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Things To Do: Monuments
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  • Vicksburg National Military Park - Mississippi monument, Vicksburg
  • Mississippi monument, Vicksburg
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  • Vicksburg is a little different from other military parks in that its monuments are often broad and ambitious, almost like pergolas or pavilions. There are smaller monuments devoted to the states and their regiments, and a host of cannon throughout the grounds, but certainly the most memorable monuments are those on the grander order.

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    Things To Do: Shirley House
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  • Vicksburg National Military Park - Shirley House and visitor
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  • The only surviving structure from the battle, the Shirley House served as the headquarters for the 45th Illinois infantry during the battle. The structure, known during the fighting merely as "the white house," has been restored to its 1863 appearance.

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    Website: http://www.civilwaralbum.com/vicksburg/shirley.htm
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    Things To Do: Pantheon in Mississippi
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  • The second most impressive Civil War monument in the park system (after the Pennsylvania monument at Gettysburg), this Pantheon-like monument to the soldiers from Illinois stands near the Shirley House and is almost by itself worthy of as much time as all the other markers and monuments in the park.

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    Website: http://www.civilwaralbum.com/vicksburg/shirley.htm
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    Comments for mrclay2000 about Vicksburg National Military Park
    olja1234 Sun Feb 22, 2004 15:24 UTC
     Very nice. I like the place, uknown to me till now. Thanks!
    dave_21 Tue Feb 25, 2003 23:44 UTC
     Thanks for the history lession, call me greedy but I want more of these internesting places where history was born =)
    keeweechic Mon Feb 3, 2003 06:01 UTC
     I agree, an amazing and well maintained park. The Illinois was my favourite.
    craic Sun Jan 12, 2003 16:27 UTC
     Most interesting because I'm a bit of a civil war buff. (But only a little bit.)

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