Massachusetts Memorial -- Vicksburg NMP, Vicksburg MS - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

A statue of a soldier of the Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry heeds the call of Union and resolutely walks to his military duty in this simple yet powerful memorial.

A small decorative bronze plaque on the large block of Massachusetts granite below the bronze of the soldier reads:

"Massachusetts Tribute to the 29th and 35th and 36th Regiments, Volunteer Infantry, 9th Army Corps

US Army Corps"

From the National Park Service website: (visit link)

"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."

Accordig to the SIRIS database: (visit link)

"A Civil War volunteer soldier stands in uniform as if walking, carrying a rifle over his proper right shoulder, his proper left hand touching his belt. He wears a visored cap and a jacket. The soldier is mounted upon a boulder base with inscribed plaques.

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A tribute from Massachusetts to Civil War soldiers of the 29th, 35th, and 36th Regiments, Volunteer Infantry, 9th Army Corps. The cost was $25,000. This piece is a slightly altered version of its original which stands in Newburyport, Massachusetts."

TITLE: Massachusetts memorial ARTIST(S): Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson DATE: 1903 MEDIUM: Figure: bronze; Base: granite boulder. CONTROL NUMBER: IAS MS000300 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: Grant Ave. near Grant's Headquarters Vicksburg National Military Park Vicksburg MS DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: none

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