2nd Regiment, Mississippi State Cavalry

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Brief History

The 2nd Regiment, Mississippi State Cavalry was organized for state service on April 1863 and
transferred to confederate service April 30, 1864. It was consolidated March 20, 1865 with Ashcroft's, Ham's, and Lowry's Cavalry Regiment. Some of the officer's were Colonels J.P. Smith of State troops, William L. Lowry, of Confederate States troops, Lieutenant-Colonels William L. Lowry, Joseph A. Johnson. Major L.L. Marshall.

• The 2nd Mississippi State Cavalry (Smith’s/Lowry’s), (aka 6th MS State Cavalry / aka Smith’s Regiment Partisan Rangers), Internet site has a longer history taken from Dunbar Rowland's Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898.

• A timeline of assignments follows a similar history of the Mississippi: 2nd Cavalry Regiment (State Troops) on The American Civil War Internet site.

"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 - Citizen Guards (raised in Tippah County)
Company B - Johnson Partisans (raised in Chickasaw County)
Company C - Martin’s Company (raised in Monroe County); also, Tuscumbia Rangers
Company D - Wilson’s Company (raised in Pontotoc County)
Company E - Mississippi Rangers (raised in Pontotoc County)
Company F - Johnson’s Company (raised in Monroe County)
Company G - Isbell’s Company (raised in Chickasaw County)
Company H - J.V. Harris Guards (raised in Monroe County)
Company I - Clarke’s Company (raised in Chickasaw County)
Company K - Pettus Rangers (raised in Tippah & neighboring counties)
Company L - Lowry’s Company (raised in Tishomingo & neighboring counties)

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).