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  • The Great 50th Reunion of the Battle of Gettysburg RememberedClick to open the The Great 50th Reunion of the Battle of Gettysburg Remembered menu
    • 1913 Reunion Mementos and Souvenirs
  • Father William Corby Portrait StatueClick to open the Father William Corby Portrait Statue menu
    • Samuel A. Murray Sculptor of the Father Corby Portrait Statue
  • Maj-Gen Hancock Equestrian MonumentClick to open the Maj-Gen Hancock Equestrian Monument menu
    • Frank Edwin Elwell Sculptor of the Hancock
  • Louisiana State Memorial Click to open the Louisiana State Memorial  menu
    • Louisiana State Memorial Sculptor Donald De Lue
  • Mississippi MonumentClick to open the Mississippi Monument menu
    • Donald De Lue sculptor of the Mississippi Memorial
  • Soldiers & Sailors of the Confederacy MonumentClick to open the Soldiers & Sailors of the Confederacy Monument menu
    • Donald De Lue sculptor of the Soldiers & Sailors Monument
    • The 1941 Proposed Location of the Longstreet Memorial
  • Virginia State MemorialClick to open the Virginia State Memorial menu
    • General Robert E. Lee bronze atop the Virginia Memorial
    • The bronze "group" at the base of the Virginia Memorial
  • Bronze Bas-Relief at Gettysburg Page 1 of 2Click to open the Bronze Bas-Relief at Gettysburg Page 1 of 2 menu
    • Bronze Bas-Relief at Gettysburg Page 2
  • Brig. General John Buford MonumentClick to open the Brig. General John Buford Monument menu
    • James E Kelly, Sculptor of the Buford Bronze Statue
  • Brig. General Samuel Crawford MonumentClick to open the Brig. General Samuel Crawford Monument menu
    • Ron Tunison, sculptor of the Crawford Monument
  • Delaware Memorial at GettysburgClick to open the Delaware Memorial at Gettysburg menu
    • Ron Tunison, Sculptor of the Delaware Memorial Bronze
  • Friend to Friend Masonic MemorialClick to open the Friend to Friend Masonic Memorial menu
    • Ron Tunison, Sculptor of the Friend to Friend Masonic Memorial
  • Gen. Sedgwick Equestrian MonumentClick to open the Gen. Sedgwick Equestrian Monument menu
    • H.K. Bush Brown sculptor Sedgwick Equestrian Monument
  • Gen. Slocum Equestrian MonumentClick to open the Gen. Slocum Equestrian Monument menu
    • Edward C. Potter sculptor Slocum Equestrian Monument
  • General John Gibbon MonumentClick to open the General John Gibbon Monument menu
    • Terry Jones sculptor of the Gen. John Gibbon Statue
  • General A. A. Humphreys MonumentClick to open the General A. A. Humphreys Monument menu
    • J. Otto Schweizer sculptor of the A. A. Humphreys Statue
  • Maj-Gen. Meade Equestrian MonumentClick to open the Maj-Gen. Meade Equestrian Monument menu
    • H. K. Bush Brown Sculptor Meade Equestrian Monument
  • North Carolina State MonumentClick to open the North Carolina State Monument menu
    • Sculptor of the North Carolina Monument Gutzon Borglum
  • John F. Reynolds Monument National CemeteryClick to open the John F. Reynolds Monument National Cemetery menu
    • J. Q. A. Ward sculptor of the Reynolds in the Cemetery
  • Major - Gen. James S. Wadsworth MonumentClick to open the Major - Gen. James S. Wadsworth Monument menu
    • R. Hinton Perry Sculptor of the Maj. Gen. Wadsworth Bronze
  • Gen. G.K. Warren MonumentClick to open the Gen. G.K. Warren Monument menu
    • Karl Gerhardt sculptor of the General Warren Monument
  • Gen. Webb MonumentClick to open the Gen. Webb Monument menu
    • J. Massey Rhind sculptor of Webb Memorial
  • Women's Memorial (Elizabeth Thorn) at GettysburgClick to open the Women's Memorial  (Elizabeth Thorn) at Gettysburg menu
    • Ron Tunison, Sculptor of the Women's Memorial
  • Albert Woolson MonumentClick to open the Albert Woolson Monument menu
    • Avard Fairbanks sculptor of the Albert Woolson Statue
  • 6th New York Cavalry MonumentClick to open the 6th New York Cavalry Monument menu
    • James E. Kelly sculptor 6th N.Y. Cavalry Monument
  • 9th New York Cavalry MonumentClick to open the 9th New York Cavalry Monument menu
    • Caspar Buberl sculptor of the 9th NY Cavalry Monument
  • 111th New York Infantry MonumentClick to open the 111th New York Infantry Monument menu
    • Caspar Buberl Sculptor of the 111th New York Infantry Bronze Statue
  • 11th Mississippi Infantry MonumentClick to open the 11th Mississippi Infantry Monument menu
    • William Beckwith sculptor of the 11th Mississippi Inf. Monument
  • 11th Pennsylania Infantry MonumentClick to open the 11th Pennsylania Infantry Monument menu
    • E. A. Kretschman Sculptor of the 11th PA Infantry Monument

Donald De Lue the Sculptor of the

Mississippi Monument

 

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In 1968 the Mississippi legislature passed a bill authorizing funds to erect a monument to Mississippi soldiers that fought at Gettysburg. Then Governor John  Williams appointed a commision to proceed with this project.

 Because of his previous works of Southern origin, De Lue would present his idea of the monument to the commission in April 1970. Only thirty six inches in height the commission approved this initial design. With approval of the commission, De Lue would then make a more detailed model approximately five and one-half feet in height.  With final approval, De Lue would create in clay the final monument we see today.

De Lue with the final clay sculpture in May 1972

 After being cast in plaster in June 1972 the sections were sent to Fonderia V. Lera, Italy. In Italy the final castings were made and the monument was assembled, chased and patinated. Shipped to Gettysburg, the monument was mounted in the summer of 1973 awaiting the October dedication.

 The incised Foundry mark.

 

 

 

Although De Lue is noted for his own style he was also a well know sculptor with more natural depictions. Above,  De Lue would sculpt the bust of newly elected President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933.

 

 Above is the incised autograph of Donald De Lue on the base of the Mississippi Memorial.

  The view above is what the Mississippi infantrymen of Brig. General William Barksdale's Brigade would see as they formed in line of battle to the east of Pitzer's Woods. Barksdale's Brigade would attack the now famous Peach Orchard then owned by Joseph Sherfy (seen in picture above). Defended by northern troops of Sickle's Third Corps the men of Barksdale's Brigade would soon rout their opponents. Barksdale's Brigade was composed of four Mississippi Infantry Regiments. These four regiments would lose on the afternoon of Thursday, July 2, 1863 nearly 49.7% in killed, wounded and captured of the 1619 men that would start their walk across this field.

 

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