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=== Brief History === | === Brief History === | ||
The 5th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (State Troops) (Robinson's) was organized at Meridian, September 5-6, 1862 as a unit of the Minute Men under the order of Major General T. C. Tupper. | The 5th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (State Troops) (Robinson's) was organized at Meridian, September 5-6, 1862 as a unit of the Minute Men under the order of Major General T. C. Tupper. | ||
The Minute Men were organized in May 1862 under the order of Major General T. C. Tupper from militia companies in each county. The enlistment term was for six months. Although not mustered into the Confederate States services, they were still subject to orders of Confederate officers. | The Minute Men were organized in May 1862 under the order of Major General T. C. Tupper from militia companies in each county. The enlistment term was for six months. Although not mustered into the Confederate States services, they were still subject to orders of Confederate officers. | ||
*<span | *<span lang="EN" style=""><font size="3" face="Calibri">The [http://www.mississippiscv.org/MS_Units/minute_men.htm Mississippi Minute Men (State Troops)]</font><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"> Internet site has a longer history taken from Dunbar Rowland's Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898. Scroll down to the unit of minute men you wish to view. </font></font></span> | ||
*"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit. | *"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<ref>National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System] (accessed 11 January 2011)</ref> | ||
=== Regiment Companies with the County of Origin === | === Regiment Companies with the County of Origin === | ||
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Company A - Newton Minute Men (raised in Newtonn County)<br>Company B - Jasper County Minute Men (raised in Jasper County)<br>Company C - Capt. Maggard’s Company (raised in Lauderdale County)<br>Company D - Clarke Minute Men (raised in Clarke County)<br>Company E - Neshoba Minute Men (raised in Neshoba County)<br>Company F - Capt. Porter’s Company (raised in Winston County)<br>Company G - Capt. Ward’s Company (raised in Smith County)<br>Company H - Capt. Fairly’s Company (raised in Jones County)<br>Company I - Capt. McLaurin’s Company (raised in Kemper County) | Company A - Newton Minute Men (raised in Newtonn County)<br>Company B - Jasper County Minute Men (raised in Jasper County)<br>Company C - Capt. Maggard’s Company (raised in Lauderdale County)<br>Company D - Clarke Minute Men (raised in Clarke County)<br>Company E - Neshoba Minute Men (raised in Neshoba County)<br>Company F - Capt. Porter’s Company (raised in Winston County)<br>Company G - Capt. Ward’s Company (raised in Smith County)<br>Company H - Capt. Fairly’s Company (raised in Jones County)<br>Company I - Capt. McLaurin’s Company (raised in Kemper County) | ||
=== 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> | |||
*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> | *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 === | |||
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[[Category:Mississippi_-_Military_-_Civil_War,_1861-1865]] | [[Category:Mississippi_-_Military_-_Civil_War,_1861-1865]] | ||