Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-02-07
WHAT STATES HAVE DONE
Illinois Erects A Memorial Dome of
White Marble 90 Feet High
Seventeen Wisconsin Commands
Had a Part in the Famous Siege
Wants Additional Appropriation.
Madison Feb. ]

OF the Vicksburg national military
park The park commissioners are
William T. Rigby, General Stephen
d. Lee and James G. Everest. They
invite the attention to the work in
the Vicksburg Park bv the United
States and by states. 1t seems that
the fighting ground during the siege
and defense of Vicksburg in 1868,
about 1877 acres, has been purchased
Confederate, Union, Grant, IL sec
ondary avenues (Pemberton, Sher-
man, Connecting, Georgia, Illinois, In
Tennessee, wisconsin, and IL short
circles-Alabama Arkansas, Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Illinois Memorial Indiana, Iowa,
Logan, Minnesota, Mississippi Mis-
York, Sherman, Texas, Wisconsin,
have been laid out and constructed
as earth roads. These avenues and
circles and the public roads in the
battlefield make a total of more than
thirty miles of park roadway all of
which will be metaled with a fine
quality of concreting gravel Twelve
miles had been metaledy at the end
of January, 1907. Fifteen bridges
have been built OF a contract cost OF
$122,449 The park commentaries
the campaign, seige and defense Of
Vicksburg, March 20 to July 4, 1868,
and 152 iron tablets tell the story
of each brigade division and corps
of both armies; 1874 iron battery tab
lets mark the positions of the guns
on the lines of investment and de
tense, and tell the story of each bat
terry command in the armies engaged
in the campaign, siege and defense;
l4S iron markers contracted for and
soon to be delivered, will show the
position of each Confederate regiment
on the line Of defense. Twenty-eight
bronze tablets headquarters, his
torica1 and mortuary) have been
placed in the park and in the city Of
Vicksburg, Fifty-eight iron guide
boards have been placed and SO have
been contracted Tor and will soon DC
delivered. About 125 old cannon of
the kind and calibre used in the
siege and defense have been received
from the war department, and 1l2
have been mounted on field carriages
-54 on the confederate and IS on
the union line. Thirteen will be
mounted on seige carriages.
The work thus outlined has beeu
or will be done by the national com
mission under direction of the sec
rotary of war, at the cost of the
United States-$675,0O having been
appropriated by congress for the
work, and additional appropriation
will be made until the park Is finally
established.
The states of Illinois, Iowa, Massa-
chusetts Michigan, Minnesota, Mis-
sissippi, New Hampshire, New York,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and
Wisconsin have appropriated 1923 500
for the park-an average of $2642 for
each command.
Illinois has completed and dedicat-
ed state memorial of white Georgia
marble in the form of a dome, "a feet
in diameter and 62 feet high. at a
cost of 100000. The names (more
than 100000 of the soldiers who then
belonged TO the 70 Illinois commands
engaged in the operations commem-
Grated by the park, are inscribed In
bronze on the interior wall of this
dome-a memorial temple unsur-
passed in the world. The state has
also placed 70 monuments and IS
markers in the park
Iowa has dedicated a beautiful state
memorial at a cost of $1O0,0 OO--a
granite peristyle witt. bronze panels
in alto relief and a bronze eques-
trian figure on a pedestal in front Of
the center. The granite work has
been completed and three of the
bronze panels are in place. but the
memorial has not yet been transferr-
ed to the United States. The state
has also dedicated and transferred 10
monuments clearing inscriptions for
her 80 commands) and So bronze
markers.
Massachusetts, New Hampshire and
Pennsylvania have placed state me
MORALS in the park The last named
bears this inscription: Here broth
ers fought for their rIinciples-here
a united people viii forever cherish
The precious legacy Of their noble
manhood
Minnesota has placed an impress
siye state memorial in the park-a
rock-faced obelisk OF Souh Carolina
granite, 80 feet high, with a bronze
figure Of the goddess Of peace on its
front face. The state has also placed
three monuments and three markers
in the park
Ohio has placed SO monuments and
20 markers, and Il is expected to