Colonel Skidmore Harris

Colonel Skidmore Harris
Colonel Skidmore Harris
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Skidmore Harris. Col.

Cost: $ 200.00 for bronze,

by Federal Government

Sculptor: George T. Brewster

Erected: 1919

Location: Confederate Avenue,

200 yards north of North Frontage road.

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.