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 Graveyard Road opposite Stockade Vicksburg Mississippi
Date:
1910
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1993.
Image on file.
(At left top of inscription section:) THEO A. RUGGLES-KITSON SCULPTOR 1910 (Above lowest border, left:) TIFFANY STUDIOS N.Y. 1910 (On plaque below figure:) U.S./EDWARD O. WASHINGTON/CAPTAIN THIRTEENTH INFANTRY/MORTALLY WOUNDED MAY 9/1863 signed Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
Relief bust of Captain Edward Washington is mounted on a plain marker. The figure wears a coat, bow tie and high collared shirt. There is a decorative border around the plaque and between the figure and the inscription.
