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    Vicksburg

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Confederate Colonel Francis M Cockrell

Cost: Donations

Sculptor: Newman

Erected: 1915

Location: Confederate Avenue, 75 yards west of Stockade Redan
Confederate Colonel Francis M. Cockrell
Col. Francis M. Cockrell
NPS Photo

Did You Know?

Did You Know?

The civilians of Vicksburg endured their first naval bombardment of the Civil War during the summer of 1862?