13th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry

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Brief History

13th Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Corinth, Mississippi, in May, 1861. Its members were raised in the counties of Lauderdale, Winston, Wayne, Attala, Newton, Chickasaw, Kemper, and Clarke. Surrendered on April 9, 1865. The field officers were Colonels William Barksdale, James W. Carter, and Kennon McElroy; Lieutenant Colonels John M. Bradley, Alfred G. O'Brien, and M. Whitaker; and Majors George L. Donald and Isham Harrison.

• The 13th Mississippi Infantry Internet site has a longer history taken from Dunbar Rowland's Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898.
  
• Further details can be found at the 13th Mississippi Infantry Regiment Internet site.

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.

Company A - [Co. B first year] Winston Guards (raised in Winston County)
Company B - [Co. C first year] Wayne Rifles, aka Wayne Guards (raised in Wayne County)
Company C - [Co. F first year] Kemper Legion (raised in Kemper County)
Company D - [Co. E first year] Newton Rifles (raised in Newton County)
Company E - [Co. A first year] Alamutcha Infantry (raised in Lauderdale County)
Company F - [Co. G first year] Lauderdale Zouaves (raised in Lauderdale County)
Company G - [Co. I first year] Secessionists (raised in Clarke County)
Company H - [Co. K first year] Spartan Band (raised in Chickasaw County)
Company I - [Co. D first year] Minute Men of Attala (raised in Attala County)
Company K - [Co. H first year] Pettus Guards (raised in Lauderdale County)

Source Material

• 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).
  
  
• 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).