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    Vicksburg

    National Military Park Mississippi

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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?

Confederate Headstones, Vicksburg National Cemetery

There are at least three known Confederates buried in Vicksburg National Cemetery, two of whom have graves designated by Confederate headstones.