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| The 2nd Regiment, Mississippi State Cavalry was organized for state service on April 1863 and <br>transferred to confederate service April 30, 1864. It was consolidated March 20, 1865 with Ashcroft's, Ham's, and Lowry's Cavalry Regiment. Some of the officer's were Colonels J.P. Smith of State troops, William L. Lowry, of Confederate States troops, Lieutenant-Colonels William L. Lowry, Joseph A. Johnson. Major L.L. Marshall.<ref>National Park Service, [https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System] (accessed 11 January 2011)</ref> | | The 2nd Regiment, Mississippi State Cavalry was organized for state service on April 1863 and <br>transferred to confederate service April 30, 1864. It was consolidated March 20, 1865 with Ashcroft's, Ham's, and Lowry's Cavalry Regiment. Some of the officer's were Colonels J.P. Smith of State troops, William L. Lowry, of Confederate States troops, Lieutenant-Colonels William L. Lowry, Joseph A. Johnson. Major L.L. Marshall.<ref>National Park Service, [https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System] (accessed 11 January 2011)</ref> |
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| *The [http://www.mississippiscv.org/MS_Units/2nd_ms_cav_Smith_Lowry.htm 2nd Mississippi State Cavalry (Smith’s/Lowry’s)], (aka 6th MS State Cavalry / aka Smith’s Regiment Partisan Rangers), Internet site has a longer history taken from Dunbar Rowland's Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898. | | *The [http://www.mississippiscv.org/MS_Units/2nd_ms_cav_Smith_Lowry.htm 2nd Mississippi State Cavalry (Smith’s/Lowry’s)], (aka 6th MS State Cavalry / aka Smith’s Regiment Partisan Rangers), Internet site has a longer history taken from Dunbar Rowland's Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898. |
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| *A timeline of assignments follows a similar history of the Mississippi: 2nd Cavalry Regiment (State Troops) on [http://www.mycivilwar.com/regiments/csa-ms/ms_cav_02_reg_statetroops.html The American Civil War] Internet site. | | *A timeline of assignments follows a similar history of the Mississippi: 2nd Cavalry Regiment (State Troops) on [http://www.mycivilwar.com/regiments/csa-ms/ms_cav_02_reg_statetroops.html The American Civil War] Internet site. |
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| "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit. | | "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit. |