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    Vicksburg

    National Military Park Mississippi

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Maj. Alexander Yates

Maj. Alexander Yates, bronze relief portrait

Maj. Alexander Yates, bronze relief portrait

NPS Image

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?

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.