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Vicksburg National Military Park
Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
 
Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, bronze equestrian statue
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Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, bronze equestrian statue
 
Inscription on base of Grant equestrian statue
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Inscription on base of Grant equestrian statue
 
Inscription on base of Grant equestrian statue
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Inscription on base of Grant equestrian statue
 

Cost: $ 34,000

Sculptor: F.C. Hibbard

Erected: 1918

Location: Grant Circle

Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, bronze equestrian statue-left front view
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Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, bronze equestrian statue-left front view
 
Bronze plaque on base of Grant equestrian statue
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Bronze plaque on base of Grant equestrian statue
 
Close up of Grant figure on equestrian statue
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Close up of Grant figure on equestrian statue
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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