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    Vicksburg

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Col J. J. Woods,

Col. J. J. Woods, bronze relief portrait

Col. J.J. Woods, bronze relief portrait

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Col. Joseph J. Woods,

Cost: Donated by O.E. Woods, son;
$300 for bronze,
$92.30 granite pedestal


Sculptor: T.A.R. Kitson

Erected: 1910

Location: Graveyard Road,
25 yards west of Union Avenue

Did You Know?

Graves in Vicksburg National Cemetery

Vicksburg National Cemetery is the largest internment of Civil War dead in the nation.  It is the burial place for nearly 17,000 Union soldiers.