Mississippi Monument

Mississippi Monument. . , (rear) , In memory of all Mississippians who battled upon this hallowed ground the Sixth and Seventh of April Eighteen Hundred Sixty Two, Erected by the citizens of the great state of Mississippi, Mississippi Units - Army of the Mississippi, Infantry , 3rd Infantry Battalion, Wood's Brigade , 5th Infantry Regiment, Chalmers Brigade , 6th Infantry Regiment, Cleburne's Brigade , 7th Infantry Regiment, Chalmers Brigade , 9th Infantry Regiment, Chalmers Brigade , 10th Infantry Regiment, Chalmers Brigade , 15th Infantry Regiment, Statham's Brigade , 22nd Infantry Regiment, Statham's Brigade , Blythe's Infantry Regiment, Johnson's Brigade , 2nd Confederate Infantry Regiment, Cos. A, H, and I, Bowen's Brigade , 3rd Confederate Infantry Regiment, Cos. E and G, Shaver's Brigade, Artillery , Rains (Vaiden) Battery, Orbson's Brigade , Byrne's Battery, Trabue's Brigade , Harper's (Jefferson Light Artillery) Battery, Wood's Brigade , Hudson's (Pettus Flying Artillery) Battery, Bowen's Brigade , Smith's Battery, Stephens Brigade , Stanford's Battery, Stewart's Brigade , Swett's (Warren Light Artillery) Battery, Shaver's Brigade, Cavalry , Adams Cavalry Regiment, Unattached , Brewer's (Miss. and Ala.) Cavalry Battalion, Cheatham's Division , Lindsay's 1st Cavalry Regiment Cheatham's Division, (left) , "...Never before did I gaze so earnestly mentally into that dark unknown world and seek to the position I must occupy there. At this moment I trust I made a sincere, honest surrender of myself to God, the maker of my and the preserver of my life. ...I asked for life if that might be a useful one. Let me remember this in future years." , Augustus H. Mecklin, Pvt. , Co. I, 15th Miss. Inf. Regiment, (right) , "The night came on, and the Confederates lay down in line of battle to rest and slumber realizing the danger of the coming morn and the certainty that for many the next sunrise would be their last on earth." , Thomas D. Duncan, Pvt. , Tishomingo Rangers