Vicksburg National Military Park in Warren County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

Maj. Alexander Yates

Photographed by Mark Hilton, March 23, 2018

1. Maj. Alexander Yates monument.

Inscription.
36-th Miss. Infantry
killed in battle May 22

Erected 1917 by the nephew of Alexander Yates, pedestal by the U.S. War Department.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant day of the year for for this entry is May 22.

Location. 32° 22.183′ N, 90° 50.693′ W. Marker is in Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi, in Warren County. It is on Confederate Avenue south of Old Graveyard Road, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Confederate Avenue, Vicksburg MS 39183, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Natchez Trace Corridor

and in Greater Jackson.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in the Mississippi Delta,

and in the Great River Road Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

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least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Thomas P. Dockery (here, next to this marker); CS Missouri 1st and 4th Infantry (a few steps from this marker); CS Missouri Third Infantry (a few steps from this marker); CS Missouri Fifth Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); C.S. Appeal (Arkansas) Battery (within shouting distance of this marker); Major General John S. Bowen (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named CS Missouri 1st and 4th Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); Stockade Redan on Graveyard Road. (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Vicksburg National Military Park.

More about this marker. The sculptor was George T. Brewster. The foundry was the Gorham Manufacturing Company.

View of this monument (near right) looking south on Confederate Avenue. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, March 23, 2018

2. View of this monument (near right) looking south on Confederate Avenue.

Credits. This page was last revised on April 3, 2018. It was originally submitted on April 3, 2018, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 409 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 3, 2018, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.