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    Vicksburg

    National Military Park Mississippi

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Col. David Shunk

Col. David Shunk, bronze relief portrait

Col. David Shunk, bronze relief portrait

NPS Image

Cost: $227.25 for bronze

by Federal Government

Sculptor: Victor S. Holm

Erected: August 1915

Location: South Loop,
Union Avenue,
25 yards south of the railroad

Did You Know?

Did You Know?

On hearing the news of Vicksburg's surrender, President Lincoln declared, "The Father of Waters again goes unvexed to the sea."