2nd Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry

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Brief History

2nd Cavalry Regiment [also called 4th and 42nd Regiment] was organized during the spring of 1863. It was formerly the 47th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, which never completed its organization. Its members were from the counties of Adams, Choctaw, Newton, Lee, Lauderdale, Pontotoc, Kemper, and Hinds. Some of the men were captured in the fight at Selma, and only a remnant surrendered with the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana. The field officers were Colonels Edward Dillon and J.L. McCarty, Lieutenant Colonel James Gordon, and Majors J.L. Harris and John J. Perry.

The 2nd Mississippi Cavalry Internet site has a longer history taken from Dunbar Rowland's Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898.

A timeline of military assigments is found following a history on The American Civil War Internet site.

Regiment Companies with the County of Origin

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 - Choctaw Rangers (raised in Choctaw County)
Company B - Newton Rangers (raised in Newton County)
Company C - Lauderdale Cavalry (raised in Lauderdale County)
Company D - Senatobia Opposers (raised in Panola County)
Company E - Mooresville Blues (raised in Itawamba County); also Barefoot’s Company (county of origin not specified)
Company F - East Mississippi Dragoons, aka East Mississippi Guards (raised in Clarke County)
Company G - Pontotoc Rangers (raised in Pontotoc County); also Peery’s Company (county of origin not specified)
Company H - Kemper Dragoons (raised in Kemper County)
Company I - Lula White Rebels (raised in Monroe County)
Company K - Mississippi Body Guards (raised in Scott County)

Source Material

• 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.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• 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.