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

Tennessee

 
 
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Photographed by Brandon Fletcher, November 28, 2008
1. Tennessee Marker
Inscription.
Dedicated to the Tennessee Confederate Soldiers
Who served in Defense of Vicksburg


Reverse:
Honor to those who never sought it;
Fame to those who never wished it;
Glory to those who never dreamed it;
Immortality, for they earned it
The Confederate Soldiers of Tennessee
Mike Grissom

 
Erected 1996 by United Daughters of the Confederacy.
 
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the United Daughters of the Confederacy series list.
 
Location. 32° 22.293′ N, 90° 51.718′ W. Memorial is in Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi, in Warren County. It is on Confederate Avenue 0.6 miles east of Fort Hill Drive, on the left when traveling east. Located in Vicksburg National Military Park. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Vicksburg MS 39183, 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: Randal W. MacGavock (within shouting distance of this marker); John Adams (within shouting distance of this marker); Mississippi 14th Light Art. Battalion. (within shouting distance of this marker); Johnston's Army (within shouting distance
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of this marker); C S Missouri Sixth Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); C.S. Company B, (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Tennessee Smith's Division (about 400 feet away); C.S. Lynch's Company. (about 800 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Vicksburg National Military Park.
 
Also see . . .  Vicksburg National Military Park. National Park Service (Submitted on September 10, 2015.) 
 
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2. Tennessee Marker
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3. Tennessee Marker reverse
Tennessee Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon Fletcher, November 28, 2008
4. Tennessee Marker
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5. Tennessee Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 14, 2018. It was originally submitted on September 5, 2015, by Brandon Fletcher of Chattanooga, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 507 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos:   1. submitted on September 5, 2015, by Brandon Fletcher of Chattanooga, Tennessee.   2, 3. submitted on March 14, 2018, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia.   4. submitted on September 5, 2015, by Brandon Fletcher of Chattanooga, Tennessee.   5. submitted on March 14, 2018, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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