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U. S. CIVIL WAR
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GETTYSBURG
MISSISSIPPI MONUMENTS
Mississippi State Monument
MISSISSIPPI
JULY 1ST. 2ND. 3RD. 1863
  ON THIS GROUND OUR BRAVE SIRES FOUGHT FOR THEIR RIGHTEOUS CAUSE.  
IN GLORY THEY SLEEP WHO GAVE TO IT THEIR LIVES.
TO VALOR, THEY GAVE NEW DIMENSIONS OF COURAGE.
TO DUTY, ITS NOBLEST FULFILLMENT.
TO POSTERITY, THE SACRED HERITAGE OF HONOR.
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Mississippi State Monument Text
11th Mississippi Infantry Monument - Seminary Ridge
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11th Mississippi Infantry Monument - Cemetery Ridge
Monument marking the fartherest advance of the
11th Mississippi Infantry on Cemetery Ridge.
JULY 3, 1863
THE 11TH MISSISSIPPI INFANTRY REGIMENT,
WITH ITS RANKS GROWING THINNER AT EVERY
STEP, ADVANCED WITH THE COLORS TO THE STONE
WALL NEAR BRIAN BARN.
THE REGIMENT WAS HERE "SUBJECTED TO A
MOST GALLING FIRE OF MUSKETRY AND ARTILLERY
THAT SO REDUCED THE ALREADY THINNED RANKS
THAT ANY FURTHER EFFORT TO CARRY THE POSITION  
WAS HOPELESS, AND THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT
BUT TO RETIRE."
REPORT OF BRIG. GEN. JOSEPH R. DAVIS
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Monument Text
Location of the Mississippi "high water" marker compared
to the North Carolina one and the Copse of Trees.
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