20th Ohio Infantry Monument - Vicksburg National Military Park - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

This granite monument is located to the west of the John Logan Memorial. The center of monument has a bas relief carved soldier in a kneeling position firing a musket. The outer portion "frames" the carving with a rough faced texture. At the top of the "frame" is the State Seal resting on a palm frond. Below the carving has the state name "Ohio" centered. The inscription is on the plinth.

Text on the front of the monument:

TWENTIETH INFANTRY
COL. MANNING F. FORGE,
CAPT. FRANCIS M. SHAKEE,
2d BRIG. 3d DIV. 17th CORPS.



From Wikipedia:
20th Ohio Infantry

"The 20th Ohio Infantry was reorganized at Columbus August 19 through September 21, 1861 and mustered in for three years service on October 21, 1861 under the command of Colonel Charles Whittlesey.

The regiment was attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Tennessee, February to May 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Tennessee, to July 1862. Unattached, District of Jackson, Tennessee, to November 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Right Wing, XIII Corps, Department of the Tennessee, to December 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, XVII Corps, Army of the Tennessee and Army of Georgia, to July 1865.

The 20th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service at Louisville, Kentucky on July 18, 1865.

Private Henry Casey, Company C - Medal of Honor recipient for action at Vicksburg, May 22, 1863"

From the Smithsonian Entry: 20th Ohio Infantry

SCULPTOR:
Unknown

MEDIUM:
Sculpture: granite; Base: granite

TYPE:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures-Relief
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 Junction of Union Avenue & Old Jackson Road Vicksburg Mississippi 39180

TOPIC:
History--United States--Civil War
History--United States--Ohio
Figure male--Full length
Occupation--Military--Soldier
Dress--Uniform--Military Uniform

CONTROL NUMBER:
IAS MS000337

NOTES:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1993

SUMMARY:
Commemorative marker features a relief of a uniformed soldier firing his weapon

DATA SOURCE:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

TITLE: 20th Ohio Infantry Monument ARTIST(S): Unknown DATE: 1904 MEDIUM: Sculpture: granite; Base: granite CONTROL NUMBER: IAS MS000337 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: 3201 Clay Street Vicksburg, Ms. 39183 The Memorial is located approximately at mile marker 1.8 along the Union Avenue Tour Road on the right hand side. It is West of the John Logan Memorial. DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: None Seen

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