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 South side, Clay Street, west of old Highway 27 Vicksburg Mississippi
Date:
Dedicated 1911
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1993.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MS7026, 1989.
Vicksburg National Military Park, 1988.
Image on file.
(Left side of plinth:) F.E. ELWELL (Right side of plinth:) GORHAM CO. FOUNDERS (Front of plinth, raised:) GENERAL/ANDREW J. SMITH (On bronze plaque on upper front of base, raised:) ANDREW J. SMITH/BRIG. GENERAL U.S. VOLS/COMMANDING DIVISION/MARCH 29 JULY 4, 1863 (On bronze plaque on upper side of base:) ANDREW J. SMITH/CADET U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY 1834/MAJOR U.S. ARMY MAY 13, 1861/COL. 2ND CALI. CAV. OCT. 2, 1861/BRIG. GEN. U.S. VOLS.MAR. 17, 1862/MAJOR GEN. OF VOLS. MAY 12.1864/BVT-MAJ. GEN. U.S. ARMY MAR. 13, 1865/COL.U.S. ARMY JULY 28, 1866 signed Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
A bust of Brigadier General Andrew J. Smith, dressed in a military uniform and wearing a beard and mustache, placed atop a two-sectioned base with inscribed plaques on the upper front and side.
