Brig. Gen. Nathan G. Evans - Vicksburg, Ms. - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

This bust was originally on National Park grounds - this area was traded for other lands to allow Vicksburg to expand. The text of the left plaque reads:
NATHAN G. EVANS

Capt. of Cav. C.S. Army March 16 1861
Brigadier General Oct. 21 1861

Text of the front plaque reads:
NATHAN G. EVANS

Brig. General C. S. Army
Commanding Brigade
French's Division
Johnston's Army



From Wikipedia:
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"Nathan George "Shanks" Evans (February 3, 1824 - November 23, 1868) was a captain in the 2nd U.S. Cavalry who became a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

In the summer of 1863, Evans' Brigade was assigned to General Joseph E. Johnston's army during the Vicksburg Campaign. After this campaign, the brigade returned to Charleston where Evans quarreled with his superior, General Roswell S. Ripley, who had him tried for disobedience of orders. Following Evans' acquittal, General P.G.T. Beauregard still considered Evans incompetent and would not return him to command. He was finally reinstated to command in the spring of 1864, but was severely injured in a buggy accident in Charleston as he was preparing to take his brigade north to the Petersburg Campaign. Evans' Brigade, renamed for its new commander, Brigadier General Stephen Elliott, Jr., would soon find itself in the Petersburg trenches directly above the Union mine and suffer heavy casualties at the Battle of the Crater."

Details on the sculpture from Smithsonian:
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"SCULPTOR:
Milione, Louis G. Sr. 1884-1955

SUBJECT:
Evans, Nathan G

MEDIUM:
Bust: bronze;
Base: polished dark grey granite

TYPE:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures

OWNER/LOCATION:
Administered by United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Washington District of Columbia
Administered by Vicksburg National Military Park 3201 Clay Street, Box 349 Vicksburg Mississippi 39180
Located Confederate Avenue at Vicksburg School Vicksburg Mississippi

DATE:
Dedicated 1914

TOPIC:
History--United States--Civil War
Portrait male--Bust
Occupation--Military--Brigadier General

CONTROL NUMBER:
IAS MS000288

NOTES:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1993
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MS7045, 1989

SUMMARY:
A bust of Brigadier General Nathan G. Evans dressed in military uniform and wearing a mustache and beard, mounted upon a two-sectioned base with two inscribed plaques
DATA SOURCE:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums"

TITLE: Brig. Gen. Nathan G. Evans ARTIST(S): Milione, Louis G. Sr. DATE: 1914 MEDIUM: Bust: bronze; Base: polished dark grey granite CONTROL NUMBER: IAS MS000288 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: 3701 Drummond St in Vicksburg, Ms. It is to the left of a service entrance to the high school in a small tree-lined green area. DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: The sculpture is in good shape - just in need of a good cleaning.

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