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

Isham Warren Garrott

 
 
Isham Warren Garrott Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 24, 2017
1. Isham Warren Garrott Marker
Inscription.
Brigadier General
C.S.A.
Colonel Twentieth Alabama
Commanding Second Brigade
Stevenson's Division
May 1-2 1863
Killed on duty in Fort Garrott
June 17 1863

 
Erected 1909 by his sons, S.B. and John F. Garrott.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Forts and CastlesWar, US Civil. A significant historical year for this entry is 1863.
 
Location. 32° 20.198′ N, 90° 51.803′ W. Marker is in Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi, in Warren County. It is on Confederate Avenue, on the right when traveling south. Located across from Tour Stop 14, Fort Garrott. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Confederate Avenue, Vicksburg MS 39180, 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
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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 are within walking distance of this marker: Wisconsin Twenty-Ninth Infantry (approx. 0.2 miles away); Edward D. Tracy (approx. 0.2 miles away); Brig. Gen. Edward D. Tracy (approx. 0.2 miles away); William T. Rigby (approx. Ό mile away); Iowa 24th Infantry (approx. Ό mile away); James R Slack (approx. Ό mile away); Iowa 28th Infantry (approx. Ό mile away); Indiana Company C, 1st Cavalry (approx. Ό mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Vicksburg National Military Park.
 
More about this marker. Bronze bust sculptor was William Couper.
 
Also see . . .  Wikipedia article on Isham Warren Garrott. (Submitted on November 23, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)
 
Isham Warren Garrott statue. image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 24, 2017
2. Isham Warren Garrott statue.
Isham Warren Garrott (1816 – June 17, 1863) image. Click for full size.
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3. Isham Warren Garrott (1816 – June 17, 1863)
Isham Warren Garrott monument. image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 24, 2017
4. Isham Warren Garrott monument.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 23, 2017. It was originally submitted on November 23, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 580 times since then and 70 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 23, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
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