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The information in this list of Mississippi Military Units comes from the [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ Civil War Soldiers and Sailors] web site (CWSS). That web site can also be searched by the name of a soldier.  
The information in this list of Mississippi Military Units comes from the [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ Civil War Soldiers and Sailors] web site (CWSS). That web site can also be searched by the name of a soldier.  


=== Units 1st and 2nd ===
=== Units 1st and 2nd ===


*[[1st Choctaw Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry|1st Choctaw Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry]]<br>Organized at Jackson, Mississippi, during the summer of 1862.<br>Disbanded on June 9, 1863.<br><br>
*[[1st Choctaw Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry|1st Choctaw Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry]]<br>Organized at Jackson, Mississippi, during the summer of 1862.<br>Disbanded on June 9, 1863.<br><br>
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*[[2nd Regiment, Mississippi State Cavalry|2nd Regiment, Mississippi State Cavalry]]&nbsp;[Smith’s/Lowry’s, also called 6th MS State Cavalry]<br>Organized&nbsp;April 1863 to state service.<br>Transferred to confederate service&nbsp;in&nbsp;May 1864.<br>Consolidated March 20, 1865 with Ashcroft's, Ham's, and Lowry's Cavalry Regiment.<br>Commanded by Colonels J.P. Smith of State troops, William L. Lowry, of Confederate States troops, Lieutenant-Colonels William L. Lowry, Joseph A. Johnson. Major L.L. Marshall.<br><br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<br>
*[[2nd Regiment, Mississippi State Cavalry|2nd Regiment, Mississippi State Cavalry]]&nbsp;[Smith’s/Lowry’s, also called 6th MS State Cavalry]<br>Organized&nbsp;April 1863 to state service.<br>Transferred to confederate service&nbsp;in&nbsp;May 1864.<br>Consolidated March 20, 1865 with Ashcroft's, Ham's, and Lowry's Cavalry Regiment.<br>Commanded by Colonels J.P. Smith of State troops, William L. Lowry, of Confederate States troops, Lieutenant-Colonels William L. Lowry, Joseph A. Johnson. Major L.L. Marshall.<br><br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<br>


=== Units 3rd and 4th ===
=== Units 3rd and 4th ===
*[[3rd Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry (Ashcraft's)|3rd Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry (Ashcraft's)]]<br>Organized May, 1864, with eight companies.&nbsp;<br>Formed by consolidating the 2nd and 3rd Battalions State Cavalry. <br>Surrendered in May, 1865.&nbsp;<br>Commanded by&nbsp;Colonel Thomas C. Ashcraft, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas W. Harris, and Major E.L. Hawkins.<br><br>
 
*[[3rd Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry (Ashcraft's)|3rd Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry (Ashcraft's)]]<br>Organized May, 1864, with eight companies.<br>Formed by consolidating the 2nd and 3rd Battalions State Cavalry. <br>Surrendered in May, 1865.&nbsp;<br>Commanded by&nbsp;Colonel Thomas C. Ashcraft, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas W. Harris, and Major E.L. Hawkins.<br><br>
*[[3rd Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry Reserves|3rd Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry Reserves]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<br><br>
*[[3rd Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry Reserves|3rd Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry Reserves]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<br><br>
*[[3rd Battalion, Mississippi State Cavalry (Cooper's)|3rd Battalion, Mississippi State Cavalry (Cooper's)]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<br><br>
*[[3rd Battalion, Mississippi State Cavalry (Cooper's)|3rd Battalion, Mississippi State Cavalry (Cooper's)]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<br><br>
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*[[4th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry Militia|4th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry Militia]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit. <br>
*[[4th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry Militia|4th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry Militia]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit. <br>


=== Units 5th through 11th ===
=== Units 5th through 11th ===


*[[5th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry|5th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry]]<br>Assembled at Columbus, Mississippi during the summer of 1863. <br>Commanded by Colonel James Z. George; Lieutenant Colonels James A. Barksdale, P.H. Echols, W.M. Reed, and Nathaniel Wickliffe; and Majors W.G. Henderson and William B. Perry.
*[[5th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry|5th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry]]<br>Assembled at Columbus, Mississippi during the summer of 1863. <br>Commanded by Colonel James Z. George; Lieutenant Colonels James A. Barksdale, P.H. Echols, W.M. Reed, and Nathaniel Wickliffe; and Majors W.G. Henderson and William B. Perry.
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*[[11th Consolidated Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry|11th Consolidated Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<br>
*[[11th Consolidated Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry|11th Consolidated Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<br>


=== Units 12th through 19th ===
=== Units 12th through 19th ===


*[[12th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry|12th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry]]&nbsp;[Also called 16th Confederate Cavalry]&nbsp;<br>Organized during the summer of 1863. <br>Commanded by Colonel C.G. Armistead, Lieutenant Colonel Philip B. Spence, and Major William Yerger, Jr. <br><br>
*[[12th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry|12th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry]]&nbsp;[Also called 16th Confederate Cavalry]&nbsp;<br>Organized during the summer of 1863. <br>Commanded by Colonel C.G. Armistead, Lieutenant Colonel Philip B. Spence, and Major William Yerger, Jr. <br><br>
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*[[19th Battalion Mississippi Cavalry (Duff's)|19th Battalion Mississippi Cavalry (Duff's)]]<br>Organized during the late summer of 1863 with six companies. <br>Merged into the 8th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment on July 19, 1864. <br>Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel William L. Duff and Major William L. Walker.<br>
*[[19th Battalion Mississippi Cavalry (Duff's)|19th Battalion Mississippi Cavalry (Duff's)]]<br>Organized during the late summer of 1863 with six companies. <br>Merged into the 8th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment on July 19, 1864. <br>Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel William L. Duff and Major William L. Walker.<br>


=== Units 20th through 41st ===
=== Units 20th through 41st ===


*[[20th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry|20th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit. <br><br>
*[[20th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry|20th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit. <br><br>
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*[[41st Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry|41st Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit. <br>
*[[41st Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry|41st Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit. <br>


=== Units A through C ===
=== Units A through C ===


*[[Abbott's Company, Mississippi Cavalry|Abbott's Company, Mississippi Cavalry]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit. <br><br>
*[[Abbott's Company, Mississippi Cavalry|Abbott's Company, Mississippi Cavalry]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit. <br><br>
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*[[Crumby's Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry|Crumby's Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<br>
*[[Crumby's Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry|Crumby's Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<br>


=== Units D through G ===
=== Units D through G ===


*[[Davenport's Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry (State Troops)|Davenport's Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry (State Troops)]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<br><br>
*[[Davenport's Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry (State Troops)|Davenport's Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry (State Troops)]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<br><br>
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*[[Grace's Company, Mississippi Cavalry (State Troops)|Grace's Company, Mississippi Cavalry (State Troops)]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<br>
*[[Grace's Company, Mississippi Cavalry (State Troops)|Grace's Company, Mississippi Cavalry (State Troops)]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<br>


=== Units H through L ===
=== Units H through L ===


*[[Hamer's Company, Mississippi Cavalry (Salem Cavalry)|Hamer's Company, Mississippi Cavalry (Salem Cavalry)]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<br><br>
*[[Hamer's Company, Mississippi Cavalry (Salem Cavalry)|Hamer's Company, Mississippi Cavalry (Salem Cavalry)]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<br><br>
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*[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Lynges_Battalion,_Mississippi_Cavalry Lynges Battalion,_Mississippi_Cavalry]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<br>
*[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Lynges_Battalion,_Mississippi_Cavalry Lynges Battalion,_Mississippi_Cavalry]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<br>


=== Units M through R ===
=== Units M through R ===


*[[Martland's Mississippi Cavalry|Martland's Mississippi Cavalry]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<br><br>
*[[Martland's Mississippi Cavalry|Martland's Mississippi Cavalry]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<br><br>
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*[[Russell's Company, Mississippi Cavalry|Russell's Company, Mississippi Cavalry]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<br>
*[[Russell's Company, Mississippi Cavalry|Russell's Company, Mississippi Cavalry]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<br>


=== Units S through Z ===
=== Units S through Z ===


*[[Sander's Mississippi Cavalry|Sander's Mississippi Cavalry]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<br><br>
*[[Sander's Mississippi Cavalry|Sander's Mississippi Cavalry]]<br>"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.<br><br>

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The information in this list of Mississippi Military Units comes from the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors web site (CWSS). That web site can also be searched by the name of a soldier.

Units 1st and 2nd[edit | edit source]

  • 1st Choctaw Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry
    Organized at Jackson, Mississippi, during the summer of 1862.
    Disbanded on June 9, 1863.

  • 1st Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry (Miller's)
    Formed during the summer of 1861.
    Merged into Lindsay's Mississippi Cavalry Regiment April 2, 1862.

  • 1st Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry (State Troops) (Ham's)
    [Also known as Ham's Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry / 16th Battalion State Cavalry]
    Organized May 18, 1863 at Guntown. 
    Re-inlisted in early 1864 in the State service and transferred in May to the Confederate States service.

    "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.

  • 1st Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry Reserves (Denis')
    [Also known as 1st Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry Denis']
     Commanded by Colonel Jules C. Denis, Lieutenant-Colonel D. W. Metts, and Major J. F. Meston.

  • 1st Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry [Also known as Lindsay's/Pinson's]
    Assembled during the spring of 1862. 
    Surrendered in May, 1865. 
    Commanded by Colonel R.A. Pinson, Lieutenant Colonel F.A. Montgomery, and Majors John S. Simmons and E.G. Wheeler.

  • 1st Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry Reserves (Denis'),
    [Also known as 1st Battalion Mississippi Cavalry Reserves (Denis')].
     Commanded by Colonel Jules C. Denis, Lieutenant-Colonel D. W. Metts, and Major J. F. Meston.

    "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.

  • 2nd Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry Reserves
    "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.

  • 2nd Battalion, Mississippi State Cavalry (Harris's)
    Organized for State service, in the fall of 1863 in Northeast Mississippi.
    Reorganized under the direction of General Gholson and transferred to the Confederate States service May 1, 1864.
    Commanded by Major Thomas W. Harris, Adjutant James Moore, Quartermaster Carroll Ferguson, Surgeon John E. Turner.

    "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.

  • 2nd Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry [Also known as 4th and 42nd Regiment]
    Organized during the spring of 1863.
    Formerly the 47th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, which never completed its organization.
    Commanded by Colonels Edward Dillon and J.L. McCarty, Lieutenant Colonel James Gordon, and Majors J.L. Harris and John J. Perry.

  • 2nd Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry Reserves
    "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.

  • 2nd Regiment, Mississippi State Cavalry [Smith’s/Lowry’s, also called 6th MS State Cavalry]
    Organized April 1863 to state service.
    Transferred to confederate service in May 1864.
    Consolidated March 20, 1865 with Ashcroft's, Ham's, and Lowry's Cavalry Regiment.
    Commanded by Colonels J.P. Smith of State troops, William L. Lowry, of Confederate States troops, Lieutenant-Colonels William L. Lowry, Joseph A. Johnson. Major L.L. Marshall.

    "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.

Units 3rd and 4th[edit | edit source]

  • 4th Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry
    "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.

  • 4th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry
    4th Cavalry Regiment [also called 4th Battalion]
    Organized during the fall of 1862 by consolidating Hughes' and Stockdale's Mississippi Cavalry Battalions. 
    Commanded by Colonel C.C. Wilbourn, Lieutenant Colonels Cornelius McLaurin and Thomas R. Stockdale, and Major James M. Norman.

  • 4th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry Militia
    "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.

Units 5th through 11th[edit | edit source]

  • 5th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry
    Assembled at Columbus, Mississippi during the summer of 1863.
    Commanded by Colonel James Z. George; Lieutenant Colonels James A. Barksdale, P.H. Echols, W.M. Reed, and Nathaniel Wickliffe; and Majors W.G. Henderson and William B. Perry.
Associated unit:
19th (George's) Cavalry Battalion, organized during the late summer of 1863.
Disbanded early in 1864.
Some members joined the 5th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment.
Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James Z. George was its commander.

  • 6th Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry
    "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.

  • 6th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry
    Organized late in 1863.
    Mustered into Confederate service in January 1864. 
    Consolidated with the 8th Mississippi Cavalry in February 1865.
    Surrendered in May 1865. 
    Commanded by Colonel Isham Harrison, Lieutenant Colonels Thomas C. Lipscomb and Thomas M. Nelson, and Major R.G. Brown.

  • 6th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry Reserve
    "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.

  • 7th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry [Also known as 1st Partisan Rangers]
    Organized during the early summer of 1862.
    Surrendered on May 4,1865. 
    Commanded by Colonels William C. Falkner and Samuel M. Hyams, Jr., Lieutenant Colonels L.B. Hovis and James M. Park, and Majors W.L. Davis and William N. Stansell.

  • 8th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry [Also called the 19th Regiment or Battalion]
    Formed in July, 1864, by consolidating the six-company 19th Battalion Mississippi Cavalry and four companies raised behind Federal lines. 
    Consolidated with the 6th Mississippi Cavalry in February 1865.
    Surrendered in May.
    Commanded by Colonel William L. Duff, Lieutenant Colonel William L. Walker, and Major Thomas A. Mitchell.
Predecessor unit:
19th (Duff's) Cavalry Battalion organized during the late summer of 1863 with six companies. 
Merged into the 8th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment on July 19, 1864. 
Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel William L. Duff and Major William L. Walker.

  • 9th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry
    Formed in December, 1864 by consolidating the 17th Mississippi and 17th Tennessee Cavalry Battalions. 
    Surrendered in May, 1865. 
    Commanded by Colonel Horace H. Miller, Lieutenant Colonel Abner C. Steede, and Major E.J. Sanders.

  • 10th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry
    "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.

  • 11th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry
    Formed during the spring of 1864 using Perrin's Battalion State Cavalry as its nucleus.
    Surrendered on May 4, 1865. 
    Commanded by Colonel Robert O. Perrin, Lieutenant Colonel H.L. Muldrow, and Major Abner Reed.

  • 11th Consolidated Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry
    "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.

Units 12th through 19th[edit | edit source]

Units 20th through 41st[edit | edit source]

Units A through C[edit | edit source]

Units D through G[edit | edit source]

Units H through L[edit | edit source]

2nd Cavalry Battalion was organized at Manassas, Virginia, in October, 1861.
Merged into the Jeff. Davis Mississippi Cavalry Legion in January, 1862.
Commanded by Major William T. Martin.

Units M through R[edit | edit source]

Units S through Z[edit | edit source]

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