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  2. Vicksburg National Military Park - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Illinois Memorial - Wikipedia

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    The Illinois Memorial (also known as the Illinois State Memorial and the Illinois Monument) is a public memorial located at Vicksburg National Military Park in Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States. Dedicated in 1906, it honors the Union Army soldiers from Illinois who fought in the siege of Vicksburg during the Vicksburg campaign of the ...

  4. List of Union Civil War monuments and memorials - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Black Civil War soldiers honored, name by name, at Vicksburg ...

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    In 2004, Vicksburg National Military Park dedicated a monument honoring the Black soldiers who fought in the Vicksburg Campaign. The troops were pivotal in a Union victory at Milliken's Bend ...

  6. These historical sites are an easy drive from Jackson and ...

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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 ...

  7. National military park - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Michigan Memorial - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Category:Vicksburg National Military Park - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Vicksburg National Military Park" ... Illinois Memorial; M. Michigan Memorial This page was last edited on 5 December 2024, at 22:03 (UTC ...