Mississippi in the Civil War: Difference between revisions

147<br>*43rd Regiment, Mississippi Infantry<br>43rd Infantry Regiment was formed during the summer of 1862 with eleven companies. Some of its members were Kemper and Noxubee Counties. After fighting at [http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/ms001.htm <font color="#0000ff">Iuka</font>] and [http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/Battles/ms002.htm <font color="#0000ff">Corinth</font>], the unit was assigned to General L. Hebert's Brigade, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, and was captured at Vicksburg in July, 1863. Exchanged, it went on to serve under Generals J. Adams and Lowry, Army of Tennessee. The 43rd participated in various conflicts throughout the [http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/ga017.htm <font color="#0000ff">Atlanta</font>] Campaign, then saw action in Tennessee and North Carolina. It reported 13 killed, 56 wounded, and 156 missing at Corinth, had 483 effectives in February, 1863, and during the [http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/ms011.htm <font color="#0000ff">Vicksburg</font>] siege lost 25 killed and 33 wounded. In December, 1863, only 1 officer and 36 men were present. On April 26, 1865, it surrendered. The field officers were Colonels Richard Harrison and William H. Moore, and Lieutenant Colonels James O.Banks, Richard W. Leigh, and Columbus Sykes 148<br>*44th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry<br>44th Infantry Regiment was organized from the 1st (Blythe's) Mississippi Infantry Battalion, which was formed late in 1861. In June, 1863, the unit was designated the 44th Regiment. Some of its members were recruited in Calhoun, De Soto, and Amite counties. The unit was active at [http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/tn003.htm <font color="#0000ff">Shiloh</font>] and [http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/ky008.htm <font color="#0000ff">Munfordville</font>], then was assigned to J.P. Anderson's, Tucker's, and Sharp's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. It served with the army of [http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/tn010.htm <font color="#0000ff">Murfreesboro</font>], fought with Hood in Tennessee, and saw action in North Carolina. This regiment lost 4 killed and 40 wounded at Munfordville, ahd 4 killed, 31 wounded, and 17 missing at Murfreesboro, and thirty percent of the 272 engaged at [http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/ga004.htm <font color="#0000ff">Chickamauga</font>] were disabled. For a time it was consolidated with the 10th Regiment and in December, 1863, totalled 476 men and 308 arms. Only a remnant surrendered in April, 1865. Its commanding officers were Colonels A.K. Blythe and Jacob H. Sharp, Lieutenant Colonels R.G. Kelsey and James Moore, and Major John C. Thompson. 149<br>*46th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry<br>46th Infantry Regiment was organized during the fall of 1862 by adding four companies to the six-company 6th (Balfour's) Mississippi Infantry Battalion. In February, 1863, it totalled 407 effectives and served in S.D. Lee's and Baldwin's Brigade in the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. The unit participated in the long [http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/ms011.htm <font color="#0000ff">Vicksburg</font>] siege and was captured on July 4, 1863. After the exchange it was assigned to General Baldwin's, Tucker's, and Sears' Brigade. It fought in the [http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/ga017.htm <font color="#0000ff">Atlanta</font>] Campaign, endured Hood's winter operations in Tennessee, and shared in the defense of Mobile. The regiment had 1 wounded at [http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/ms003.htm <font color="#0000ff">Chickasaw Bayou</font>] and during the Atlanta operations, May 18 to September 5, reported 23 killed, 68 wounded, and 37 missing. It lost 1 killed, 13 wounded, and 16 missing at [http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/ga023.htm <font color="#0000ff">Allatoona</font>] and had many disabled at [http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/tn036.htm <font color="#0000ff">Franklin</font>]. Only a remnant surrendered in May, 1865. The field officers were Colonels William H. Clark and Claudius W. Sears, Lieutenant Colonel William K. Easterling, and Major Constantine Rea. 150<br>*48th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry<br>48th Infantry Regiment was organized in November, 1862, at Fredericksburg, Virginia, using the 2nd Mississippi Infantry Battalion as its nucleus. Many of the men were from Jackson, Yalobusha, Warren, and Claiborne counties. It served in Featherston's, Posey's, and Harris' Brigade and fought with the Army of Nourthern Virginia from [http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/va028.htm <font color="#0000ff">Fredericksburg</font>] to [http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/va062.htm <font color="#0000ff">Cold Harbor</font>]. The 48th was then active in the [http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/va089.htm <font color="#0000ff">Petersburg</font>] siege south of the James River and the [http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/va097.htm <font color="#0000ff">Appomattox</font>] Campaign. It sustained 4 casualties at Fredericksburg, had 10 killed and 44 wounded at [http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/va032.htm <font color="#0000ff">Chancellorsville</font>], and twelve percent of the 256 engaged at [http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/pa002.htm <font color="#0000ff">Gettysburg</font>] were disabled. The regiment surrendered 11 officers and 87 men. Its commanders were Colonel Joseph M. Jayne, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas B. Manlove, and Major L.C. Lee.