Brig. Gen. Evander McNair

Brig. Gen. Evander McNair, bronze bust

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Brig. Gen. Evander McNair, bronze bust

Cost: $650 for bronze,

by Federal Government

Sculptor: Anton Schaaf

Erected: March 1915

Location: North Frontage Road,
50 yards west of South Confederate Avenue

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.