40th Alabama Infantry

 

Iron tablet located on Confederate Avenue south of the Mississippi Memorial. This unit was attached to Brig. Gen. John C. Moore's 2nd Brigade of Maj. Gen. John H. Forney's Division, Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton's Army of Vicksburg and was commanded by Col. John H. Higley. [Refer to Edwin Bearss' The Vicksburg Campaign, Volume III, pages 870 & 966.]

Go to Alabama State Memorial

 

go BackGo to Vick Home Page


Last update: Friday, November 05, 1999
http://www.nps.gov/vick/al/al40inf.htm
Editor: G. Zeman