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Major General Samuel G. French

Confederate Major General Samuel G. French
General Samuel French
NPS Image

Samuel G. French, Maj. Gen.

Cost: $570 bronze, $208.91 pedestal

by Federal Government

Sculptor: R. Hinton Perry

Erected: April 1914

Location: North Frontage Road,

200 yards west of South Confederate Avenue

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.