Quitman Battery Mississippi Light Artillery
No Marker Placed This unit was attached to Brig. Gen. James R. Chalmers' 5th Military District (headquartered at Panola, MS), Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's Department of the West, and commanded by Capt. J. F. Kerr. [Refer to Edwin Bearss' The Vicksburg Campaign, Volume III, page 1144.] |
Did You Know?
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.