Westerly Granite in Mississippi

Contractor: Frank Edwin Elwell for the Smith Granite Company
Material: Blue Westerly Granite
Cost: $5000
Date Dedicated: November 11, 1908 by Walter A. Reid
Sculptor: Francis Edwin Elwell
Location: Grant Avenue, near Grant Circle, Vicksburg National Military Park
About the monument: The statue depicts the figure of an infantryman who has picked up the fallen colors.
About the unit: The statue of a courageous infantryman represents the 7th Rhode Island Infantry, the state's lone regiment in the Vicksburg Campaign.

http://www.nps.gov/vick/historyculture/rhode-island-memorial.htm
Smith Granite Company Book 15 Order 461

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