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The [http://www.mississippiscv.org/MS_Units/8th_MS_INF.htm 8th Mississippi Infantry] Internet site has a longer history taken from Dunbar Rowland's Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898. | The [http://www.mississippiscv.org/MS_Units/8th_MS_INF.htm 8th Mississippi Infantry] Internet site has a longer history taken from Dunbar Rowland's Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898. | ||
An additional history with links to company rosters is found on [http://www.datasync.com/~davidg59/8th_miss.html History of the 8th Mississippi Infantry Regiment ]Internet site. | An additional history with links to company rosters is found on [http://www.datasync.com/~davidg59/8th_miss.html History of the 8th Mississippi Infantry Regiment ]Internet site. | ||
=== Regiment Companies with the County of Origin === | === Regiment Companies with the County of Origin === | ||
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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. | 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 - Yankee Terrors (raised in Smith County) see [http://www.datasync.com/~davidg59/8th_a.txt Roster]<br>Company B - Pinckney Guards (raised in Newton County) [also listed as Co. I] see [http://www.datasync.com/~davidg59/8th_b.txt Roster]<br>Company C - True Confederates (raised in Smith County) [also listed as Co. D] see [http://www.datasync.com/~davidg59/8th_c.txt Roster]<br>Company D - Moody True Blues (raised in Clarke County) [also listed as Co. F] see [http://www.datasync.com/~davidg59/8th_d.txt Roster]<br>Company E - Tallahoma Hardshells (raised in Jasper & Lauderdale Counties) [also listed as Co. H] see [http://www.datasync.com/~davidg59/8th_e.txt Roster]<br>Company F - Clarke County Rangers (raised in Clarke County) [also listed as Co. K] see [http://www.datasync.com/~davidg59/8th_f.txt Roster]<br>Company G - Tolson Guards (raised in Jasper County) [also listed as Co. E] see [http://www.datasync.com/~davidg59/8th_g.txt Roster]<br>Company H - Southern Sentinels (raised in Lauderdale County) [also listed as Co. B] see [http://www.datasync.com/~davidg59/8th_h.txt Roster]<br>Company I - Confederate Guards (raised in Lauderdale County) [also listed as Co. G] see [http://www.datasync.com/~davidg59/8th_i.txt Roster]<br>Company K - Elllisville Invincibles, aka Jones County Invincibles (raised in Jones County) [also listed as Co. C] see [http://www.datasync.com/~davidg59/8th_k.txt Roster] | Company A - Yankee Terrors (raised in Smith County) see [http://www.datasync.com/~davidg59/8th_a.txt Roster]<br>Company B - Pinckney Guards (raised in Newton County) [also listed as Co. I] see [http://www.datasync.com/~davidg59/8th_b.txt Roster]<br>Company C - True Confederates (raised in Smith County) [also listed as Co. D] see [http://www.datasync.com/~davidg59/8th_c.txt Roster]<br>Company D - Moody True Blues (raised in Clarke County) [also listed as Co. F] see [http://www.datasync.com/~davidg59/8th_d.txt Roster]<br>Company E - Tallahoma Hardshells (raised in Jasper & Lauderdale Counties) [also listed as Co. H] see [http://www.datasync.com/~davidg59/8th_e.txt Roster]<br>Company F - Clarke County Rangers (raised in Clarke County) [also listed as Co. K] see [http://www.datasync.com/~davidg59/8th_f.txt Roster]<br>Company G - Tolson Guards (raised in [[Jasper_County,_Mississippi#Military|Jasper County]]) [also listed as Co. E] see [http://www.datasync.com/~davidg59/8th_g.txt Roster], another [http://www.izzy.net/~michaelg/8ms-g.html Roster]<br>Company H - Southern Sentinels (raised in Lauderdale County) [also listed as Co. B] see [http://www.datasync.com/~davidg59/8th_h.txt Roster]<br>Company I - Confederate Guards (raised in Lauderdale County) [also listed as Co. G] see [http://www.datasync.com/~davidg59/8th_i.txt Roster]<br>Company K - Elllisville Invincibles, aka Jones County Invincibles (raised in Jones County) [also listed as Co. C] see [http://www.datasync.com/~davidg59/8th_k.txt Roster] | ||
=== Source Material === | === Source Material === | ||