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    Vicksburg

    National Military Park Mississippi

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Capt. Patrick White

Capt. Patrick H. White, bronze relief portrait

Capt. Patrick H. White, bronze relief portrait

NPS image

Capt Patrick H. White

Cost: Unknown

Sculptor: Unknown

Erected: 1917

Location: Confederate Avenue,
west of Park Visitor Center

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.