Mississippi in the Civil War

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Regiments

 * Mississippi Reserve Forces "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
 * Mississippi State Troops "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
 * Mississippi State Militia "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
 * Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
 * Mississippi Cavalry Reserve "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
 * 1st Battalion, Mississippi "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
 * 1st Choctaw Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry Organized at Jackson, Mississippi, during the summer of 1862. Disbanded on June 9, 1863.
 * 1st Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry (Miller's) Formed during the summer of 1861. Merged into Lindsay's Mississippi Cavalry Regiment April 2, 1862.
 * 1st Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry (State Troops) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
 * 1st Battalion, Mississippi Infantry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
 * 1st Battalion, Mississippi Infantry (Army of 10,000) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
 * 1st Battalion, Mississippi Infantry (State Troops) (30 days, 1864) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
 * 1st Battalion, Mississippi Infantry (State Troops) (12 months, 1862-63) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
 * 1st Battalion, Mississippi Sharpshooters Also called 10th and 20th Battalion. Organized during the fall of 1862 with three Mississippi companies from the 2nd Confederate Infantry Regiment. Surrendered on April 26, 1865. Commanded by Majors William A. Rayburn and James M. Stigler.
 * 1st Regiment, Mississippi Militia "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
 * 1st Regiment, Mississippi Reserves "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
 * 1st Regiment, Mississippi Light Artillery Organized during the late summer of 1862 with eleven companies. Disbanded before the end of the war. Commanded by Colonel William T. Withers, Lieutenant Colonel James P. Parker, and Majors Benjamin R. Holmes and Jefferson L. Wofford.
 * 1st Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry Assembled during the spring of 1862. Surrendered in May, 1865. Commanded by Colonel R.A. Pinson, Lieutenant Colonel F.A. Montgomery, and Majors John S. Simmons and E.G. Wheeler.
 * 1st Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry Reserves "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
 * 1st Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (Johnston's) Organization at Corinth, Mississippi, during the spring of 1861. Surrendered in April, 1865. Commanded by Colonels Thomas H. Johnston and John M. Sumonton, Lieutenant Colonel A.S. Hamilton, and Major M.S. Alcorn.
 * 1st Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (Patton's) (Army of 10,000) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
 * 1st Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (Percy's) (Army of 10,000) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
 * 1st Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (State Troops) (1864) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
 * 1st Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (State Troops) (Foote's) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
 * 1st Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (State Troops) (King's) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
 * 2nd Battalion, Mississippi Reserves "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
 * 2nd Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry Reserves "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
 * 2nd Battalion, Mississippi State Cavalry (Harris's) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
 * 2nd Battalion, Mississippi Infantry Organized at Jackson, Mississippi the summer of 1861 with five companies, later increased to six. Additional companies joined November 1862 and it became the 48th Mississippi Regiment. Commanded by Lieutenant Colonels Thomas B. Manlove, John G. Taylor, and William S. Wilson.
 * 2nd Battalion, Mississippi Infantry (State Troops) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
 * 2nd Regiment, Mississippi Partisans [Also called 2nd Partisan Rangers] formed at Jackson, Mississippi, during the spring of 1862. Disbanded in1865. Remaining men merged into the 7th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment. Commanded by Colonel John G. Ballentine, Lieutenant Colonel William L. Maxwell, and Major William H. Ford.
 * 2nd Regiment, Mississippi Partisan Rangers "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
 * 2nd Regiment, Mississippi Militia "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
 * 2nd Regiment, Mississippi Reserves "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
 * 2nd Regiment, Mississippi Artillery "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
 * 2nd Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry [Also called 4th and 42nd Regiment] organized during the spring of 1863. Formerly the 47th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, which never completed its organization. Commanded by Colonels Edward Dillon and J.L. McCarty, Lieutenant Colonel James Gordon, and Majors J.L. Harris and John J. Perry.
 * 2nd Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry Reserves "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
 * 2nd Regiment, Mississippi State Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
 * 2nd Regiment, Mississippi Infantry Organized at Corinth, Mississippi in April, 1861. Mustered in at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Commanded by Colonels William C. Falkner and John M. Stone; Lieutenant Colonels John A. Blair, Bartley B. Boone, and D.W. Humphreys; and Major John H. Buchanan.
 * 2nd Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (Davidson's) (Army of 10,000) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
 * 2nd Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (State Troops) (30 days, 1864) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
 * 2nd Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (State Troops) (Quinn's) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
 * 3rd Mississippi District "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
 * 3rd Brigade, Mississippi State Troops "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
 * 3rd Battalion, Mississippi Reserves "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
 * 3rd Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry (Ashcraft's) Organized May, 1864, with eight companies. F Formed by consolidating the 2nd and 3rd Battalions State Cavalry. Surrendered in May, 1865. Commanded by Colonel Thomas C. Ashcraft, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas W. Harris, and Major E.L. Hawkins.
 * 3rd Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry Reserves "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
 * 3rd Battalion, Mississippi State Cavalry (Cooper's) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
 * 3rd Battalion, Mississippi Infantry 3rd (Williams') Infantry Battalion, formerly the 45th Mississippi Regiment, was organized July, 1864 with five companies. Surrendered April 26, 1865. Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel John D. Williams and Major Elisha F. Nunn.


 * 3rd Battalion, Mississippi Infantry (State Troops) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
 * 3rd Regiment, Mississippi Reserves "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
 * 3rd Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry Organized during the spring of 1863 as the 3rd Mississippi State Cavalry . Mustered into Confederate service in April, 1864. Commanded by Colonel John McGuirk, Lieutenant Colonel H.H. Barksdale, and Major Thomas W. Webb.


 * 3rd/14th/38th Consolidated Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 3rd Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry Reserves "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 3rd Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry (State Troops) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 3rd Regiment, Mississippi Infantry Organized in the spring of 1861 at Enterprise, Mississippi. Commanded byColonels John B. Deason and Thomas A. Mellon; Lieutenant Colonels Samuel M. Dyer, Robert Eager, James B. McRae, and E.A. Peyton; and Major William H. Morgan.


 * 3rd Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (Army of 10,000) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 3rd Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (State Troops) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 3rd Mississippi Battery, Mississippi Artillery "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 4th Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 4th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry 4th Cavalry Regiment [also called 4th Battalion] Organized during the fall of 1862 by consolidating Hughes' and Stockdale's Mississippi Cavalry Battalions. Commanded by Colonel C.C. Wilbourn, Lieutenant Colonels Cornelius McLaurin and Thomas R. Stockdale, and Major James M. Norman.


 * 4th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry Militia "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 4th Regiment, Mississippi Engineers "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 4th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry Organized at Grenada, Mississippi in April, 1861. Surrendered in May, 1865. Commanded by Colonels Thomas N. Adaire, Joseph Drake, and Pierre S. Layton; Lieutenant Colonel Joseph J. Gee, and Major Thomas P. Nelson.


 * 4th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (State Troops) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 5th Battalion, Mississippi Infantry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 5th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry Assembled at Columbus, Mississippi during the summer of 1863. Commanded by Colonel James Z. George; Lieutenant Colonels James A. Barksdale, P.H. Echols, W.M. Reed, and Nathaniel Wickliffe; and Majors W.G. Henderson and William B. Perry.


 * Associated unit: 19th (George's) Cavalry Battalion, organized during the late summer of 1863. Disbanded early in 1864. Some members joined the 5th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment. Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James Z. George was its commander.


 * 5th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry 5th Infantry Regiment, organized in the spring of 1861, contained men from Pike, Amite, Lauderdale, Winston, Noxubee, and Kemper counteis. Only a remnant surrendered on April 26, 1865. The field officers were Colonels John R. Dickins, Albert E. Fant, and John Weir; Lieutenant Colonels Samuel F.M. Faucett, John B. Herring, A.T. Stennis, and W.L. Sykes; and Major James R. Moore.


 * 5th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (State Troops) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 5th Battery, Mississippi Artillery "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 6th Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 6th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry 6th Cavalry Regiment was organized late in 1863 using Davenport's Battalion State Cavalry as its nucleus. It was mustered into Confederate service in January, 1864. During February, 1865, it was consolidated with the 8th Mississippi Cavalry and surrendered in May. The field officers were Colonel Isham Harrison, Lieutenant Colonels Thomas C. Lipscomb and Thomas M. Nelson, and Major R.G. Brown.


 * 6th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry Reserve "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 6th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry 6th Infantry Regiment [also called 7th Regiment] was assembled at Jackson, Mississippi, in February, 1861. Its companies were recruited in the counties of Rankin, Quitman, Leake, Scott, Copiah, and Simpson. On April 26, 1865, it surrendered. The field officers were Colonels Robert Lowry and John J. Thornton; Lieutenant Colonels R.R. Bennett, Thomas J. Borden, and A.Y. Harper; and Majors W.T. Hendon and J.R. Stevens.


 * 6th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (State Troops) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 7th Congressional District, Mississippi "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 7th Battalion, Mississippi Infantry 7th Infantry Battalion was organized during the early spring of 1862 near Quitman, Mississippi. The unit was assigned to Hebert's Brigade, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, and was captured when Vicksburg fell. After the exchange the battalion then served in Mackall's and Sears' Brigade. Few were included in the surrender in May, 1865. The field officers were Lieutenant Colonels L. B. Pardue and James S. Terral, and Major Joel E. Welborn.


 * 7th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry 7th Cavalry Regiment [also called 1st Partisan Rangers] was oranized during the early summer of 1862 Surrendered on May 4,1865. The field officers were Colonels William C. Falkner and Samuel M. Hyams, Jr., Lieutenant Colonels L.B. Hovis and James M. Park, and Majors W.L. Davis and William N. Stansell.


 * 7th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry 7th Infantry Regiment was organized at Corinth, Mississippi, in April, 1861 with men from Marion, Amite, Pike, Franklin, Lawrence, Yalobusha, Holmes, and Covington counties. The unit was briefly consolidated with the 9th Mississippi Regiment in December, 1863. On April 26, 1865, it surrendered. The field officers were Colonels William H. Bishop, E.J. Goode, Hamilton Mayson, and A.G. Mills; Lieutenant Colonels R.S. Carter and Benjamin F. Johns; and Major Henry Pope.


 * 8th Battalion, Mississippi Infantry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 8th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry 8th Cavalry Regiment was formed in July, 1864, by consolidating the six-company 19th Battalion Mississippi Cavalry and four companies raised behind Federal lines. The unit was often called the 19th Regiment or Battalion. During February, 1865, it was consolidated with the 6th Mississippi Cavalry and surrendered in May. The field officers were Colonel William L. Duff, Lieutenant Colonel William L. Walker, and Major Thomas A. Mitchell.


 * Predecessor unit: 19th (Duff's) Cavalry Battalion was organized during the late summer of 1863 with six companies. On July 19, 1864, it merged into the 8th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment. Lieutenant Colonel William L. Duff and Major William L. Walker were in command.


 * 8th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry 8th Infantry Regiment was organized at Enterprize, Mississippi, during the spring of 1861. Many of its members were from Jones, Wilkinson, and Clarke counties. Surrendered on April 26, 1865. The field officers were Colonels G.C. Chandler, Guilford G. Flynt, and John C. Wilkinson; Lieutenant Colonels James T. Gates, Aden McNeill, and John F. Smith; and Majors Andrew E. Moody, George F. Peek, and William Watkins.


 * 9th Battalion, Mississippi Sharpshooters 9th Battalion Sharpshooters [also called Chalmers' Sharpshooters] was organized during the fall of 1862 and mustered into Confederate service at Jackson, Mississippi. It contained three companies and served under Generals J.P. Anderson, Tucker, and Sharp. The battalion surrendered on April 26, 1865. Major William C. Richards was in command.


 * 9th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry 9th Cavalry Regiment was formed in December, 1864 by consolidating the 17th Mississippi and 17th Tennessee Cavalry Battalions. It had many captured in the fight at Selma. Only a small number surrendered in May, 1865. Its commanders were Colonel Horace H. Miller, Lieutenant Colonel Abner C. Steede, and Major E.J. Sanders.


 * 9th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry 9th Infantry Regiment, organized at Corinth, Mississippi, in March, 1861, recruited its men in Tate, De Soto, Marshall, Tishomingo, Quitman, Lafayette, and Panola counties.The regiment was briefly consolidated with the 7th Mississippi Regiment and in December, 1863. The field officers were Colonels James L. Autry, James R. Chalmers, W.C. Richards, and Thomas W. White; Lieutenant Colonels S.S. Calhoun, Thomas H. Lynam, William A. Rankin, and F. Eugene Whitfield; and Majors Albert R. Bowdre, J.M. Hicks, Andrew G. Mills, and J.E. White.


 * 10th Regiment, Mississippi Rifles "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 10th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 10th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry 10th Infantry Regiment completed its organization in April, 1861, at Jackson, Mississippi. Its members were recruited in the counties of Adams, Claiborne, Lowndes, Itawamba, Warren, Marshall, Madison, and Yazoo. Few surrendered on April 26, 1865. The field officers were Colonels James Barr, Jr., Seaborne M. Phillips, Robert A. Smith, and James M. Walker; Lieutenant Colonels J.G. Bullard, Joseph R. Davis, and George B. Myers; and Majors James M. Dotson and Edward H. Gregory.


 * 10th Battery, Mississippi Artillery "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 11th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry 11th Cavalry Regiment was formed during the spring of 1864 using Perrin's Battalion State Cavalry as its nucleus. Ended the war in Mississippi. Surrendered on May 4, 1865. Its commanders were Colonel Robert O. Perrin, Lieutenant Colonel H.L. Muldrow, and Major Abner Reed.


 * 11th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry 11th Infantry Regiment was organized at Corinth, Mississippi, in May, 1861, and mustered into Confederate service at Lynchburg, Virginia. Its companies were recruited into Confederate service at Lynchburg, Virginia. Its companies were recruited in the counties of Neshoba, Yazoo, Monroe, Coahome, Noxubee, Chickasaw, Lowndes, Lamar, Carroll, and Lafayette. The commanders were Colonels F.M. Green, Philip F. Liddell, William H. Moore, and Reuben O. Reynolds; Lieutenant Colonels Samuel F. Butler, William B. Lowry, and George W. Shannon; and Majors T.S. Evans and Alexander H. Franklin.


 * 11th Consolidated Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 12th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry 12th Infantry Regiment was assembled at Corinth, Mississippi, in May, 1861. The men were from the counties of Hinds, Adams, Lawrence, Copiah, Warren, Panola, Claiborne, Yazoo, Jefferson, Holmes, and Calhoun. The field officers were Colonels Richard Griffith, Merry B. Harris, Henry Hughes, and William H. Taylor; Lieutenant Colonel Samuel B. Thomas; and Majors James R. Bell, John R. Dickins, and W.H. Lilly.


 * 12th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry 12th Cavalry Regiment [also called 16th Confederate Cavalry] was organized during the summer of 1863. Many of the officers and men were members of the Mississippi state forces and some were from Louisiana. Surrendered with the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana. The field officers were Colonel C.G. Armistead, Lieutenant Colonel Philip B. Spence, and Major William Yerger, Jr.


 * 13th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry 13th Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Corinth, Mississippi, in May, 1861. Its members were raised in the counties of Lauderdale, Winston, Wayne, Attala, Newton, Chickasaw, Kemper, and Clarke. Surrendered on April 9, 1865. The field officers were Colonels William Barksdale, James W. Carter, and Kennon McElroy; Lieutenant Colonels John M. Bradley, Alfred G. O'Brien, and M. Whitaker; and Majors George L. Donald and Isham Harrison.


 * 13th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 14th Consolidated Regiment, Mississippi Infantry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 14th Battalion, Mississippi Light Artillery 14th Artillery Battalion was organized early in 1863 by consolidating three batteries of light artillery. In July 1863 was captured in Vicksburn. After being exchanged, the men served with other Mississippi artillery units. Major Matthew S. Ward was in command.


 * 14th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry 14th Infantry Regiment [also called Beauregard Rifles] was organized at Jackson, Mississippi, in October, 1861. The men were from the counties of Clarke, Oktibbeha, Lauderdale, Winston, Lowndes, Monroe, and Tishomingo. Captured at Fort Donelson, Tennessee in February, 1862. After being exchanged, it was attached to Tilghman's and Gregg's Brigade, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. A detachment was captured when Vicksburg fell in July, 1863. The unit surrendered with no officers and 40 men. Its commanders were Colonels George W. Abert, William E. Baldwin, and Washington L. Doss, and Lieutenant Colonels Robert J. Lawrence and M.E. Norris.


 * 14th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.