Vicksburg, Mississippi Surrender Monument

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Description

This postcard features a color illustration of the Surrender Monument in Vicksburg, Mississippi. The monument is a canon barrel shaped statue commemorating where Gen. Grant and Pemberton met July 4, 1863, to arrange terms for the surrender of Vicksburg. Two men are depicted as standing in front of the monument and trees and bushes are depicted behind and the left of the monument. The title of the card is printed beneath the bottom edge of the image and an inscription is written beneath the title. The inscription reads "Sat. You would be a dead one down here in the heat. A fried piece of pork. ASG” The back of the card is addressed to Mr. Fred Schmitz in Chicago, Illinois. A brief note about the monument is printed in the bottom left corner of the card. The card is postmarked Vicksburg, Miss., April 29, 1907.

Publication Date

1907

Publisher

Raphael Tuck and Sons'

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Monuments

Geographic Location

Vicksburg, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1907-04-29_Postcard-Surrender-Monument_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Manuscripts Unit, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, Box 3, Southwest Mississippi Region

Repository

Manuscripts

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.MSState.edu.

Recommended Citation

Vicksburg, Mississippi Surrender Monument, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University