"Old Douglas" The Camel - 43rd Mississippi Shirt 3rd georgia infantry Wilcox True Blues

Wilcox True Blues

These are modern all-weather nylon flags for your house or garden based on the original flag carried by the 31st Alabama Infantry

At the Battle of Richmond

26th North Carolina

off the coast of Sabine Pass

"Old Douglas" The Camel - 43rd Mississippi Shirt 3rd georgia infantry Wilcox True BluesHistorical 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