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

Temple Anshe Chesed Cemetery

Photographed by Jeff Lovorn, November 29, 2011

1. Temple Anshe Chesed Cemetery Marker

Inscription. This site is the second Jewish cemetery in Vicksburg. The exact location of the first cemetery has not been determined. The first burial here was that of Meyer Meyer on May 16, 1865. Four rabbis who served this congregation have their final resting place in this cemetery.

Rabbi Bernhard Gotthelf, born February 5, 1819, was a Union chaplain who served as the first rabbi in Vicksburg. He died in the yellow fever epidemic of 1878.

Rabbi Herman M. Bien (1835-1895) was born in Hesse Cassel, Germany.

Rabbi Sol L. Kory (1879-1936) linked the local Orthodox and Reform Congregations.

Rabbi Adolf Phillipsborn (1888-1967) escaped the Nazi Holocaust.

This marker was erected in memory of Morris and Mollie B. Grundfest and Ike and June F. Grundfest.

Erected 2005.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. A significant historical month for this entry is February 1841.

Location. 32° 20.76′ N, 90° 51.249′ W. Marker is in Vicksburg, Mississippi, in Warren County. It is on Grove Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: 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 are within walking distance of this marker: C S Missouri (within shouting distance of this marker);

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Burbridge's Brigade: Assault, May 22, 1863 (within shouting distance of this marker); Benton's Brigade: Assault, May 22, 1863 (within shouting distance of this marker); C.S. Company B, (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Anshe Chesed Congregation (about 300 feet away); U.S. Chicago Mercantile Battery; (about 300 feet away); C.S. Artillery Company, (about 400 feet away); C.S. Company A, 1st Mississippi Light Artillery; (about 500 feet away).

View of marker at the Temple Anshe Chesed Cemetery at very east end of Grove Street. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 26, 2017

2. View of marker at the Temple Anshe Chesed Cemetery at very east end of Grove Street.

Credits. This page was last revised on November 2, 2017. It was originally submitted on December 26, 2011, by Jeff Lovorn of Florence, Mississippi. This page has been viewed 1,050 times since then and 42 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on December 26, 2011, by Jeff Lovorn of Florence, Mississippi. 2. submitted on October 26, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.