Soldiers Rest CSA Cemetery - Vicksburg, MS
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member lovorn
N 32° 21.783 W 090° 51.604
15S E 701347 N 3582691
A Mississippi History marker at the Vicksburg City Cemetery.
Waymark Code: WMDBW4
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 12/21/2011
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member jdwms_1950
Views: 10

Soldiers Rest CSA Cemetery
Begun May 15, 1866 by Ladies Confederate Cemetery Assn. of Vicksburg. Remains of over 1600 soldiers who died in Vicksburg campaign & siege were re-interred here.
Date Installed:: 1959/1/1

Organization that placed the object:: Mississippi Historical Commision

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