Mississippi Civil War Rifle Confederate Units

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The information in this list of Mississippi Military Units comes from the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors web site (CWSS). That web site can also be searched by the name of a soldier.

  • 9th Battalion, Mississippi Sharpshooters [Also called 8th Battalion Mississippi Infantry / Chalmer's Sharpshooters]
    Organized during the fall of 1862. 
    Mustered into Confederate service at Jackson, Mississippi. 
    Surrendered on April 26, 1865.
    Commanded by Major William C. Richards.

  • 10th Regiment, Mississippi Rifles
    "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.

  • 15th Battalion, Mississippi Sharpshooters (Hawkins')
    Organized during the late summer of 1862 at Chattanooga, Tennessee. 
    Disbanded December 1863. The men joined other Mississippi units.
    Commanded by Major A.T. Hawkins.