the Louisiana Memorial is the 5th memorial erected in the park. Dedicated on 18 October 1920 at a cost of $43,500 it stands on the hightest point of the military park at 397 feet above sea level. It is an 81 foot Doric column topped by a braizer holding a eternal flame. "Louisiana" is enscribed on the front of the memorial with the units that took part in the siege aronnd the sides.
 
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The North Carolina Memorial dedicated 18 May 1925

Located on Confederate Ave. just south of the junction with the Hall's Ferry Road, the North Carolina Memorial was the 6th memorial raised to commerate the valor of sons from that state. Constructed of granite from Stone Mountain Georgia, the memorial was dedicated on 18 May 1925. It's cost of $2,750 was funded by the State of North Carolina.
 
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The South Carolina Memorial dedicated 22 November 1935

The South Carolina State Memorial is located in front of Vicksburg High School on former park property along south Confederate Avenue in the City of Vicksburg. The memorial was constructed of Winnsboro South Carolina Granite and dedicated November 22, 1935. It was sponsored by the South Carolina United Daughters of the Confederacy (U.D.C.) and cost $4900. South Carolina had eleven commands in the Campaign and Defense of Vicksburg, all of which were in Johnston's Army.
 
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The Alabama Memorial dedicated 19 July 1951

The Alabama State Memorial is located on the south loop of Confederate Avenue, and is the 8th Confederate memorial erected in the park. At a cost of $150,000, the monument was sculpted in 1951 by Steffen Thomas of Stone Mountain, GA. The bronze work depicts seven heroic men from Alabama being inspired by a woman representing the state itself. The casting rests upon a base of Weiblin grey granite from Elberton City Quarries, Inc., Elberton, GA, and comes from the same quarries used in the construction of the Memorial Arch, located at the entrance of Vicksburg National Military Park, and the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. The memorial was dedicated on July 19, 1951.
 
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The Florida Memorial dedicated 17 April 1954

The Florida State Memorial is located outside of Vicksburg National Military Park on former park property in the City of Vicksburg, and is the 9th Confederate memorial erected in the park. It is situated along south Confederate Avenue at the Mulvihill Street intersection. The memorial was constructed of Elberton Georgia Granite by the Atlantic Memorials of Jacksonville, FL and dedicated April 17, 1954. It stands in honor of the soldiers who served in General Joseph E. Johnston's army of relief.
The memorial was provided by the Florida United Daughters of the Confederacy (U.D.C.) at a cost of $5000. It consists of a upright granite monolith with a polished surface 4' x 3'8". The Florida State Seal is at the top, front, "In God we trust" along with the following words: "Whether sleeping in distant places, or graveless, this monument has been erected to the memory of the men who served the Confederate States of America."
 
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The Arkansas Memorial dedicated 2 August 1954

The Arkansas Memorial is located just south of Old Graveyard Road on Confederate Ave. The memorial was erected in 1954 by McNeel Company of Marietta, GA and dedicated on August 2, 1954. It is the 10th Confederate memorial in the park. The cost of $50,000 was appropriated by the State of Arkansas. Fabricated of Mount Airy North Carolina Marble it bears the inscription: "To the Arkansas Confederate Soldiers and Sailors, a part of a nation divided by the sword and reunited at the altar of faith."
 
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The Texas Memorial dedicated 4 November 1961

The Texas State Memorial is located on the south loop of Confederate Avenue at the Railroad Redoubt, and is the 11th Confederate monument constructed at the park. It was constructed of Texas red granite and erected at a cost of $100,000. The memorial was dedicated on November 4, 1961, and completed during the winter of 1962-63.
The eleven steps leading to the main portion of the memorial honor Texas' sister states in the Confederacy. A live yucca plant, native to Texas and the southwestern United States, is a unique addition to the monument. The bronze statuary symbolizes all who served from Texas at Vicksburg and captures the spirit of the men who sealed the breach in the Confederate lines. The sculptor was Herring Coe, Lundgren and Maurer were the architects, and the Texas Granite Corporation was the contractor. The memorial lists all Texas units on the defensive line, in Johnston's Army, and in Walker's Texas Division.
 
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The Georiga Memorial dedicated 25 October 1962

The Georgia State Memorial is located on the south loop of Confederate Avenue, immediately south of Fort Garrott. It is the 12th Confederate monument raised at the park. The monument was erected at a cost of $7500 and dedicated on October 25, 1962. The memorial is identical to Georgia Memorials at Gettysburg, PA, Antietam, MD and Kennesaw Mountain, GA. The monument is constructed of gray granite and stands approximately 18' high. It exhibits the State Seal and bears the inscription: "We sleep here in obedience to law; When duty called, we came, When country called, we died."
 
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The Tennessee Memorial dedicated 29 June 1996

The Tennessee State Memorial is located on the north side of Confederate Avenue approximately .4 miles east of Fort Hill. It is the 13th, and next to last, Confederate State monument in the park
In 1992 Mrs. Evelyn P'Pool, chairman of the Monument Committee for the Tennessee Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy expressed an interest to initiate a project to honor the Confederate soldiers from Tennessee who served in the defense of Vicksburg.
The idea was quickly embraced by Mrs. Nelma Crutcher, Division President. Under their enthusiastic leadership the UDC raised sufficient funds to build the Tennessee Memorial. The memorial was erected in June 1996 and dedicated June 29, 1996.
Its design consists of a slab of unpolished granite shaped in the outline of the State of Tennessee, measuring 13 feet, 10 inches by 3 feet, 2 inches by 9 inches. It rests on a granite base measuring 4 feet by 3 feet, 10 inches. The front is inscribed,

"TENNESSEE, Dedicated To the Tennessee Confederate Soldiers Who Served In the Defense of Vicksburg."

The back of the memorial reads,

"Honor to those who never sought it; Fame to those who never wished it; Glory to those who never dreamed it; Immortality, for they earned it - The Confederate Soldiers of Tennessee. Mike Grissom"
 
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The Kentucky Memorial dedicated 20 October 2001

The Kentucky monument is located on Kentucky Avenue, which runs between the Union and Confederate lines on the south loop of the park road, and is the last Confederate state memorial in the park. The Kentucky memorial was dedicated on October 20, 2001 and features bronze statues of United States President Abraham Lincoln and Confederate President Jefferson Davis who were both native Kentuckians. The memorial symbolized the division within Kentucky during the Civil War as well as the reunification of the state and country afterward. Bluegrass resident Sarah Bowers came to Vicksburg in 1998, and found no monument to commemorate the efforts of Kentucky's sons. Mrs. Bowers enlisted the support of state representatives and the Kentucky Heritage Council, after which the Official Kentucky Vicksburg Monument Association was formed. The Association was charged with designing and erecting a memorial to honor both Union and Confederate Kentuckians.
 
The Union started the construction of state memorials to honor the valor and sacrifice of soldiers in the army who went with General Grant to wrest control of Vicksburg from the Confederates. The park being established in 1899 it wasn't until 1903 that Massachusetts became the first state to construct a memorial to it's soldiers who were engaged in the siege.

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The Massachusetts Memorial dedicated 14 November 1903

The Massachusetts State Memorial is located on Grant Avenue at Grant Circle. It was the first state memorial erected within Vicksburg National Military Park. The monument cost $4,500 and was dedicated on November 14, 1903. The sculptor was Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson, and is mounted on a 15-ton boulder from Massachusetts. The three regiments from Massachusetts are listed on the memorial.
 
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The New Hampshire Memorial dedicated November 1904

The New Hampshire State Memorial is located at Grant Circle, on Grant Avenue approximately 75 yards east of General U.S. Grant's Statue. It is the 2nd Union monument constructed in the park. It is composed of rough granite and stands twenty feet tall. The monument lists the New Hampshire regiments who participated in the Vicksburg Campaign. It was erected in November 1904 at a cost of $5000 by the State of New Hampshire. There was no formal dedication and the memorial was accepted by the Federal government on April 20, 1906.
 
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The Pennsylvania Memorial dedicated 24 March 1906

The 3rd Union monument in the park honors the men from Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania State Memorial is located at Grant Circle. It was erected at a cost of $12,500 and dedicated on March 24, 1906. It consists of a granite shaft placed at the back of an eliptical platform approached by a flight of three steps. Five bronze medallions on the main shaft portray each of the Pennsylvania unit commanders.
 
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The Illinois Memorial dedicated 26 October 1906

The 4th Union monument is from the state of Illinois.
The Illinois State Memorial is located on Union Avenue. Dedicated on October 26, 1906, the monument was transferred to the United States by Governor C.S. Deneen and accepted by J. S. Schofield of the United States War Department. It was erected by the firm of Culver Construction Company with William B. Mundie contracting the designers and sculptors. The design was by W. L. B. Jenney and sculptor was Charles J. Mulligan.
Stone Mountain (GA) granite forms the base and stairway. Above the base is Georgia white marble. There are forty-seven steps in the long stairway, one for each day of the Siege of Vicksburg. Modeled after the Roman Pantheon, the monument has sixty unique bronze tablets lining its interior walls, naming all 36,325 Illinois soldiers who participated in the Vicksburg Campaign. The monument stands sixty-two feet in height, and originally cost $194,423.92, paid by the state of Illinois.
 
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