Vicksburg National Military Park in Warren County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

Remember the Sacrifices

Photographed By Mark Hilton, October 25, 2017

1. Remember the Sacrifices Marker

Inscription.
Look around. This peaceful place once trembled with the roar of cannon, rumbled with underground explosions, and echoed with the cries of wounded and dying soldiers. Here men, who before 1861 had been fellow citizens, fought each other to the death over ideals about what America should be. Their suffering and courage are forever linked to this battlefield.

During the early 1900s, veterans came back to Vicksburg to mark where they had fought. Red plaques show Confederate defenses. Blue plaques show Union siege works and lines of attack. This War Department effort made Vicksburg one of the best-marked battlefields in the world.

Please honor the Vicksburg Campaign's 100,000 veterans.
Visit this national military park with reverence.

Erected by National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical year for this entry is 1861.

Location. 32° 20.818′ N, 90° 50.759′ W. Marker is in Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi, in Warren County. Marker is on Union Avenue, 0.4 miles north of Clay Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Union Avenue, Vicksburg MS 39183, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance

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of this marker. U.S. 17th Battery. (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Jesse I. Alexander (approx. 0.2 miles away); John B · Sanborn (approx. 0.2 miles away); Minnesota 4th Infantry (approx. ¼ mile away); Ohio Eighty Third Infantry (approx. ¼ mile away); Stephen G. Burbridge (approx. ¼ mile away); Chicago Mercantile Battery. (approx. 0.3 miles away); Wisconsin Twenty-Third Infantry (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Vicksburg National Military Park.

Regarding Remember the Sacrifices. There are some 1,300 monuments, plaques and tablets in the park.

Also see . . . Vicksburg National Military Park. National Park Service website entry (Submitted on December 21, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

The view north on Union Avenue of the Remember the Sacrifices marker. image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Mark Hilton, October 25, 2017

2. The view north on Union Avenue of the Remember the Sacrifices marker.

Entrance to Vicksburg National Military Park. image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Mark Hilton, May 25, 2017

3. Entrance to Vicksburg National Military Park.

Credits. This page was last revised on December 21, 2021. It was originally submitted on November 14, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 203 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 14, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.