Vicksburg Confederate Monument, Vicksburg, MS
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N 32° 21.983 W 090° 51.566
15S E 701399 N 3583062
Confederate Monument overlooking Soldier's Rest CSA Cemetery in Cedar Hill cemetery along "Lindsey Street".
Waymark Code: WMKHZF
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 04/19/2014
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Surrounded by Confederate Graves from the siege of Vicksburg, including the graves of three CSA generals, stands a monument to the southerners who died in defense of Vicksburg. A square column is topped by a statue of a soldier leaning on his rifle.
On the front panel:
Upper Area: 1861-1865
Center Panel:
In Memory of the men, from all states of the South, who fell in the defense of Vicksburg during a siege of 47 days - May 18 to July 3, 1863. A defense unsurpassed in the annals of war for heroism, endurance of devotion, and patriotic devotion.
"We care not whence they came,
dear in their lifeless clay,
whether unknown or known to fame,
their cause and country still the same,
they died - and they wore the gray."
Lower Border: Confederate Dead
Right Side:
Here rests some few of those who vainly brave
Died for the land they loved, but could not save.
Reverse:
Building Committee
Mrs. M.A. Stevens
Mrs. T.W. Preston
Mrs. F.J. Hoffman
D.A. Campbell
Left side (road side)
Our dead are mourned forever through all the future ages. In history and in story their fame shall shine, their name shall twine; they need no greater glory, tenderly fall our tears over their lifeless clay
Here lie the dead who fought and bled and fell in garb of gray.
Ours the fate of the vanquished whose heartaches never cease.
Ours the tears,
Regrets and Tears,
Their's the eternal peace
On marble near the base on the road (Left side)
Confederate Veterans Hospital
Annex. Erected by the Vicksburg Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy. A.D. 1900
Let us comfort our heroes who gave their best years for home & country.
Right hand corner of plinth
Vicksburg Confederate Cemetery Association
Organized May 15, 1866
Mrs. E. S. Eggleston, President
Mrs. W.H. Stevens 1st Vice President
Mrs. E.D. Wright, 2nd Vice President
Mrs. T.A. Marshall, 3rd Vice President
Mrs. Annie De Moss, 4th Vice President
Mrs. A.H. Arthur, Treasurer
Miss Ellen Martin, Secretary
Mrs. E.D. Wright, president from June 8, 1866 to June 16, 1890.
Present Officers
Mrs. W.H. Stevens, Pres't.
Mrs. Annie DeMoss, V.P.
Mrs. E.S. Eggleston, V.P.
Mrs Mary Gennella, V.P.
Mrs. P.H. Roach, V.P.
Miss Ellen Martin, Secretary
Laid June 10, A.L. 5832 [Unknown what this means]
By M.W., William A. Roane
Grand Master of Masons
Date Installed or Dedicated: 01/01/1900
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Vicksburg Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Confederate
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