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Old Douglas The Camel

Old Douglas The Camel

"Old Douglas" Cedar Hill Cemetery, Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Confederate companies took various mascots to war with them. An Arkansas regiment took a wildcat, a Louisiana regiment fittingly took a pelican. Most unusual of all was the 43rd MS Infantry's "Old Douglas" the camel, who served with the unit until killed by Yankee sharpshooters at Vicksburg; he has a tombstone in that city's Cedar Hill Cemetery.

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