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PARK AND CEMETERY 
The Iowa state monument at Vicksburg, which is 
illustrated on this page, is a stately peristyle, of 
Grecian Doric order, with a central equestrian 
bronze group entitled the “Standard Bearer.” It 
is to be modeled by Henry Hudson Kitson, of Bos- 
ton, with Guy Lowell associated as architect. The 
sculptor and architect have co-operated to produce a 
In the center of the structure, immediately behind 
the equestrian statue, will be inscribed in raised bronze 
letters the names of all the 32 organizations which 
took part in the campaigns and siege of Vicksburg, the 
total number of Iowa troops engaged and their losses. 
In the frieze around the peristyle is the inscription, in 
sunken letters, “Iowa’s Memorial to Her Soldiers Who 
DESIGN FOR IOWA STATE MONUMENT TO BE ERECTED IN THE NATIONAL MILITARY PARK AT VICKSBURG. 
Henry H. Kitson, Sc.; Guy Lowell, Arch. 
massive, dignified and beautiful memorial, whose 
graceful lines and well studied proportions may be 
seen in the accompanying illustration of the design. 
The monument is to be of granite and bronze, and 
will be erected with a state appropriation of $100,000. 
The total width will be 64 feet and the depth 29-6. 
The height of the central pedestal is 29-10, and the 
columns will be 13-6 high and 1-10 in diameter at the 
base. The six bronze bas-reliefs, which occupy the 
lower part of the spaces between the columns, will rep- 
resent the following scenes from the campaign of 
Vicksburg : Bombardment of Grand Gulf, Port Gib- 
son, capture of Jackson, Champion Hill, Black River 
Bridge and the Assault of May 22. 
Served in the Campaign and Siege of Vicksburg, March 
29— July 4, 1863.” 
At either side of the central group will be a Grecian 
urn for bronze lamps. 
Regimental and brigade monuments, to harmonize in 
design with the main structure, are also to be erected 
on this battlefield. The contract for these has been 
awarded to Edmund H. Prior, of Postville, la., at a 
bid of $28,580. 
They will be Grecian Doric in style, severely plain, 
with columns sunk into the corners. They will be cut 
from Barre granite by Barclay Bros., of Barre, Vt., 
and will bear bronze tablets to be cast by the Winslow 
Bros. Company, of Chicago. 
