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=== Regiment Companies with the County of Origin === | === 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. | 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. | ||
COMPANIES COMPRISING THE 3RD BATTALION MS INFANTRY: | COMPANIES COMPRISING THE 3RD BATTALION MS INFANTRY: | ||
Company A - Duncan Riflemen (raised in Simpson County | [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mscivilw/3rdbnmsinf.htm 3rd Bn. Mississippi Infantry] Internet site has a battalion roster arranged alphabetically within each company. | ||
Company A - Duncan Riflemen (raised in Simpson County) <br>Company B - Insurgents (raised in Itawamba County) [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~unitycem/3rdbattn.html Roster with details]<br>Company C - Raymond Minute Men (raised in Hinds County) <br>Company D - Choctaw Rough & Ready Company (raised in Choctaw County)<br> Company E - McNair Rifles, aka Pike County Rifles (raised in Pike County) <br>Company F - Tippah Highlanders (raised in Tippah County) <br>Company G - Mississippi Volunteers (raised in Pontotoc County) <br>Company H - Capt. Roberts’ Company [27th AL Infantry] (raised in AL)<br>Company I - Capt. Wright’s Company [27th AL Infantry] (raised in AL)<br>Company K [sic] - Capt. Charlton’s Independent Company (raised in Hinds County) | |||
=== Source Material === | === Source Material === | ||
*[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. | *[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. | ||
*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). | *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).<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> | ||
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