. Vicksburg for the tourist . Confederate Position Taolet— illustrative of the 897 Tablets placed in the Park by the United States. WHAT THE COMMISSION HAS DONE. THERE are sixteen bridges in the Park, six steel, ten reinforcedconcrete; twelve of them being on Union Avenue, three onConfederate Avenue, and one on Maloney Circle. There hasbeen placed in the Park by the United States, 897 tablets inappropriate locations, on which are told briefly the detailstories of the siege and defense. Of these tablets, thirty-oneare of bronze and 866 of iron. Of them, 568 are Union and 329 Confederate,and the
. Vicksburg for the tourist . Confederate Position Taolet— illustrative of the 897 Tablets placed in the Park by the United States. WHAT THE COMMISSION HAS DONE. THERE are sixteen bridges in the Park, six steel, ten reinforcedconcrete; twelve of them being on Union Avenue, three onConfederate Avenue, and one on Maloney Circle. There hasbeen placed in the Park by the United States, 897 tablets inappropriate locations, on which are told briefly the detailstories of the siege and defense. Of these tablets, thirty-oneare of bronze and 866 of iron. Of them, 568 are Union and 329 Confederate,and they are classified by subject as follows: Historical 162, battery 197,Union trench-marker 227, Confederate trench-marker 151, Union approach-marker 136, headquarters 19, mortuary 5. The avenues, circles, and publicroads in the Park, aggregating about thirty-two miles of park roadway,are marked by 122 guideboards. The United States has mounted 114 field guns on light carriages, andfourteen heavy guns and their siege carriages, like the ones used duringthe siege and defense, making 128 mounted guns in the Park and at theold batte
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