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2nd Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry (view source)
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2nd Cavalry Regiment [also called 4th and 42nd Regiment] was organized during the spring of 1863. It was formerly the 47th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, which never completed its organization. Its members were from the counties of Adams, Choctaw, Newton, Lee, Lauderdale, Pontotoc, Kemper, and Hinds. Some of the men were captured in the fight at Selma, and only a remnant surrendered with the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana. The field officers were Colonels Edward Dillon and J.L. McCarty, Lieutenant Colonel James Gordon, and Majors J.L. Harris and John J. Perry. | 2nd Cavalry Regiment [also called 4th and 42nd Regiment] was organized during the spring of 1863. It was formerly the 47th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, which never completed its organization. Its members were from the counties of Adams, Choctaw, Newton, Lee, Lauderdale, Pontotoc, Kemper, and Hinds. Some of the men were captured in the fight at Selma, and only a remnant surrendered with the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana. The field officers were Colonels Edward Dillon and J.L. McCarty, Lieutenant Colonel James Gordon, and Majors J.L. Harris and John J. Perry. | ||
The [http://www.mississippiscv.org/MS_Units/2nd_MS_Cav.htm 2nd Mississippi Cavalry] Internet site has a longer history taken from Dunbar Rowland's ''Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898.'' | *The [http://www.mississippiscv.org/MS_Units/2nd_MS_Cav.htm 2nd Mississippi Cavalry] Internet site has a longer history taken from Dunbar Rowland's ''Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898.'' | ||
*A timeline of military assigments is found following a history on [http://www.mycivilwar.com/regiments/csa-ms/ms_cav_02_reg.html The American Civil War] Internet site. | |||
A timeline of military assigments is found following a history on [http://www.mycivilwar.com/regiments/csa-ms/ms_cav_02_reg.html The American Civil War] Internet site. | |||
=== Regiment Companies with the County of Origin === | === Regiment Companies with the County of Origin === | ||