Vicksburg Collection
Title
Vicksburg Collection
Description
The Illinois State Memorial at the Vicksburg National Military Park honors the 36,325 Illinois soldiers who served in the Vicksburg campaign. A Springfield, Illinois, construction, company, Culver Marble and Stone Company, built the memorial, which was dedicated on October 6, 1906. Architect William Le Baron Jenney, who designed the Home Insurance Building in Chicago, the world's first skyscraper, based the design of the memorial on the Pantheon in Rome. Standing sixty-two feet in height and approached by forty-seven steps, each representing a day in the siege of Vicksburg, the Illinois Memorial is the largest monument in the park.
The photographs in the Vicksburg Collection illustrate the construction of the Illinois Memorial.
The photographs in the Vicksburg Collection illustrate the construction of the Illinois Memorial.
Collection Items
Illinois State Memorial, Grounds Preparations
Construction of the Illinois State Memorial at the Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi. Dedicated on October 26, 1906, the monument was modeled after the Roman Pantheon, and included the names of all 36,325 Illinois soldiers who…
Illinois State Memorial, Foundation Digging
Construction of the Illinois State Memorial at the Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi. Dedicated on October 26, 1906, the monument was modeled after the Roman Pantheon, and included the names of all 36,325 Illinois soldiers who…
Illinois State Memorial, Workers Camp
Construction of the Illinois State Memorial at the Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi. Dedicated on October 26, 1906, the monument was modeled after the Roman Pantheon, and included the names of all 36,325 Illinois soldiers who…
Illinois State Memorial, Foundation Construction
Construction of the Illinois State Memorial at the Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi. Dedicated on October 26, 1906, the monument was modeled after the Roman Pantheon, and included the names of all 36,325 Illinois soldiers who…
Illinois State Memorial, Lumberyard
Construction of the Illinois State Memorial at the Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi. Dedicated on October 26, 1906, the monument was modeled after the Roman Pantheon, and included the names of all 36,325 Illinois soldiers who…
Illinois State Memorial, Erecting Beams
Construction of the Illinois State Memorial at the Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi. Dedicated on October 26, 1906, the monument was modeled after the Roman Pantheon, and included the names of all 36,325 Illinois soldiers who…
Illinois State Memorial, Surveying Progress
Construction of the Illinois State Memorial at the Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi. Dedicated on October 26, 1906, the monument was modeled after the Roman Pantheon, and included the names of all 36,325 Illinois soldiers who…
Illinois State Memorial, Materials and Supplies
Construction of the Illinois State Memorial at the Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi. Dedicated on October 26, 1906, the monument was modeled after the Roman Pantheon, and included the names of all 36,325 Illinois soldiers who…
Illinois State Memorial, View From a Distance
Construction of the Illinois State Memorial at the Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi. Dedicated on October 26, 1906, the monument was modeled after the Roman Pantheon, and included the names of all 36,325 Illinois soldiers who…
Illinois State Memorial, Foundation and Steps Construction
Construction of the Illinois State Memorial at the Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi. Dedicated on October 26, 1906, the monument was modeled after the Roman Pantheon, and included the names of all 36,325 Illinois soldiers who…
Illinois State Memorial, Walls Construction
Construction of the Illinois State Memorial at the Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi. Dedicated on October 26, 1906, the monument was modeled after the Roman Pantheon, and included the names of all 36,325 Illinois soldiers who…
Illinois State Memorial, Wood Infrastructure, Interior
Construction of the Illinois State Memorial at the Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi. Dedicated on October 26, 1906, the monument was modeled after the Roman Pantheon, and included the names of all 36,325 Illinois soldiers who…
Illinois State Memorial, Column Construction
Construction of the Illinois State Memorial at the Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi. Dedicated on October 26, 1906, the monument was modeled after the Roman Pantheon, and included the names of all 36,325 Illinois soldiers who…
Illinois State Memorial, Wood Infrastructure, Dome
Construction of the Illinois State Memorial at the Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi. Dedicated on October 26, 1906, the monument was modeled after the Roman Pantheon, and included the names of all 36,325 Illinois soldiers who…
Illinois State Memorial, Dome Construction
Construction of the Illinois State Memorial at the Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi. Dedicated on October 26, 1906, the monument was modeled after the Roman Pantheon, and included the names of all 36,325 Illinois soldiers who…
Illinois State Memorial, Portico Construction
Construction of the Illinois State Memorial at the Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi. Dedicated on October 26, 1906, the monument was modeled after the Roman Pantheon, and included the names of all 36,325 Illinois soldiers who…
Illinois State Memorial, Group Photo
Construction of the Illinois State Memorial at the Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi. Dedicated on October 26, 1906, the monument was modeled after the Roman Pantheon, and included the names of all 36,325 Illinois soldiers who…
Illinois State Memorial, Nearing Completion
Construction of the Illinois State Memorial at the Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi. Dedicated on October 26, 1906, the monument was modeled after the Roman Pantheon, and included the names of all 36,325 Illinois soldiers who…
Illinois State Memorial, Finishing Touches
Construction of the Illinois State Memorial at the Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi. Dedicated on October 26, 1906, the monument was modeled after the Roman Pantheon, and included the names of all 36,325 Illinois soldiers who…
Collection Tree
- Illinois Photographic Collection
- Vicksburg Collection