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 Vicksburg Mississippi
Date:
1907. Dedicated November 11, 1908
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1993.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MS5005, 1989.
Vicksburg National Military Park, 1988.
Monumental News, June 1908, pg. 439.
Image on file.
(On front of plinth, left:) FRANK EDWIN ELWELL 1907 (On front of plinth, right:) GORHAM CO. FOUNDERS (Incised on base, left:) JUDGE NATHA (sic) B. LEWIS WILLIAM P. HOPKINS ELISHA KNIGHT/COMMISSION (Incised on base, front:) RHODE ISLAND/7TH INFANTRY/COL. ZENAS R. BLISS/1ST BRIG. 2ND DIV./9TH CORPS signed Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
A soldier who has just picked up the fallen colors and is carrying them forward stands atop a square tiered base. He wears a uniform and holds a flag in his raised proper left hand and a rifle in his proper right hand. The seal of the State of Rhode Island, an anchor and the word "HOPE" appears on the rear of the base.
