. Vicksburg for the tourist . enerously forregimental and battery monuments and markers, but not for aState Memorial. Each of the memorials now in the Park isbeautiful and appropriate, but specific mention is made of threeof them to call attention to features of special interest that they possess:The inscription on the Pennsylvania Memorial is the following appro-priate and noble sentiment: here brothers fought for their principles,here heroes died for their country. anda united people will forever cherish theprecious legacy of their noble manhood. The Illinois Memorial is a beautiful marble d
. Vicksburg for the tourist . enerously forregimental and battery monuments and markers, but not for aState Memorial. Each of the memorials now in the Park isbeautiful and appropriate, but specific mention is made of threeof them to call attention to features of special interest that they possess:The inscription on the Pennsylvania Memorial is the following appro-priate and noble sentiment: here brothers fought for their principles,here heroes died for their country. anda united people will forever cherish theprecious legacy of their noble manhood. The Illinois Memorial is a beautiful marble dome, bearing on its innerwall the names, more than 35,000, of the soldiers of that State who thenbelonged to a command engaged in the Vicksburg campaign and siege. Itis the noblest and most appropriate battlefield memorial in the world. A feature of Iowas Memorial is its artistic and stirring bronze battle-field pictures, six, each in a separate panel. They are as follows, takenin order as the visitor faces the memorial: Nine. fanriMrfifn i i^Hni^rir,, Iowa Marker — illustrative of the 59 Markers placed in Park by the State Ten
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