Citizens of Vicksburg Killed by Enemy Action
Vicksburg, Mississippi
within Cedar Hill Cemetery

Not Forgotten

 

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A marker in the Gamble lot dedicated to several family members interred here, including Patience Potticary Gamble, the first Vicksburg citizen killed in the  bombardment of 28 Jun 1862, during the first siege of Vicksburg.

Sacred to the Memory of
Foster Lightcap
A well beloved citizen of
Vicksburg
Died during the bombardment
June 28, 1862

epitaph difficult to read
 

Opposite side of monument to
Foster Lightcap

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Other scenes near Soldiers' Rest in Cedar Hill Cemetery
 

"Teach your children who these dead men were. Tell them of their lofty courage. Instruct them in their virtues."

-- Capt Ellis, Confederate Memorial Day, 1874, on the dedication of the Confederate Memorial in Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, GA

To honor  my Confederate soldiers, many of whom served in the 7th Miss Inf., Co. B.

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