40th Alabama Infantry

40th Alabama Infantry Tablet
40th Alabama Infantry Tablet

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

Last updated: April 14, 2015

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3201 Clay Street
Vicksburg, MS 39183

Phone:

601 636-0583

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