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fence forms a perimeter 250 feet away from the monument. To the east of the monument are six smaller marble monuments each dedicated to a separate
Mississippi Regiment—the 7th, 9th, 10th, 29th, and 44th. Soldiers were interred by the monument.
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South 42' west and ninety poles distant is the place of The
Sacrifice of Col. Robert A. Smith and his regiment the Tenth Mississippi on Sept. 14, 1862
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later. Members of the Smith family long believed that Smith was ordered to lead the charge by his superior, Brigadier
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Another memorial to
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weighing 35 tons and built in 1884 by
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