11th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment explained

Unit Name:	11th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment
Dates:	1863–1865
Disbanded:	May 1865
Nickname:	"Perrin's regiment"
Battles:	American Civil War Meridian Expedition Atlanta Campaign Savannah Campaign Campaign of the Carolinas
Battles Label:	Battles
Commander1 Label:	Commanding officers

The 11th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment (also known as "Perrin's regiment") was a cavalry formation in the Western Theater of the American Civil War commanded by Colonel Robert O. Perrin from 1863 to March 1865, when he resigned, and Lieutenant Colonel Henry L. Muldrow until it was disbanded in May 1865.

History

The regiment was organized and mustered into Confederate service on October 6, 1863, in North and Middle Mississippi from new and existing companies of mounted men as Perrin's Mississippi Cavalry Battalion, Mississippi State Troops. It was expanded, reorganized, and redesignated Perrin's Mississippi Cavalry Regiment on December 23, 1863. The regiment took part in the Atlanta Campaign and the Carolinas Campaign. It was redesignated 11th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment on March 20, 1865, and disbanded in May.^{[1] [2]}

Regimental order of battle

Units of Perrin's regiment included:

• Company A
• Company B
• Company C
• Company D
• Company E
• Company F
• Company G
• Company H (Chickasaw Rangers)^[3]
• Company I (Barksdale Avengers)
• Company K^[1]

See also

• List of Confederate units from Mississippi

Bibliography

• Campbell . W. A. . December 1920 . Cunningham . S. A. . Sumner Archibald Cunningham . Humors of the March . . I . 7 . Nashville, Tenn. . S. A. Cunningham . 216 . 1564663 . Internet Archive.
• Douglas . G. M. . December 1920 . Cunningham . S. A. . Sumner Archibald Cunningham . A Skirmish at Lost Mountain . . XXVIII . 12 . Nashville, Tenn. . S. A. Cunningham . 452 . 1564663 . Internet Archive.
• Lee . Stephen D. . Stephen D. Lee . 1909 . Riley . Franklin L. . Franklin Lafayette Riley Jr. . The War in Mississippi After the Fall of Vicksburg, July 4, 1863 . Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society . X . Oxford, Mississippi . . 47–62 . 0885-792X . 10020861 . 22890925M . Internet Archive.
• Roby . William A. . October 1908 . Cunningham . S. A. . Sumner Archibald Cunningham . Scouting in Georgia . . XVI . 10 . Nashville, Tenn. . S. A. Cunningham . 519–520 . 1564663 . Internet Archive.

Notes and References

1. Book: Rowland, Dunbar . Dunbar Rowland . 1978 . 1st pub. Mississippi Department of Archives and History:1908 . Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898 . Spartanburg, South Carolina . The Reprint Company . 422–424, 538 . 978-0-87152-266-5 . 78-2454 . 3706088 . 8348111M.
2. Book: Estes, Claud . 1912 . List of Field Officers, Regiments and Battalions in the Confederate States Army, 1861-1865 . Macon, Georgia . J. W. Burke Company . 32 . 26020215 . 1728286 . 6694735M . Internet Archive.
3. Book: Lipscomb, Dr. W. L. . 1909 . Young . Mrs. Georgia P. . A History of Columbus, Mississippi, During the 19th Century . Birmingham, Ala. . Press of Dispatch Printing Co. . 163 . 16025391 . 1738745 . 6592630M . Internet Archive.