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 Junction of Union Avenue & Old Jackson Road Vicksburg Mississippi
Date:
Dedicated 1919
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1993.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MS7118, 1989.
Vicksburg National Military Park, 1988.
Image on file.
(On right side of plinth:) J. BERCHEM (On right side of plinth:) AMERICAN ART BRONZE FOUNDRY CHICAGO, ILL. (On lower section of upper base, incised:) COMMANDING/THIRD DIVISION/SEVENTEENTH ARMY CORPS/MAJOR GENERAL/JOHN A. LOGAN (Front of lower base:) ILLINOIS signed Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
Major General John A. Logan stands in military uniform with a mustache, wearing a buttoned, knee-length coat, with his proper left hand on his hip and his proper right hand clutching a pair of gloves. The statue is mounted upon an inscribed, multitiered base with an integral, wide bench to its rear, providing seating on both sides of the base.
