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*[[Mississippi State Militia|Mississippi State Militia]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<br><br> | *[[Mississippi State Militia|Mississippi State Militia]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<br><br> | ||
*[[Mississippi Cavalry|Mississippi Cavalry]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<br><br> | *[[Mississippi Cavalry|Mississippi Cavalry]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<br><br> | ||
*[[Mississippi Cavalry Reserve|Mississippi Cavalry Reserve]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit. | *[[Mississippi Cavalry Reserve|Mississippi Cavalry Reserve]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<br> | ||
=== Regiments and Battalions: 1st === | === Regiments and Battalions: 1st === | ||
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*[[1st Regiment, Mississippi Reserves|1st Regiment, Mississippi Reserves]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<br><br> | *[[1st Regiment, Mississippi Reserves|1st Regiment, Mississippi Reserves]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<br><br> | ||
*[[1st Regiment, Mississippi Light Artillery|1st Regiment, Mississippi Light Artillery]]<br>Organized during the late summer of 1862 with eleven companies. <br>Disbanded before the end of the war. <br>Commanded by Colonel William T. Withers, Lieutenant Colonel James P. Parker, and Majors Benjamin R. Holmes and Jefferson L. Wofford.<br><br> | *[[1st Regiment, Mississippi Light Artillery|1st Regiment, Mississippi Light Artillery]]<br>Organized during the late summer of 1862 with eleven companies. <br>Disbanded before the end of the war. <br>Commanded by Colonel William T. Withers, Lieutenant Colonel James P. Parker, and Majors Benjamin R. Holmes and Jefferson L. Wofford.<br><br> | ||
*[[1st Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry|1st Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry]] [Also know as Lindsay's/Pinson's]<br>Assembled during the spring of 1862. <br>Surrendered in May, 1865. <br>Commanded by Colonel R.A. Pinson, Lieutenant Colonel F.A. Montgomery, and Majors John S. Simmons and E.G. Wheeler. | *[[1st Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry|1st Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry]] [Also know as Lindsay's/Pinson's]<br>Assembled during the spring of 1862. <br>Surrendered in May, 1865. <br>Commanded by Colonel R.A. Pinson, Lieutenant Colonel F.A. Montgomery, and Majors John S. Simmons and E.G. Wheeler.<br> | ||
*[[1st Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry Reserves|1st Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry Reserves]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<br><br> | *[[1st Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry Reserves|1st Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry Reserves]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<br><br> | ||
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*[[1st Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (State Troops) (1864)|1st Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (State Troops) (1864)]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<br><br> | *[[1st Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (State Troops) (1864)|1st Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (State Troops) (1864)]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<br><br> | ||
*[[1st Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (State Troops) (Foote's)|1st Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (State Troops) (Foote's)]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<br><br> | *[[1st Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (State Troops) (Foote's)|1st Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (State Troops) (Foote's)]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<br><br> | ||
*[[1st Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (State Troops) (King's)|1st Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (State Troops) (King's)]]<br>"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)|1st Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (State Troops) (King's)]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<br> | ||
=== Regiments and Battalions: 2nd === | === Regiments and Battalions: 2nd === | ||
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*[[2nd Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (Davidson's) (Army of 10,000)|2nd Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (Davidson's) (Army of 10,000)]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<br><br> | *[[2nd Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (Davidson's) (Army of 10,000)|2nd Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (Davidson's) (Army of 10,000)]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<br><br> | ||
*[[2nd Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (State Troops) (30 days, 1864)|2nd Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (State Troops) (30 days, 1864)]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<br><br> | *[[2nd Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (State Troops) (30 days, 1864)|2nd Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (State Troops) (30 days, 1864)]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<br><br> | ||
*[[2nd Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (State Troops) (Quinn's)|2nd Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (State Troops) (Quinn's)]]<br>"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)|2nd Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (State Troops) (Quinn's)]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<br> | ||
=== Regiments and Battalions: 3rd - 4th === | === Regiments and Battalions: 3rd - 4th === | ||
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*[[4th Regiment, Mississippi Engineers|4th Regiment, Mississippi Engineers]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit. <br><br> | *[[4th Regiment, Mississippi Engineers|4th Regiment, Mississippi Engineers]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit. <br><br> | ||
*[[4th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry|4th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry]]<br>Organized at Grenada, Mississippi in April, 1861. <br>Surrendered in May, 1865. <br>Commanded by Colonels Thomas N. Adaire, Joseph Drake, and Pierre S. Layton; Lieutenant Colonel Joseph J. Gee, and Major Thomas P. Nelson. <br><br> | *[[4th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry|4th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry]]<br>Organized at Grenada, Mississippi in April, 1861. <br>Surrendered in May, 1865. <br>Commanded by Colonels Thomas N. Adaire, Joseph Drake, and Pierre S. Layton; Lieutenant Colonel Joseph J. Gee, and Major Thomas P. Nelson. <br><br> | ||
*[[4th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (State Troops)|4th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (State Troops)]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit. | *[[4th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (State Troops)|4th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (State Troops)]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit. <br> | ||
=== Regiments and Battalions: 5th - 9th === | === Regiments and Battalions: 5th - 9th === | ||
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*[[9th Battalion, Mississippi Sharpshooters|9th Battalion, Mississippi Sharpshooters]]<br>[Also called Chalmers' Sharpshooters] was organized during the fall of 1862. <br>Mustered into Confederate service at Jackson, Mississippi. <br>Surrendered on April 26, 1865. <br>Commanded by Major William C. Richards. <br><br> | *[[9th Battalion, Mississippi Sharpshooters|9th Battalion, Mississippi Sharpshooters]]<br>[Also called Chalmers' Sharpshooters] was organized during the fall of 1862. <br>Mustered into Confederate service at Jackson, Mississippi. <br>Surrendered on April 26, 1865. <br>Commanded by Major William C. Richards. <br><br> | ||
*[[9th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry|9th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry]]<br>Formed in December, 1864 by consolidating the 17th Mississippi and 17th Tennessee Cavalry Battalions. <br>Surrendered in May, 1865. <br>Commanded by Colonel Horace H. Miller, Lieutenant Colonel Abner C. Steede, and Major E.J. Sanders. <br> | *[[9th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry|9th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry]]<br>Formed in December, 1864 by consolidating the 17th Mississippi and 17th Tennessee Cavalry Battalions. <br>Surrendered in May, 1865. <br>Commanded by Colonel Horace H. Miller, Lieutenant Colonel Abner C. Steede, and Major E.J. Sanders. <br> | ||
*[[9th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry|9th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry]]<br>Organized at Corinth, Mississippi, in March, 1861. <br>Briefly consolidated with the 7th Mississippi Regiment in December, 1863. <br>Commanded by 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. | *[[9th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry|9th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry]]<br>Organized at Corinth, Mississippi, in March, 1861. <br>Briefly consolidated with the 7th Mississippi Regiment in December, 1863. <br>Commanded by 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. <br> | ||
=== Regiments and Battalions: 10th - 14th === | === Regiments and Battalions: 10th - 14th === | ||
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*[[14th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry|14th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit. <br> | *[[14th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry|14th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit. <br> | ||
=== Regiments and Battalions: 15th - 18th | === Regiments and Battalions: 15th - 18th === | ||
[[15th Battalion, Mississippi Sharpshooters|15th Battalion, Mississippi Sharpshooters]]<br>Organized during the late summer of 1862 at Chattanooga, Tennessee. <br>Disbanded December 1863. The men joined other Mississippi units.<br>Commanded by Major A.T. Hawkins. | [[15th Battalion, Mississippi Sharpshooters|15th Battalion, Mississippi Sharpshooters]]<br>Organized during the late summer of 1862 at Chattanooga, Tennessee. <br>Disbanded December 1863. The men joined other Mississippi units.<br>Commanded by Major A.T. Hawkins. | ||
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[[18th Battery, Mississippi Artillery|18th Battery, Mississippi Artillery]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit. | [[18th Battery, Mississippi Artillery|18th Battery, Mississippi Artillery]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit. | ||
=== Regiments and Battalions: 19th - 24th === | === Regiments and Battalions: 19th - 24th === | ||
[[ | [[19th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry|19th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit. | ||
[[ | [[19th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry|19th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry]]<br>Organized at Oxford, Mississippi, in May, 1861, and soon moved to Virginia. Surrendered April 9, 1865. <br>Commanded by Colonels Thomas J. Hardin, Nathaniel H. Harris, Lucius Q.C. Lamar, Christopher H. Mott, John Mullins, Richard W. Phipps, and Ward G. Vaughan; Lieutenant Colonel James H. Duncan; and Majors Ben. Allston, Robert A. Dean, Thomas R. Reading, and Abner Smead. | ||
[[ | [[20th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry|20th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit. | ||
[[ | [[20th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry|20th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry]]<br>Organized during the late summer of 1861. <br>Surrendered on April 26, 1865. <br>Commanded by Colonels William N. Brown and D.R. Russell; Lieutenant Colonels D.H. Maury, Horace H. Miller, and Walter A. Rorer; and Majors William M. Chatfield, Thomas B. Graham, and C.K. Massey. | ||
<br> | [[21st Regiment, Mississippi Infantry|21st Regiment, Mississippi Infantry]]<br>Organized in October, 1861, using the 1st (Brandon's) Mississippi Infantry Battalion as its nucleus. <br>Mustered into Confederate service at Manassas, Virginia. <br>Commanded by Colonels William L. Brandon, Benjamin G. Humphreys, and Daniel N. Moody; Lieutenant Colonels William H. Fitzgerald and John Sims; and Major John G. Taylor. | ||
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=== Regiments and Battalions: 25th - 30th === | === Regiments and Battalions: 25th - 30th === | ||
121<br>25th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry<br> | 121<br>25th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry<br> | ||
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=== Regiments and Battalions: 31st - 38th === | === Regiments and Battalions: 31st - 38th === | ||
131<br>31st Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit. | 131<br>31st Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit. | ||
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=== Regiments and Battalions: 39th - 150th === | === Regiments and Battalions: 39th - 150th === | ||
142<br>39th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry<br>39th Infantry Regiment was organized at Jackson, Mississippi, during the late spring of 1862. Its companies were recruited in the counties of Simpson, Rankin, Scott, Newton, Hinds, and Monroe. About twenty-five percent of this unit was sick in June, and there were 29 officers and 541 men present for duty in July. Company I took part in the fight at [http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/la003.htm <font color="#0000ff">Baton Rouge</font>], then, assigned to General Beall's command, the regiment was captured at [http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/la010.htm <font color="#0000ff">Port Hudson</font>] in July, 1863. After the exchange in December it totalled 220 effectives. Attached to Ross' and Sears' Brigade it was involved in the Atlanta Campaign, Hood's Tennessee operations, and the defense of Mobile. The regiment reported 7 casualties at [http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/ga010.htm <font color="#0000ff">New Hope Church</font>], 30 at [http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/ga015.htm <font color="#0000ff">Kenesaw Mountain</font>], 5 at the [http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/ga013a.htm <font color="#0000ff">Chattahoochee River</font>], and 48 in the Battle of [http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/ga017.htm <font color="#0000ff">Atlanta</font>]. Few surrendered with the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana. Its commanders were Colonel W.B. Shelby, Lieutenant Colonel William E. Ross, and Majors R.J. Durr and W.Monroe Quin. | 142<br>39th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry<br>39th Infantry Regiment was organized at Jackson, Mississippi, during the late spring of 1862. Its companies were recruited in the counties of Simpson, Rankin, Scott, Newton, Hinds, and Monroe. About twenty-five percent of this unit was sick in June, and there were 29 officers and 541 men present for duty in July. Company I took part in the fight at [http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/la003.htm <font color="#0000ff">Baton Rouge</font>], then, assigned to General Beall's command, the regiment was captured at [http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/la010.htm <font color="#0000ff">Port Hudson</font>] in July, 1863. After the exchange in December it totalled 220 effectives. Attached to Ross' and Sears' Brigade it was involved in the Atlanta Campaign, Hood's Tennessee operations, and the defense of Mobile. The regiment reported 7 casualties at [http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/ga010.htm <font color="#0000ff">New Hope Church</font>], 30 at [http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/ga015.htm <font color="#0000ff">Kenesaw Mountain</font>], 5 at the [http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/ga013a.htm <font color="#0000ff">Chattahoochee River</font>], and 48 in the Battle of [http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/ga017.htm <font color="#0000ff">Atlanta</font>]. Few surrendered with the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana. Its commanders were Colonel W.B. Shelby, Lieutenant Colonel William E. Ross, and Majors R.J. Durr and W.Monroe Quin. | ||