Civil War Monument Near Vicksburg, MS
1944
Oil on Board
Private Collection
1944
Oil on Board
Private Collection
Old Photograph of Monument on Indian Mound / National Cemetery
Courtesy National Park Service
Vicksburg National Military Park
Old Photograph of Cannon in
Original Location
Original Location
Courtesy National Park Service
Vicksburg National Military Park
2006 Photograph of Cannon in
Current Location
Courtesy National Park Service
Vicksburg National Military Park
Text from reverse: "The Stone monument...Pemberton surrendering to Grant at Vicksburg Miss.
as it looked when placed on the battlefield. It has since been removed into the National Cemetery
inVicksburg with a tall iron fence around it as the relics hunters with gloves and hammers chunk
off pieces from the Monument. So now a cannon is now where the stone monument was. engraved
on it this where Pemberton Surrendered to Grant. E. A. Burbank"
as it looked when placed on the battlefield. It has since been removed into the National Cemetery
inVicksburg with a tall iron fence around it as the relics hunters with gloves and hammers chunk
off pieces from the Monument. So now a cannon is now where the stone monument was. engraved
on it this where Pemberton Surrendered to Grant. E. A. Burbank"
See an image from the NY Public Library DigitalGallery
See a "twin" of the monument Raymond's Obelisk
The monument is now located INSIDE the visitor's center.
2006 Photograph of Monument in
Current Location
Courtesy National Park Service
Vicksburg National Military Park