Flag Officer Andrew Hull Foote

Flag officer Andrew Hull Foote, bronze statue

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Flag officer Andrew Hull Foote, bronze statue

FLAG OFFICER ANDREW HULL FOOTE

Cost: 4 statues and Navy Monument, $105,500
Sculptors-$38,000,
Tablets $490,
Travel $51,

by Federal Government

Sculptor: William Couper

Erected: December 1911

Location: North Union Avenue,
Tour Stop 7

 
Flag officer A. H. Foote plaque
Flag officer A. H. Foote plaque
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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.