Texas - Johnston's Army Monument - Vicksburg National Military Park
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N 32° 20.556 W 090° 51.395
15S E 701721 N 3580430
This granite and bronze marker is located south of the large Texas Memorial at Tour Stop #13.
Waymark Code: WMN73D
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 01/08/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Lat34North
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Text on the front of the monument:

TEXAS
JOHNSTON'S ARMY

Gregg's Brigade
Brig. Gen. John Gregg
7th Infantry Col. H.S. Gransbury
Killed 22 Wounded 73 Missing 83 Total 158
Capt. W. H. Smith Killed. Lts. J. C. Kidd
J. W. Taylor and A. H. White Mortally Wounded
Casualties. Raymond. May 12, 1863

Ector's Brigade
Brig. General M. D. Ector
9th Infantry Col. William H. Young
10th Cav. Dismtd Lt. Col. C. R. Earp
14th Cav. Dismtd Col. J. L. Camp
32nd Cav. Dismtd Col. J. A. Andrews

Maxey's Brigade
Brig. General S. B. Maxey
1st Batln Sharpshooters Major Jas. Burnet

2nd Cavalry Brigade
Brig. Gen. J. W. Whitfield
Colonel Lawrence S. Ross
3rd Regiment Colonel J. S. Boggess
6th Regiment Col. Lawrence S. Ross
9th Regiment Colonel D. W. Jones
1st Legion Lt. Colonel J. H. Broocks


From the NRHP nomination form:

  Structure Number: HS-585
  LCS ID: 003840



Historical Significance:

  National Register Status:
 Entered - Documented
  National Register Date:
 12/09/1977
  National Historic Landmark?: No
  Significance Level:
 Contributing
 

Short Significance Description:

 The monument contributes to the national significance of the park under NR Criteria A. It represents the national movement among veterans and related groups to commemorate and mark major Civil War battlefields.
Short Physical Description

52" x 27" x 80" high, the gray granite monument consists of a rectangular base and rectangular vertical slab. Attached to the slanting face of the slab is a 28" x 50" bronze tablet giving unit designation and casualties.



Material(s)   
 
 Structural Component(s)
 Material(s)
1. 
 Substructure
 Concrete
2. 
 Superstructure
 Bronze
3. 
 Superstructure
 Granite


Construction Period:
 Historic
Chronology:   
 
 Physical Event
 Begin Year
 Begin Year AD/BC
 End Year
 End Year AD/BC
 Designer
 Designer Occupation
1. 
 Built
 1913
 AD
 
 
 
 
2. 
 Moved
 1985
 AD
 
 
 
 

My Sources
1. Wikipedia - Siege of Vicksburg
2. The Civil War Home - The Vicksburg Campaign - Confederate Order of Battle
3. National Register Application - NRHP



Date Installed or Dedicated: 01/01/1913

Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Confederate

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Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Not listed
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