• View from Battery DeGolyer

    Vicksburg

    National Military Park Mississippi

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Confederate Colonel Allen Thomas

Allen Thomas, Col.

Cost: Donated by the state of Louisiana

Sculptor: T.A.R. Kitson

Erected: 1919

Location: Confederate Avenue,

150 yards west of Graveyard Road.
Confederate Colonel Allen Thomas
Col. Allen Thomas
NPS Photo

Did You Know?

Did You Know?

The state of Missouri contributed 27 Union units and 15 Confederate units to the Vicksburg campaign.