2nd Battalion, Mississippi State Cavalry (Harris's)

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Brief History

the 2nd Battalion, Mississippi State Cavalry, also called Harris's, was organized for State service, in the fall of 1863 in Northeast Mississippi. It was later reorganized under the direction of General Gholson and transferred to the Confederate States service May 1, 1864. It was commanded by Major Thomas W. Harris.

• The 2nd Battalion State Cavalry (Harris’) Internet site has a brief history taken from Dunbar Rowland's Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898.
• "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.

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 - Weatherall’s Company (raised in Pontotoc County)
Company B - Wood’s Company (raised in Pontotoc County)
Company C - Moore’s Company (raised in Monroe County) & Rye’s Compay (raised in Pontotoc County)
Carpenter’s Company (no letter designation or county of origin specified)

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).