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Title
Vicksburg Volunteer - Massachusetts State Memorial (Beechwood, Mississippi)
Description
The Massachusetts State Memorial was the first State memorial to be erected in Vicksburg National Military Park, which now holds over 1,400 monuments to both Union and Confederate soldiers. It is dedicated to the 29th, 35th, and 36th Massachusetts Infantry Regiments that arrived in Vicksburg in June 1863. It is a copy of Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson's monument "The Volunteer' in Newburyport which departs from the tradition of representing soldiers at parade rest, instead featuring a soldier with his rifle slung over his right soldier, trousers tucked into his socks and his left hand in his pocket, standing on a 15 ton granite boulder from Massachusetts.
Source
american,peoplesculptures,unionmonument
Language
English
Type
Site
Identifier
2006
Date Issued
1903-11-13
Extent
m x m x m
Spatial Coverage
current,32.376933,-90.83325;
Rights Holder
Theo A. Ruggles Kitson
Europeana
Country
USA
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Vicksburg Volunteer - Massachusetts State Memorial
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TEXT
Site Item Type Metadata
Wiki
https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/Vicksburg_Volunteer_-_Massachusetts_State_Memorial
Monument Type
Statue - standing soldier
Run by
VIcksburg National Park Service
Material
Staute: Bronze Boulder: Granite, 15 tons
Inscription
MASSACHUSETTS TRIBUTE TO THE/29th. AND 35th. AND 36th. REGIMENTS/VOLUNTEER INFANTRY/9th ARMY CORPS
Cost
$4,500
State
Mississippi
County
Warren
Affiliation
Union
City
Beechwood