This 37-foot obelisk is located along Union Avenue in the Vicksburg National Military Park. It is near Battery DeGolyer and it has a great view of the Shirley House and the Illinois Monument across the valley. The text of the Monument:
Michigan's
Tribute of Honor
to her Soldiers
who served
in the Campaign
and Siege
of Vicksburg
From the National Park Service:
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"The Michigan State Memorial is located on Union Avenue at tour stop #1, Battery DeGolyer, milepost 1.2 of the park tour road. The memorial is made of White Bethel Granite and stands thirty-seven feet in height. It cost $10,000 and was dedicated on November 10, 1916. The sculptor was Herbert Adams. The design features a woman that signifies the Spirit of Michigan."
From the Smithsonian website:
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"SCULPTOR:
Adams, Herbert 1858-1945
FABRICATOR:
Woodbury Granite Company
MEDIUM:
Sculpture: Bethel white granite; Base: white granite
TYPE:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures-Obelisk
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 Vicksburg National Military Park Union Avenue, just short of Stop #1 Vicksburg Mississippi
DATE:
Dedicated 1916
TOPIC:
History--United States--Civil War
History--United States--Michigan
Figure female--Full length
Dress--Historic--Classical Dress
Object--Foliage
CONTROL NUMBER:
IAS MS000203
NOTES:
Ambler, Louise Todd & Marilyn Gage Hyson, unpublished checklist, 2001-2003
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1993
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MS0009, 1989
Monumental News, March 1915, pg. 158
SUMMARY:
A woman (representing the State of Michigan) in classical dress stands in front of an obelisk. She holds a laurel branch in her proper right hand and another object in her proper left hand. She stands atop a pedestal projecting from the bottom of the obelisk. The obelisk stands atop a two-tiered base
DATA SOURCE:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums"