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 Grant Avenue, between Kansas Memorial & Grant Circle Vicksburg Mississippi
Date:
Dedicated 1914
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1993.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MS7020, 1989.
Vicksburg National Military Park, 1988.
Image on file.
(On right side of bust:) S Klaber and Co. Founders (On bust:) MAJ GEN ROBERT B. POTTER (On bronze plaque on upper front of base, raised:) ROBERT B. POTTER/BRIG. GENERAL U.S. VOLS/COMMANDING 2ND DIVISION/NINTH ARMY CORPS (On bronze plaque on middle front of base, raised:) ROBERT B. POTTER/MAJ. 51ST NY INF OCT. 14, 1861/LIEUT. COLONEL OCT. 29, 1861/COLONEL SEPTEMBER 10, 1862/BRIG. GEN. U.S. VOLS. MAR. 13, 1863/MAJOR GEN. VOLS. SEPT. 29, 1865 unsigned Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
A bust of Robert Potter, dressed in military uniform, placed atop a two-sectioned base with inscribed plaques.
