Virginia Monument - Vicksburg NMP, Vicksburg, MS
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N 32° 19.067 W 090° 53.367
15S E 698682 N 3577616
Located outside the park boundaries at the corner of the I-20 Frontage Road (Old US 80) at Iowa Blvd near the end of Confederate Avenue.
Waymark Code: WMP2C9
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 06/15/2015
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NPS Web Site Information - (
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“The Virginia State Memorial is located outside Vicksburg National Military Park on former park property in the City of Vicksburg. It is situated on the southeast corner of the North Frontage Road and Iowa Avenue. The bronze plaque, mounted on a granite pedestal, represents the Botetourt Artillery, the only Virginia unit to participate in the defense of Vicksburg. The memorial was the first Confederate tablet to be placed in the park and dedicated on November 23, 1907. The entire monument cost of $520 was raised by donations.”
For the siege’s sesquicentennial, an information banner accompanied the monument with further information:
“The Commonwealth of Virginia was represented during the Vicksburg Campaign by the gallant Officers and Soldiers who comprised the Botetourt Artillery, who suffered 65 casualties during the conflict. The Memorial was dedicated on November 23, 1907.”