Col. Henry D. Washburn

Col. Henry D. Washburn, bronze relief port

NPS Image

Col. Henry D. Washburn, bronze relief portrait

Col. Henry D. Washburn

Cost: $275 for bronze

by Federal Government

Sculptor: T.A.R. Kitson

Erected: May 1915

Location: South Loop,
Union Avenue 100 yards south of railroad

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.