Maj. Alexander Yates

Maj. Alexander Yates, bronze relief portrait

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Maj. Alexander Yates, bronze relief portrait

Cost: Bronze donated by nephew Alexander Yates; pedestal 
              by the Federal Government

Sculptor: George T. Brewster

Erected: October 1917

Location: Graveyard Road, northwest of Stockade Redan

Did You Know?

Did You Know?

On hearing the news of Vicksburg's surrender, President Lincoln declared, "The Father of Waters again goes unvexed to the sea."