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5th Kansas Cavalry

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This unit was attached to Colonel Powell Clayton's Cavalry Brigade, of Brigadier General Frederick Salomon's 13th Division, of Major General Benjamin M. Prentiss' District of Eastern Arkansas, Major General Edward O.C. Ord's XIII Army Corps, and commanded by Lt. Colonel Wilton A. Jenkins.

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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.