40th Mississippi Infantry

40th Mississippi Infantry Regimental Monument
40th Mississippi Infantry Regimental Monument

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Monument located on Confederate Avenue opposite the Mississippi Memorial. This unit was attached to Brig. Gen. John C. Moore's 2d Brigade, of Maj. Gen. John H. Forney's Division, Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton's Army of Vicksburg, and commanded by Col. W.B. Colbert. [Refer to Edwin Bearss' The Vicksburg Campaign, Volume I, pages 226 and 593; and Volume III, pages 871 and 966.]
 
40th Mississippi Infantry Marker
40th Mississippi Infantry Marker

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Last updated: April 14, 2015

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3201 Clay Street
Vicksburg, MS 39183

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