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51st Tennessee Infantry

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This unit was attached to Brig. Gen. John Gregg's Brigade, of Maj. Gen. Franklin Gardner's 3d Military District at Port Hudson, LA, Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton's Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, and commanded by Lt. Col. John Snodgrass. When Gregg's Brigade was transferred north, the regiment remained behind at Port Hudson. [Refer to Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XXIV, Part 1 - Reports, page 706.]

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Confederate Headstones, Vicksburg National Cemetery

There are at least three known Confederates buried in Vicksburg National Cemetery, two of whom have graves designated by Confederate headstones.