From an article entitled “REMINISCENT PARAGRAPHS” on page 268 of the September 1893 issue of the Confederate Veteran Magazine:

"Company B, of the Forty third Mississippi Infantry, had a veritable camel, belonging to Lieut. W. H. H , and the use he was put to was to carry the baggage of the officers' mess. The horses of the command were afraid of the camel, and the driver was instructed to stop just outside the camp when it halted. But in a forced march toward Iuka, Miss., the command had halted just after dark, and the camel and driver got in the line of march before he knew it. The result was that a horse made a break with a fence rail attached to his halter, and running through the camp, he stampeded men and animals in every direction. Many men took trees or any other protection, and the panic spread through much of the brigade, and many men and animals were badly hurt, and one or two horses, I think, were killed. The camel was in the siege of Vicksburg, and was killed there by a minie ball from the enemy. But none of the Forty third have forgotten the stampede near Iuka, Miss., just before the battle of Corinth."

Take it for what it is worth, some old veterans had poor memories and liked to tell good stories.