"Old Douglas" The Camel - 43rd Mississippi Shirt 3rd georgia infantry 1st Missouri Infantry (Missouri State

1st Missouri Infantry (Missouri State Guard) Company G Flag

Hill "A meddling Yankee trouble himself about everybody's matters except his own and repents of everybody's sins except his own

off the coast of Sabine Pass

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At the Battle of Richmond

"Old Douglas" The Camel - 43rd Mississippi Shirt 3rd georgia infantry 1st Missouri Infantry (Missouri StateHistorical background: "Among the 5,000 grave markers for Confederate soldiers in the Soldiers Rest section of Cedar Hill Cemetery in Vicksburg, Mississippi, one pays tribute to Old Douglas, the camel of the 43rd Mississippi Infantry, Company A, nicknamed The Camel Regiment. The Confederate States of America was established in February 1861. It is not known how Douglas, a dromedary (one hump) camel, came to serve with the 43rd Mississippi Infantry