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The park includes 1,325 historic monuments and markers, 20 miles (32 km) of historic trenches and earthworks, a 16-mile (26 km) tour road, a 12.5-mile (20.1 km) walking trail, two antebellum homes, 144 emplaced cannons, the restored gunboat USS Cairo (sunk on December 12, 1862, on the Yazoo River), and the Grant's Canal site, where the Union Army attempted to build a canal to let their ships ...
In 1904, the government of Illinois appropriated over $190,000 (20% of their budget for that year) for the erection of a monument on the battlefield, now known as the Vicksburg National Military Park. [3] The monument was designed by architect William Le Baron Jenney and sculptor Charles Mulligan. Jenney had previously served in the Union Army ...
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The Vicksburg National Military Park lies about 41 miles from Jackson, so a road trip here will clock in under an hour. The park contains nearly 1400 monuments and markers taking visitors through ...
Vicksburg National Military Park, Illinois Memorial Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park. National Military Park, National Battlefield, National Battlefield Park, and National Battlefield Site are four designations for 25 battle sites preserved by the United States federal government because of their national importance.
Monument to the 18th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment at Vicksburg National Military Park. Monument to admiral David Farragut at Vicksburg National Military Park. Henry Hudson Kitson, sculptor; The Illinois Memorial at Vicksburg National Military Park. Commemorating the 36,325 Illinois soldiers who participated in the Vicksburg Campaign ...
The Michigan Memorial at Vicksburg National Military Park. The Michigan State Memorial is located on Union Avenue within the Vicksburg, Mississippi, National Military Park. The memorial is an obelisk made of white Bethel Granite that stands 37 feet (11 m) in height. It cost $10,000 and was dedicated on November 10, 1916.
Natchez National Historical Park: 3: Shiloh National Military Park (shared with Tennessee) 4: Tupelo National Battlefield: 5: Vicksburg National Military Park: Includes Vicksburg National Cemetery; shared with Louisiana.