Brigadier General Ralph P. Buckland

General Ralph P. Buckland
General Ralph P. Buckland
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Ralph P. Buckland, Brig Gen.

Cost: donated by veterans of his brigade

Sculptor: H.H. Kitson

Erected: November 5, 1915

Location: North Union 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.