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 Circle Vicksburg Mississippi
Date:
Installed 1918. Dedicated October 15, 1919
Notes:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1993.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MS7138, 1989.
Vicksburg National Military Park, 1988.
Image on file.
(Left side of plinth of statue:) FREDERICK C. HIBBARD (Under left rear leg on plinth of statue:) FLORENTINE BROTHERHOOD FOUNDRY CHICAGO ILLINOIS (Bronze plaque on front of upper base:) BORN/APRIL 27/1822/DIED JULY 23/1885/(emblem)/(Under plaque, engraved in granite:) MAJOR GENERAL/ULYSSES S. GRANT/(On lower base, engraved:) ILLINOIS (On one side of upper base, engraved:) ULYSSES S. GRANT/BRIG. GEN. U.S. VOLS. MAY 17 1861/MAJOR GENERAL OF VOLS. FEB. 16, 1862/MAJ. GEN. U.S. ARMY JULY 4 1863/LIEUTENANT GENERAL MARCH 2 1864/GENERAL JULY TWENTY-FIFTH 1866/COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMY/MARCH 12 1864-MARCH 4 1869 (On rear of upper base, engraved:) VICKSBURG/CAMPAIGN/GRAND GULF/PORT GIBSON/RAYMOND/JACKSON/CHAMPION'S HILL/BLACK RIVER BRIDGE/VICKSBURG (On rear of lower base, engraved:) HEADQUARTERS/ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE/MAY 19-JULY 4, 1863/ULYSSESS.GRANT/MAJOR GENERAL U.S. VOLS/COMMANDING (On other side of upper base, engraved:) ULYSSES S. GRANT/CADET, U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY 1839/B.V.T. 2ND LT. 4TH INF. JULY 1 1843/2ND LT. 7TH INF. SEPT. 30 1845/TRANS. TO 4TH INF. NOV. 15 1845/FIRST LIEUTENANT SEPT 16, 1847/CAPTAIN, AUGUST FIFTH 1853/COL. 21ST ILL. INF. JUNE 28 1861 signed Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
Major General Ulysses S. Grant sits mounted in military uniform on his horse. He wears a broad-rimmed hat and a knee-length buttoned coat. His proper left hand is raised and holding the reins, and a sword hangs by his proper left side. The statue is mounted on top of engraved, two-sectioned base with inscribed plaques. Accompanying the statue are two sets of seats.
