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 Former Kentucky Avenue, 170 feet west of Union Avenue & Battery A Vicksburg Mississippi
Date:
Dedicated 1914
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1993.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MS7004, 1989.
Vicksburg National Military Park, 1988.
Image on file.
ANTON SCHAAF JNO. WILLIAMS INC NY (Front of plinth, incised:) HELM (On bronze plaque on upper front of base, raised:) BEN HARDIN HELM/BRIG. GENERAL C.S. ARMY/COMMANDING KEN. BRIGADE/BRECKINRIDGE'S DIVISION/JOHNSTON'S ARMY/--/CADET U.S MILITARY ACADEMY 1847/2ND LT. U.S. ARMY MARCH 31, 1852/RESIGNED OCTOBER 9, 1852/COL. 1ST KEN. CAV. OCT. 5, 1861/BRIG. GEN. C.S. ARMY MAR. 14, 1862/MORTALLY WD. IN BATTLE SEPT. 20, 1863 signed Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
A bust of Brigadier General Ben Hardin Helm, dressed in a military uniform and wearing a mustache and beard, placed atop a two-sectioned base with an inscribed plaque on the upper front.
