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

Rhode Island 7th Infantry

Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 25, 2017

1. Rhode Island 7th Infantry Statue

Inscription.
Col. Zenas R. Bliss
1st Brig.: 2nd Div.
9th Corps.

Erected 1907 by the State of Rhode Island.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.

Location. 32° 22.565′ N, 90° 49.943′ W. Marker is in Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi, in Warren County. It is on Grant Avenue 0.1 miles north of Howe Lane, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Grant Avenue, Vicksburg MS 39183, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Natchez Trace Corridor

and in Greater Jackson.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in the Mississippi Delta,

and in the Great River Road Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers

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are within walking distance of this marker: U S Missouri (within shouting distance of this marker); Frederick E. Prime (within shouting distance of this marker); Illinois 29th Infantry. [Detachment.] (within shouting distance of this marker); U ☆ S Battery E (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Massachusetts Tribute to the 29th, 35th and 36th Regiments Volunteer Infantry (about 500 feet away); Siege Operations, May 23-July 4. (about 500 feet away); Assault on the Confederate Line of Defense, May 22. (about 500 feet away); Nathan Kimball (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Vicksburg National Military Park.

More about this marker. Sculptor: Frank Edwin Elwell

Also see . . . Wikipedia article on Zenas Bliss. (Submitted on November 8, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 25, 2017

2. Rhode Island 7th Infantry Statue

Union Major General Zenas R. Bliss image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton

3. Union Major General Zenas R. Bliss

Rhode Island 7th Infantry statue in distance looking south. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 25, 2017

4. Rhode Island 7th Infantry statue in distance looking south.

Credits. This page was last revised on November 8, 2017. It was originally submitted on November 8, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 334 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 8, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.