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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. VICKMS_070126_006.JPG: Minnesota
2. VICKMS_070126_010.JPG: 100 Years of Silent Tribute: Century Monument Minnesota Dedicated May 24, 1907 Four units from Minnesota participated in the Vicksburg campaign; 3rd, 4th, and 5th Infantry Regiments and the 1st Minnesota Battery. (The painting at left shows the 4th Minnesota entering Vicksburg on July 4, 1863, with the Warren County Court House in the background.) The 90-foot high monument, constructed of Mt. Airy granite, features the statue of "Peace" that was sculpted by William Couper. In her hands, "Peace" holds a sword and a shield to signify that the soldiers of both armies have placed the weapons of war in her eternal care. The monument was dedicated by Governor John A. Johnson of Minnesota while Mississippi Governor James K. Vardaman delivered the main oration. The monument was accepted on behalf of the Federal government by General Ezra Carman, a Civil War veteran, who served as Chairman of the Chickamauga/Chattanooga National Military Park Commission.
3. VICKMS_070126_029.JPG: Michigan
4. VICKMS_070126_051.JPG: Illinois
5. VICKMS_070126_149.JPG: Wisconsin
6. VICKMS_070126_248.JPG: Kansas
7. VICKMS_070126_256.JPG: The bottom circle represents the unity of the pre Civil War Era. The broken circle in the center represents the Union torn asunder by the war 1861-1865 The perfect circle at the top depicts the regained unity of the post war era. An eagle atop all typifies the glorious majesty of our country. This plaque erected 1973 by Kansas Department Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War.
8. VICKMS_070126_265.JPG: Rhode Island
9. VICKMS_070126_278.JPG: Vandalism
10. VICKMS_070126_284.JPG: New York
11. VICKMS_070126_293.JPG: Massachusetts
12. VICKMS_070126_303.JPG: New Hampshire
13. VICKMS_070126_308.JPG: Notice the cell phone tower
14. VICKMS_070126_311.JPG: Pennsylvania
15. VICKMS_070126_327.JPG: Vandalism
16. VICKMS_070126_378.JPG: Tennessee
17. VICKMS_070126_393.JPG: Missouri.
18. VICKMS_070126_420.JPG: To commemorate and perpetuate the heroic services, the unselfish devotion to duty, and the exalted patriotism of the Missouri soldiers, Union and Confederate, who were engaged in these campaign, siege, and defense of Vicksburg.
19. VICKMS_070126_460.JPG: Arkansas
20. VICKMS_070126_465.JPG: Arkansas To the Arkansas Confederate soldiers and sailors a part of a nation divided by the sword and reunited at the altar of faith
21. VICKMS_070126_488.JPG: Louisiana
22. VICKMS_070126_505.JPG: Mississippi
23. VICKMS_070126_569.JPG: Texas
24. VICKMS_070126_589.JPG: Alabama
25. VICKMS_070126_616.JPG: Kentucky
26. VICKMS_070126_645.JPG: Georgia
27. VICKMS_070126_711.JPG: Virginia Botetourt Artillery Stevenson's Division, Army of Vicksburg Capt. John W. Johnston Lieut. Francis C. Obenchain
28. VICKMS_070126_717.JPG: To The Everlasting Memory Of Those South Carolinians Who Offered Their Lives Upon The Fields Of Vicksburg For The Southern Confederacy. This Monument Is Dedicated By The South Carolina Division United Daughters Of The Confederacy 1935 The South Carolina Troops Engaged In This Campaign Were Gist's Brigade: Sixteenth, Twenty Fourth, South Carolina Regiments. Ferguson's Battery Evan's Brigade: Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Twenty Second, Twenty Third, Twenty Sixth, South Carolina Regiments, Holcombe Legion.
29. VICKMS_070126_722.JPG: Maryland Stevenson's Division Third Confederate Battery Captain Ferd O. Claiborne Captain John B. Rowan Engaged Champion's Hill May 16 Defense May 18 - July 4, casualties not fully reported Captain Ferd O. Claiborne killed, June 24. On duty at guns in front of this monument a detachment, with one gun, under Lieut. William L. Ritter served on Rolling Fork and Deer Creek from April second to June first when it was ordered to Yazoo City and attached to Walker's Division.
30. VICKMS_070126_731.JPG: In tribute to the 1st and 3rd Florida Infantry Regiments commanded by Col. W.S. Dilworth and the 4th Infantry Regiment commanded by Lt. Col. Ed. Badger, who participated in Mississippi during the War Between the States as a part of Stovall's Brigade, of Breckenridge's Division of General Johnston's Army in 1863 Erected by Florida Division United Daughters of the Confederacy 1954
31. VICKMS_070126_740.JPG: 100 Years of Silent Tribute: Century Monument Virginia Dedicated November 23, 1907 The Commonwealth of Virginia was the first Southern state to erect and dedicate monument in the park to the defenders of Vicksburg. The "Old Dominion" was represented by only a single unit in the Vicksburg campaign -- the Botetourt Artillery that was recruited in the area around Buchanan, in Botetourt County, Virginia. Commanded by Capt. John W. Johnston, nephew of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, the Botetourt Artillery was engaged at Port Gibson in May 1, 1863, in which battle the unit lost 37 men, 53 horses, and 4 guns. On May 16, the battery was overrun while positioning on the crest of Champion Hill and lost its two remaining guns. One section of the battery, reequipped, served two guns near this location during the siege, while the balance of the men were armed with rifle-muskets and served in the trenches at South Fort along Washington Street to the west. Captain Johnston later served as a U.S. Senator from Virginia. His daughter and famed author, Mary Johnston, dedicated the monument on behalf of the Virginia Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy.
32. VICKMS_070909_001.JPG: Illinois
33. VICKMS_070909_025.JPG: Michigan
34. VICKMS_070909_048.JPG: Illinois
35. VICKMS_070909_082.JPG: The name "Cashire, Albert D.J." is described on the audio tour of the park. Here's from the NPS web site at http://www.nps.gov/archive/vick/visctr/sitebltn/only_by.htm : ONLY BY ACCIDENT... What was the best kept secret of the Civil War? Worthy of serious consideration would be a highly successful deception accomplished by an obscure soldier that fought at Vicksburg and throughout the Civil War. The perpetrator of this ingenious bluff was carried on the roll of Company G. 95th Illinois Regiment as Pvt. Albert D.J. Cashire, according to the official report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois. The same name appears on a roster plate mounted on the interior wall of the Illinois Memorial in Vicksburg National Military Park. Other sources spell the surname Cashier. This spelling applies to this veteran's tombstone erected in 1915 by the War Department. The 95th Illinois Infantry Regiment compiled an impressive record as a hard-fighting and oft-bloodied unit. In the Vicksburg Campaign it was among the 10 Federal regiments suffering the greatest casualties. In the Federal assault of May 19, 1863, the 95th Illinois was the only regiment of General James B. McPherson's XVII Corps to directly assail the Confederate defense line. Driving forward in the area 700 yards south of the Stockade Redan, the 95th Illinois crossed Glass Bayou, scrambled up a steep slope, and weathered blistering fire to reach a point less than 100 yards from the enemy position. Here the unit remained until ordered to withdraw the following morning. In this action the unit suffered 62 casualties. In the major Federal assault, which took place on May 22, 1863, the 95th Illinois advanced against the defense perimeter just south of the present day Missouri Memorial. A murderous fire checked the drive close to the enemy works. That day's action cost the regiment 109 casualties. A year later the 95th Illinois was engulfed in the rout of the Federal forces at Brice's Crossroads in Northern Mississippi. In this debacle the unit lost its colonel, and three captains who successively commanded the unit. The 95th Illinois returned to Memphis, Tennessee, depleted and demoralized under the command of a captain its fifth commanding officer during this brief campaign. The 95th Illinois also participated in the ensuing Red River and Nashville Campaigns, closing out the war in operations at Mobile, Alabama. The regiment is reported to have traveled over 9,000 miles in its three years of service. Private Cashier was one of those fortunate soldiers who apparently escaped the ravages of combat and disease. The record does not indicate this private was ever wounded, seriously sick, or captured during the war. Barely 5-feet tall, thin, laconic, Cashier made no effort to mingle with peers, and preferred to sit apart from the others while smoking a pipe in contemplative silence. Members of the unit characterized Cashier as one who was always ready for duty, never sick and capable of enduring long marches. In return for assistance in tasks involving heavy lifting, Cashier would sew on buttons and mend torn clothing. At the end of the war Cashier was mustered out with the remainder of the regiment on August 17, 1865 after serving for three years and 11 days in the ranks. Settling down in Saunemin, a village lying 75 miles southwest of Chicago, Illinois, Cashier eked out a living with a variety of jobs. The years rolled by, transforming the youthful veteran into a bent sexagenarian. Cashier continued to adhere to a hard-working, lonely life style; occasionally being jolted out of silence by brash youngsters shouting, "Drummer Boy, Drummer Boy." The old veteran would turn on the tormenters and rage, "I was no drummer boy, I was a fighting infantryman." In the preceding years Cashier had joined the Grand Army of the Republic -- the largest organization of Union veterans. In 1899, Cashier applied for a pension. After being examined by three surgeons in connection with the claim was deemed eligible for a veteran's pension. In 1911, almost 50 years after the Vicksburg Campaign, Cashier was struck by an automobile. A physician, summoned to the scene examined the old soldier, noted a broken leg, then looked for other injuries. Much to his astonishment he discovered that Cashier was a woman. She prevailed upon the physician to maintain her secret intact. After this incident everything seemed to go downhill for the old veteran. Within three months, failing health compelled her to reside at the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home in Quincy, Illinois. Crippled and bedridden she still clung to the fiction of masculinity. Three years later a deteriorating mental condition led to her confinement in an insane asylum at Watertown, Illinois. There she was finally compelled to wear female attire. Albert D. J. Cashier passed away on October 10, 1915. She carried to her grave the reasons why the disguise. The Grand Army of the Republic provided an impressive military funeral. Upon the headstone over her grave in Sunny Slope Cemetery was inscribed the same masculine name she carried into battle and bore throughout her life. She left a small estate largely emanating from her military pension. In the absence of valid claims from relatives, the county treasurer still continues to hold these funds. In the 1980's measures were taken to correctly identify the grave site. Visitors will now find two headstones in place -- the original veteran marker and a larger memorial stone inscribed: Albert D.J. Cashier Co.G,95 ILL Inf Civil War Born : Jennie Hodgers, In Clogher Head, Ireland 1843 - 1915
36. VICKMS_070909_123.JPG: Wisconsin
37. VICKMS_070909_205.JPG: Kansas
38. VICKMS_070909_209.JPG: The bottom circle represents the unity of the pre Civil War Era. The broken circle in the center represents the Union torn asunder by the war 1861-1865 The perfect circle at the top depicts the regained unity of the post war era. An eagle atop all typifies the glorious majesty of our country. This plaque erected 1973 by Kansas Department Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War.
39. VICKMS_070909_211.JPG: Rhode Island
40. VICKMS_070909_226.JPG: New York
41. VICKMS_070909_229.JPG: Massachusetts
42. VICKMS_070909_237.JPG: New Hampshire
43. VICKMS_070909_247.JPG: Pennsylvania
44. VICKMS_070909_257.JPG: Here brothers fought for their principles. Here heroes died for their country and a united people will forever cherish the precious legacy of their noble manhood.
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