Illinois Monument
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monument, American Civil War 1861-1865
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The Illinois State Memorial is located on Union Avenue at milepost 1.8, tour stop #2. It was dedicated on October 26, 1906 and was transferred to the United States by Governor C.S. Deneen and accepted by J. S. Schofield of the United States War Department. It was erected by the firm of Culver Construction Company with William B. Mundie contracting the designers and sculptors. The design was by W. L. B. Jenney and sculptor was Charles J. Mulligan.
Stone Mountain (GA.) granite forms the base and stairway. Above the base is Georgia white marble. There are forty-seven steps in the long stairway, one for each day of the Siege of Vicksburg. The Illinois Memorial is modeled after the Roman Pantheon. Sixty unique bronze tablets line the interior walls and name all 36,325 Illinois soldiers who participated in the Vicksburg Campaign. The monument stands sixty two feet in height. It originally cost $194,423.92 and was paid by the state of Illinois.
The Illinois State Memorial is located on Union Avenue at milepost 1.8, tour stop #2. It was dedicated on October 26, 1906 and was transferred to the United States by Governor C.S. Deneen and accepted by J. S. Schofield of the United States War Department. It was erected by the firm of Culver Construction Company with William B. Mundie contracting the designers and sculptors. The design was by W. L. B. Jenney and sculptor was Charles J. Mulligan.
Stone Mountain (GA.) granite forms the base and stairway. Above the base is Georgia white marble. There are forty-seven steps in the long stairway, one for each day of the Siege of Vicksburg. The Illinois Memorial is modeled after the Roman Pantheon. Sixty unique bronze tablets line the interior walls and name all 36,325 Illinois soldiers who participated in the Vicksburg Campaign. The monument stands sixty two feet in height. It originally cost $194,423.92 and was paid by the state of Illinois.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 32°21'34"N 90°50'29"W
- Vicksburg National Military Park 4.1 km
- Poison Springs Battleground State Park 250 km
- Jenkins' Ferry State Park 273 km
- Elkins' Ferry Battlefield 294 km
- Prairie d'Ane Battlefield 295 km
- Pea Ridge National Military Park 545 km
- Honey Springs Battlefield 558 km
- Wilson's Creek National Battlefield 580 km
- Battle of Valverde 1512 km
- Picacho Peak State Park 1936 km
- Tour Stop 2 - The Shirley House
- Tour Stop 1 - Battery De Golyer 0.6 km
- Beulah Cemetery 0.7 km
- Vicksburg National Military Park 1.2 km
- Battlefield Inn 1.6 km
- Anshe Chesed Cemetery 2 km
- Vicksburg Factory Outlets 2.1 km
- Farrell Stadium - Baleli Field 2.5 km
- Vicksburg Country Club 4.3 km
- De Soto Island (Louisiana) 4.6 km