. Indiana at Vicksburg . auty and attractiveness, erected on the commanding knoll wherewe are now assembled. No more appropriate site for an Indianamemorial can be found on this or any other battlefield. Of theStates sixty-nine monuments and markers in the park, thirty-fiveare south and thirty-four are north of the Baldwins Ferry road atour left. To our front, on ground now included in the Jewish cem-etery, stood the Confederate lunette on this road. During the dayof May 22, 1863, six Indiana regiments marched through the ravineat our right to assail that strong work. The story of their braver
. Indiana at Vicksburg . auty and attractiveness, erected on the commanding knoll wherewe are now assembled. No more appropriate site for an Indianamemorial can be found on this or any other battlefield. Of theStates sixty-nine monuments and markers in the park, thirty-fiveare south and thirty-four are north of the Baldwins Ferry road atour left. To our front, on ground now included in the Jewish cem-etery, stood the Confederate lunette on this road. During the dayof May 22, 1863, six Indiana regiments marched through the ravineat our right to assail that strong work. The story of their braveryand the record of their casualties are borne on the tablets and theIndiana markers that stand in and near the cemetery. _^-2 .Indiana at Vicksburg. CJovernor Hanlv. hy direction of the Secretary of War, for andon liolialf of the United States, I accept from you the sixteen beauti-ful monuments (for twenty-eight commands) and the fifty-three,„assive markers placed hy your State in the Vicksburg NationalMilitary Park. 1. Governor E. F. Noel,Mississippi. (454) Dedication Ceremonies. 455 ADDRESS OF GOVERNOR E. F. NOEL, OF MISSISSIPPI. Governor Hanly and Other Distinguished RepresentativesOP THE Grand State op Indiana, Survivors op the VicksburgCampaign, Ladies and Gentlemen : The State which supplied theonly President of the Confederacy and a considerable part of thesoldiery which made this spot historic, and in which occurred thememorable scenes of the Vicksburg campaign, extends to you andto each one of you a most cordial welcome. Nothing could bt^more different from our coming and welcome now, and that of therepresentatives of our respective States, who, forty-five years ago,met in deadly conflict, in battle and in siege. Now we are all fellowcitizens of a happily reunited country, the grandest and best ofearth, and gladly exchange friendly greetings. Between these visitsthere were military demonstrations which forever removed fromquestion the completeness of our Nations reun
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