Vicksburg in Warren County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)
States Rights Gist
Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 15, 2019
1. States Rights Gist Statue
Commanding Brigade
Walker's Division
Johnston's Army
Brig. Gen. C.S. Army Mar 20, 1862
Killed in Battle Nov. 30, 1864
Erected 1915 by Department of the Interior, National Park Service.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant day of the year for for this entry is May 31.
Location. 32° 19.269′ N, 90° 53.095′ W. Memorial is in Vicksburg, Mississippi, in Warren County. It is on Confederate Avenue, on the left when traveling north. At Vicksburg High School on former National Park property. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: Confederate Avenue, Vicksburg MS 39180, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial 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 are within walking distance of this marker: South Carolina Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); C.S. Company I, (approx. Ό mile away); All Saints Episcopal School (approx. 0.3 miles away); Evander McNair (approx. 0.4 miles away); C.S. Company C, (approx. 0.4 miles away); Samuel G. French (approx. 0.4 miles away); Samuel B. Maxey (approx. 0.4 miles away); U.S. Battery K, (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Vicksburg.
More about this memorial
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Foundry: Gorham Manufacturing Company
Bust: bronze; Base: polished dark grey granite; Foundation: concrete
Also see . . . Wikipedia article on States Rights Gist. (Submitted on May 18, 2019, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)
Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 15, 2019
2. States Rights Gist Statue
Photographed by Mark Hilton
3. States Rights Gist
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