Description
- Abstract:
- Located at the Vicksburg National Military Park, the monument depicts three bronze figures, two United States Colored Troops soldiers and a shirtless civilian field hand wearing suspenders, trousers, and a straw hat. The field hand and one of the soldiers support a second soldier, who has been wounded in the Vicksburg Campaign. The USCT soldiers played a key role in the Union victory at Milken's Bend on June 7, 1863. The statue rests on a black granite base inscribed with a text that honors their service.
- Notes:
- African American Monument (Vicksburg, Mississippi), Brown University Library
- Digital object made available by: Brown University Library, Center for Digital Scholarship, Box A, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, U.S.A., (http://library.brown.edu/)
Access Conditions
- Rights
- In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
- Restrictions on Use
- Collection is open for research.
Citation
Hilton, Mark (hmdb.org),
"African American Monument (Vicksburg, Mississippi)"
(2004).
United States Colored Troops (USCT).
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:vgc7dq2k/
Relations
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United States Colored Troops (USCT)
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