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7th Battalion Mississippi Infantry

7th Battalion Mississippi Infantry Regimental Monument

7th Battalion Mississippi Infantry Regimental Monument

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Monument located on Confederate Avenue across from Tilghman statue. This unit was attached to Brig. Gen. Louis Hébert's 1st Brigade, of Maj. Gen. John H. Forney's Division, Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton's Army of Vicksburg, and commanded by Capt. A.M. Dozier. [Refer to Edwin Bearss' The Vicksburg Campaign, Volume I, page 226; and Volume III, pages 779, 870, and 965.]
 
7th Battalion Mississippi Infantry Markers
7th Battalion Mississippi Infantry Markers
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7th Battalion Mississippi Infantry Markers
7th Battalion Mississippi Infantry Markers
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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.