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=== Brief History === | === Brief History === | ||
2nd Infantry Battalion was organized at Jackson, Mississippi, during the summer of 1861 with five companies, later increased to six. In Novemer, 1862, additional companies joined the unit, and it became the 48th Mississippi | 2nd Infantry Battalion was organized at Jackson, Mississippi, during the summer of 1861 with five companies, later increased to six. In Novemer, 1862, additional companies joined the unit, and it became the [[48th_Regiment,_Mississippi_Infantry|48th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry]]. Its commanders were Lieutenant Colonels Thomas B. Manlove, John G. Taylor, and William S. Wilson. | ||
The [http://mississippiscv.org/MS_Units/48th_MS_INF.htm 2nd Battalion Mississippi Infantry/48th Regiment Mississippi Infantry] Internet site has a longer history taken from Dunbar Rowland's Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898. | The [http://mississippiscv.org/MS_Units/48th_MS_INF.htm 2nd Battalion Mississippi Infantry/48th Regiment Mississippi Infantry] Internet site has a longer history taken from Dunbar Rowland's Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898. | ||