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2nd Infantry Battalion was organized at Jackson, Mississippi, during the summer of 1861 with five companies, later increased to six. In Novemer, 1862, additional companies joined the unit, and it became the 48th Mississippi Regiment. Its commanders were Lieutenant Colonels Thomas B. Manlove, John G. Taylor, and William S. Wilson. | 2nd Infantry Battalion was organized at Jackson, Mississippi, during the summer of 1861 with five companies, later increased to six. In Novemer, 1862, additional companies joined the unit, and it became the 48th Mississippi Regiment. Its commanders were Lieutenant Colonels Thomas B. Manlove, John G. Taylor, and William S. Wilson. | ||
The [http://mississippiscv.org/MS_Units/48th_MS_INF.htm 2nd Battalion Mississippi Infantry/48th Regiment Mississippi Infantry] Internet site has a longer history taken from Dunbar Rowland's Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898. | |||
=== Regiment Companies with the County of Origin === | === Regiment Companies with the County of Origin === | ||