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Vicksburg National Military Park
Brig. Gen. M.D. Ector
 
Brig. Gen. Matthew D. Ector, bronze bust
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Brig. Gen. Matthew D. Ector, bronze bust

Cost: $650 bronze,

by Federal Government

 Sculptor: Anton Schaaf

Erected: March 1915

Location: Melborne Place,
east of Texas Memorial
USS Cairo ca. 1862  

Did You Know?
The USS Cairo was only in service for 11 months before making history as the first U.S. marine vessel to be sunk by an electronically denotated mine.

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