The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-07-27
IOWA MONUMENTS.
Shafts at Vicksburg to be Dedicated
Next Year.


sion, announces that the Iowa monu-
ments will be dedicated early in Nov
ember of next year. A meeting of the
commission was held at Cedar Rapids
last week when the time of the dedica-
ton was fixed for November, 1906.
Capt. Merry is of the opinion that a
great crowd will go from the north at
the time of the dedication. Exception
ally low rates will be offered at that
time.
The members of the Iowa commission
are John +. Merry of Manchester, chair
man; Col. H. H. Rood, Mt. Vernon; j. A.
Fitchpatrick, Nevada; E. j. G. Bealer,
Cedar Rapids; David A. Haggard, AL
coma; ". H. G. Jaques, Ottumwa; j. ID.
Dean, Des Moines; W. d. Mitchell, Corn
ing, and L. c. Blanchard, Oskaloosa.
All the members were present except I
the last two, and Il. j. c. Bealer, who
were unable to attend the meeting.
The commission met to consider the
character of marker to be placed in the
Vicksburg National Military park to
Indicate the position of camps, affairs in
trenches. sharpshooters' lines and adj
vanced positions on the day OF the
grand assault, May -, 1868.
The marker decided upon was a heavy
granite post, in Doric style, to CORE
spond with the monuments erected,
with bronze tablet attached indicat-
ing the position or event.
Fifty-three of these were decided
upon, and the inscription to be placed
on each was decided upon.
These with the markers the national
, commission will erect, will mark the
progress of the siege, and the position
, of each regiment as the siege progress
+ ed. They will indicate the positions
reached in the great assault and show
6 the dash and courage of Iowa's sons on
!, that memorable day.
The thirteen monuments erected to
: commemorate the thirty-two organiza-
:, lions Iowa had in the campaign are all
!, in position and have been accepted and
, paid for. They are beautiful examples
q of classic style of architecture
), slightly modified to bear corps emblems
: and in simple and dignitied beauty are
,s the finest specimens of memorial archi-
lecture on any battlefield of the war.
The large state memorial is under
way and the granite is now being cut at
Barre, Vt. committee from the com
mission goes to Boston July Is to in
n spect the six massive bronze reliefs,
" representing Grand Gulf, Jackson,
of Champion Hill, Port Gibson, Black
II, River Ridge, and the assault May D
| 1868. These are part of the great
to state memorial in granite to cost
k 100000.
as The carrying out of the contract fol
e. these markers decided upon was left tc
I'd the chairman and the secretary of the
r. commission, Capt. j. F. Merry, of Man
n chester, and Col II. II. Rood, of Mt
sy Vernon, respectively.
lr The thirteen monuments already il
position in the Vicksburg National Mill
tary park are of granite, eleven feet il
of height, and varying in width according
by to whether they commemorate tn
I'm action of corps consisting of one, two
er three or four regiments.
ell There are three monuments whic
,st have three simple Doric columns, tn
an Thirteenth, Fifteenth and Seventeent
in corps, indicating that there were thre
regiments in each brigade.
Oh There are four monuments with tw
he columns each, the Thirteenth, Fifteent
he Consisting of the Third and Fourth Ca,
i'll airy, and the Sixteenth corps, and tn
I'M. monument for, the Twenty-fifth an
he Thirty first Iowa brigades stands in tn
ITS National cemetery, which is north {
INT the city of Nicksburg, several block
Bile from the large stone gateway at tn
as south entrance.
on, There are also three monuments wit
of four columns, representing brigade
an which consisted Of four regiments eac
uld the Third brigade, the Sixth divisio
To and the Seventeenth corps. There
lgs one single column monument for tt
rth Third Iowa infantry, of the same heigl
md as the larger monument, of larger 81;
the proportionately. Two battery mon
ments have also been erected, lit
smaller than the single columned mon
ments for infantry; these consist of o.
be column with cannon standing on en-
by carved on the opposite side.
eve
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