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 === Brief History  ===
-th Infantry Regiment, organized in the spring of 1861, contained men from Pike, Amite, Lauderdale, Winston, Noxubee, and Kemper counteis. Only a remnant surrendered on April 26, 1865. The field officers were Colonels John R. Dickins, Albert E. Fant, and John Weir; Lieutenant Colonels Samuel F.M. Faucett, John B. Herring, A.T. Stennis, and W.L. Sykes; and Major James R. Moore. <br>
+th Infantry Regiment, organized in the spring of 1861, contained men from Pike, Amite, Lauderdale, Winston, Noxubee, and Kemper counteis. Only a remnant surrendered on April 26, 1865. The field officers were Colonels John R. Dickins, Albert E. Fant, and John Weir; Lieutenant Colonels Samuel F.M. Faucett, John B. Herring, A.T. Stennis, and W.L. Sykes; and Major James R. Moore. <ref>National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System] (accessed 11 January 2011)</ref><br>
 *The [http://www.mississippiscv.org/MS_Units/5th_MS_INF.htm 5th Mississippi Infantry] Internet site has a longer history taken from Dunbar Rowland's Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898.
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 Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.
 Company A - Red Rovers (raised in [[Monroe County, Mississippi#Military|Monroe County]])<br>Company B - Bogue Chitto Rangers (raised in [[Neshoba County, Mississippi#Military|Neshoba County]]) see [http://neshoba.msgen.info/military/5thcob.htm Roster]<br>Company C - Lauderdale Springs Greys (raised in [[Lauderdale County, Mississippi#Military|Lauderdale County)]]<br>Company D - New Prospect Greys (raised in [[Winston County, Mississippi#Military|Winston County]])<br>Company E - Pettus Rebels (raised in [[Winston County, Mississippi#Military|Winston County]]) see [http://www.angelfire.com/fl/odomo/5ms%20pettus%20unit%20roster.htm Roster]<br>Company F - Winston Rifles (raised in [[Winston County, Mississippi#Military|Winston County]])<br>Company G - Barry Guards (raised in [[Chickasaw County, Mississippi#Military|Chickasaw]] &amp; [[Choctaw County, Mississippi#Military|Choctaw]] Counties)<br>Company H - Noxubee Blues (raised in [[Noxubee County, Mississippi#Military|Noxubee County]])<br>Company I - Kemper Rebels, aka Kemper Guards (raised in [[Kemper County, Mississippi#Military|Kemper County]])<br>Company K - Scotland Guards (raised in [[Neshoba County, Mississippi#Military|Neshoba County<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1291481662229_596" />]]) see [http://neshoba.msgen.info/military/5thcok.htm Roster]
-=== Source Material  ===
+=== Other Sources ===
+*[[Beginning United States Civil War Research|Beginning United States Civil War Research]] gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in ‘Mississippi in the Civil War’ and ‘United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865’ (see below).<br>
+*National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information. <br>
+*[[Mississippi in the Civil War|Mississippi in the Civil War]] describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Mississippi, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc. <br>
+*[[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865|United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865]] describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc. <br>
+*Rowland, Dunbar, ''Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898: taken from the Official and statistical register of the State of Mississippi, 1908 (''Spartanburg, South Carolina: Reprint Company). <br><br>
-*[http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System ]can be searched by soldier's name or by regiment; includes regimental rosters and additional history of the regiment. <br><br>
-*Rowland, Dunbar, ''Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898: taken from the Official and statistical register of the State of Mississippi, 1908 (''Spartanburg, South Carolina: Reprint Company). <br><br>
 *Howell, H. Grady, ''For Dixie Land, I’ll Take My Stand!: A Muster Listing of All Known Mississippi Confederate Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines (''Chickasaw Bayou Press, 1998).<br>
+=== Reference ===
+<references />
 [[Category:Mississippi_-_Military_-_Civil_War,_1861-1865]]