• View from Battery DeGolyer

    Vicksburg

    National Military Park Mississippi

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  • Grand Illumination Event Information

    A Grand Illumination will be held on July 3 from 6-10 pm throughout VNMP. Tour road access is at the Clay St. entrance only and limited to motor vehicles. No pedestrians or bicyclists will be allowed during these hours. Click 'More' for further details. More »

Lt. Col. Melancthon Smith

Lt. Col. Melancthon Smith, bronze relief portrait

Lt. Col. Melancthon Smith, bronze relief portrait

NPS Image

Cost: EC Crummer $80,
Mrs. Annie M. Chetlain (widow)
$100 pedestal $185,

by Federal Government

Sculptor: George T. Brewster

Erected: 1916

Location: Jackson Road
near the Third Louisiana Redan

Did You Know?

Did You Know?

The Union siege lines and Confederate defensive lines were marked during the first decade of the 20th century by many of the veterans who fought at Vicksburg, thus making Vicksburg National Military Park one of the most accurately marked military parks in the world.