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 === Brief History  ===
-th 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 <font color="#0000ff">Fredericksburg</font> to <font color="#0000ff">Cold Harbor</font>. The 48th was then active in the <font color="#0000ff">Petersburg</font> siege south of the James River and the <font color="#0000ff">Appomattox</font> Campaign. It sustained 4 casualties at Fredericksburg, had 10 killed and 44 wounded at <font color="#0000ff">Chancellorsville</font>, and twelve percent of the 256 engaged at <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.
+th Infantry Regiment was organized in November, 1862, at Fredericksburg, Virginia, using the[[2nd_Battalion,_Mississippi_Infantry|2nd Battalion, Mississippi Infantry ]]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 <font color="#0000ff">Fredericksburg</font> to <font color="#0000ff">Cold Harbor</font>. The 48th was then active in the <font color="#0000ff">Petersburg</font> siege south of the James River and the <font color="#0000ff">Appomattox</font> Campaign. It sustained 4 casualties at Fredericksburg, had 10 killed and 44 wounded at <font color="#0000ff">Chancellorsville</font>, and twelve percent of the 256 engaged at <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.
 The&nbsp;[http://mississippiscv.org/MS_Units/48th_MS_INF.htm 2nd Battalion Mississippi Infantry/48th Regiment Mississippi Infantry]&nbsp;Internet site has a longer history taken from Dunbar Rowland's Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898.