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Henry H Kitson Sculptor of Confederate Lee Statue
Vicksburg on June 11 dedicates Henry Hudson Kitson made statue of General Stephen D Lee for National Military Park. The nine foot figure shows Lee at a pivotal moment during Vicksburg siege with eagle insignia and buttons. Kitson, a Boston artist, collaborated with Iowa and Massachusetts figures and public officials to memorialize Confederate and Union ties.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Memphis
Stephen Dill Lee
C. Co
Lost Cause
Henry Hudson Kitson
Quincy
Boston
National Military Park
S. D. Lee
National Military Park Commission
Lee
New York
Kit
Confederate Avenue
Towa State Memorial
Towa
Twe
Iowa
William T. Rigby
Military Park Commission
General Lee
South
Stephen D. Lee
Charleston
South Carolina
William Lee
St. Augustine
Fla
Sons of the American Revolution
West Point
Confederacy
Poe
Union
Admiral Dewey
Manila
United States
Mr. Kitson
General S. D. Lee
Massachusetts Monument
Massachusetts
Mississippi
Rigby
Kitson
Lon
Chos
Len
Helready
Paducah
Lloyd Tilghman
Champion Hills
Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College
Columbus
Regina Harrison
Huddersfield
Ile
Feole Des Beaux Arts
Paris
Art Association of New York
King of Roumania
Chicago
Society of France
National Sculpture Society
Italy
Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson
35Th
36Th
Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
Logan
Blair
Howard
A. J. Smith