"Old Douglas" The Camel - 43rd Mississippi Shirt 3rd georgia infantry your service has recognition won

your service has recognition won

off the coast of Sabine Pass

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

Design is based on period drawings of the insignia utilized by the regiment and can be seen in original photos

"Old Douglas" The Camel - 43rd Mississippi Shirt 3rd georgia infantry your service has recognition wonHistorical 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