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    Vicksburg

    National Military Park Mississippi

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Col. Jesse I. Alexander

Col. Jessie I. Alexander, bronze relief portrait

Col. Jesse I. Alexander

NPS Image

Jessie I. Alexander, Col.

Cost: $183 for bronze,

by Federal Government

Sculptor: T.A.R. Kitson

Erected: June 11, 1918

Location: Union Avenue,
50 yards south of Minnesota State Memorial

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.