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 === Brief History  ===
-rd Infantry Regiment, organized in the spring of 1861 at Enterprise, Mississippi, contained men from Hancock, Newton, Hines, Yazoo, Harrison, Copiah, Jackson, and Sunflower counties. surrendered with the Army of Tennessee. The field officers were Colonels John B. Deason and Thomas A. Mellon; Lieutenant Colonels Samuel M. Dyer, Robert Eager, James B. McRae, and E.A. Peyton; and Major William H. Morgan. <br><br>
+rd Infantry Regiment, organized in the spring of 1861 at Enterprise, Mississippi, contained men from Hancock, Newton, Hines, Yazoo, Harrison, Copiah, Jackson, and Sunflower counties. surrendered with the Army of Tennessee. The field officers were Colonels John B. Deason and Thomas A. Mellon; Lieutenant Colonels Samuel M. Dyer, Robert Eager, James B. McRae, and E.A. Peyton; and Major William H. Morgan. <ref>National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System] (accessed 11 January 2011)</ref><br><br>
 *The [http://www.mississippiscv.org/MS_Units/3rd_MS_INF.htm 3rd Regiment, Mississippi Infantry ]Internet site has a longer history taken from Dunbar Rowland's Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898. <br>
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 Company A - Live Oak Rifles (raised in [[Jackson County, Mississippi#Military|Jackson County]])<br>Company B - Sunflower Dispersers (raised in [[Sunflower County, Mississippi#Military|Sunflower County]]) [also listed as Co. E] <br>Company C - Downing Rifles (raised in [[Hinds County, Mississippi#Military|Hinds County]]) [also listed as Co. I]<br>Company D - Chunkey Heroes (raised in [[Newton County, Mississippi#Military|Newton County]]) [also listed as Co. B]<br>Company E - Biloxi Rifles, aka Biloxi Rifle Guards (raised in [[Harrison County, Mississippi#Military|Harrison County]]) [also listed as Co. F]<br>Company F - Shieldsboro Rifles (raised in [[Hancock County, Mississippi#Military|Hancock County]]) [also listed as Co. H]<br>Company G - Gainesville Volunteers (raised in [[Hancock County, Mississippi#Military|Hancock County]]) [also listed as Co. K]<br>Company H - Dahlgren Guards (raised in [[Harrison County, Mississippi#Military|Harrison County]]) [also listed as Co. D]<br>Company I - John M. Sharps, aka Yazoo Rebels (raised in [[Yazoo County, Mississippi#Military|Yazoo County]]) [also listed as Co. C]<br>Company K - McWillie Blues (raised in [[Copiah County, Mississippi#Military|Copiah County)]] [also listed as Co. A]
-=== Source Material  ===
+=== 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>
-*[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. <br><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>
+=== Reference ===
+<references />
 [[Category:Mississippi_-_Military_-_Civil_War,_1861-1865]]