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6th Texas Infantry

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This unit was attached to Col. Robert R. Garland's 1st Brigade, of Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Churchill's Post of Arkansas, and commanded by Col. T.S. Anderson. [Refer to Edwin Bearss' The Vicksburg Campaign, Volume I, page 418.]

Did You Know?

Old Douglas Headstone, Cedar Hill Cemetery

The 43d Mississippi Infantry's mascot, Douglas the Camel, remained with the regiment until Vicksburg where he was killed by Union sharpshooters. Douglas is honored with his own grave marker in Vicksburg's Cedar Hill Cemetery.