* Mississippi State Monument
Posted to the Project on 20 Dec 08
Location: West Confederate Avenue near intersection with the Pumping Station Road.
Dedication Date: 1973. Dedicated Oct. 19, 1973.
Sculptor/Artist/Company: De Lue, Donald, 1897-1988, sculptor. Fond. Art V. Lera, founder.
Main Inscription: MISSISSIPPI/JULY 1ST, 2ND. 3RD.1863/ON THIS GROUND OUR BRAVE SIRES FOUGHT FOR THEIR RIGHTEOUS CAUSE;/IN GLORY THEY SLEEP WHO GAVE TO IT THEIR LIVES./TO VALOR THEY GAVE NEW DIMENSIONS OF COURAGE./TO DUTY, ITS NOBLEST FULFILLMENT,/TO POSTERITY, THE SCARED HERITAGE OF HONOR/PRESENTED BY/THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
Nearby plaque reads: PRESENTED BY/THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI/TO THE NATIONAL GETTYSBURG MILITARY PARK/ADMINISTRATION OF/GOVERNORS JOHN BELL WILLIAMS/AND WILLIAM WALLER
Monument Specifications: The Mississippi Monument cost $100,000.00 and was cast in Italy. Two soldiers of Barksdale’s Mississippi Brigade are represented during their charge over the Shefy and Trestle farms on July 2, 1863. one soldier lies wounded bearing a flag and leaning against a tree stump. A second soldier, swinging a musket over his shoulder and grasping the barrel end with both hands, steps over the fallen soldier. The monument has a total height of 16 feet. The base consists of Lac Dubonnet granite.
Details: Additional Close Up Photographs of this monument.
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