The Rhode Island State Memorial (also known as “The Flag”) by F. Edwin Elwell was erected in Vicksburg, MS in 1908.
The figure on the monument represents a lone soldier who has just picked up the fallen flag and is carrying it forward. He is holding the tattered flag high in his right hand, his rifle on the other. Bronze statue mounted on a granite pedestal from Westerly, Rhode Island. Inscribed on the pedestal is “Rhode Island, 7th Infantry. Col. Zenas R. Bliss. 1st Brig. 2nd Div. 9th Corps.”
The photos and description of the Rhode Island State Memorial in Vicksburg, MS are part of materials from the Vicksburg National Military Park registration form for the National Register of Historic Places.
