List of Mississippi Civil War Confederate units explained

See main article: Mississippi in the American Civil War. This is a list of Mississippi Civil War Confederate Units, which fought for the Confederacy in the American Civil War. State Troops units that served Mississippi rather than the Confederate Army are also included here. The list of Union Mississippi units is shown separately.

Confederate army

Infantry

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1st Infantry 2nd Infantry 3rd Infantry 4th Infantry 5th Infantry 6th Infantry 7th Infantry 8th Infantry 9th Infantry 10th Infantry 11th Infantry University Grays (Company A) 12th Infantry 13th Infantry 14th Infantry 15th Infantry 16th Infantry 17th Infantry

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18th Infantry 19th Infantry 20th Infantry 21st Infantry 22nd Infantry 23rd Infantry 24th Infantry 25th Infantry 26th Infantry 27th Infantry 29th Infantry 30th Infantry 31st Infantry 32nd Infantry 33rd Infantry 34th Infantry 35th Infantry 36th Infantry

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37th Infantry 38th Infantry 39th Infantry 40th Infantry 41st Infantry 42nd Infantry 43rd Infantry 44th Infantry 45th Infantry 46th Infantry 48th Infantry 2nd Battalion, Infantry (see 48th Infantry) 3rd Battalion, Infantry 5th Battalion, Infantry 7th Battalion, Infantry 8th Battalion, Infantry

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Sharpshooters

• 1st Battalion, Sharp Shooters
• 9th Battalion Sharp Shooters
• 15th Battalion, Sharp Shooters

Cavalry

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1st Cavalry 2nd Cavalry 3rd Cavalry 4th Cavalry 5th Cavalry 6th Cavalry 7th Cavalry (see 1st Partisan Rangers) 8th Cavalry (see 4th Battalion Cavalry) 9th Cavalry 10th Cavalry 11th (Ashcraft's) Cavalry 11th (Perrin's) Cavalry 12th Cavalry 14th Cavalry 18th Cavalry

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Wirt Adams' Cavalry Regiment Jeff. Davis Legion Ham's Regiment, Cavalry Power's Regiment, Cavalry Yerger's Regiment, Cavalry 1st (Miller's) Battalion, Cavalry 3rd (Ashcraft's) Battalion, Cavalry 4th Battalion, Cavalry 6th Battalion, Cavalry 17th Battalion, Cavalry 24th Battalion, Cavalry Garland's Battalion, Cavalry Hughes' Battalion, Cavalry Stockdale's Battalion, Cavalry Street's Battalion, Cavalry

American Indian battalion

• 1st Choctaw Battalion, Cavalry & Infantry

Artillery

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1st Light Artillery 14th Battalion Artillery Buckner Battery Confederate Guards Artillery English's Battery Jefferson Flying Artillery Madison Light Artillery

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Pettus Flying Artillery Quitman Light Artillery Seven Stars Artillery Smith's-Turner's Battery Stanford's Battery Warren Light Artillery

Partisan Rangers

• 1st (Falkner's) Partisan Rangers
• 2nd (Ballentine's) Partisan Rangers
• 12th Battalion, Partisan Rangers (see 10th Cavalry)
• 18th Battalion, Partisan Rangers (see 18th Cavalry)
• Outlaw's Battalion, Partisan Rangers

State Troops

See main article: Mississippi State Troops. State Troops regiments were created beginning at the time of secession in January 1861, consisting of units that were mustered into the service of Mississippi rather than the Confederate Army. These units were reorganized in 1862 into infantry and cavalry regiments. In 1864 a second call for State Troops was issued by Governor Charles Clark, and new regiments were formed. Several of the State Troops cavalry regiments were later converted to Confederate service, as noted below.

Short term state units

• Army of 10,000: 5 infantry regiments, 1 battalion. 60-days state service, 1861.

Infantry

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1862 State Troops: 1st Infantry (King's) 2nd Infantry (Quinn's) 3rd Infantry (Owens') 4th Infantry (Bromley's) 5th Infantry (Robinson's) 1st Battalion Infantry (Harper's) 2nd Battalion Infantry (Cook's) 3rd Battalion Infantry (Burgin's) 4th Battalion Infantry (Fairley's/Postletwait's)

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1864 State Troops: 1st Infantry (Patton's) 2nd Infantry (Chandler's) 3rd Infantry (Summerville's) 1st Battalion Infantry (Harper's)

Cavalry

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1862 State Troops: 1st Cavalry (Blythe's) 2nd Cavalry (Smith's/Lowry's), transferred to Confederate service as the 6th Cavalry. 3rd Cavalry (McGuirk's), transferred to Confederate service as the 3d Cavalry. 3rd Battalion Cavalry (Ashcraft's), transferred to Confederate service as Ashcraft's Battalion. Davenport's Battalion Dunn's Battalion Forrest's Battalion Ham's Battalion, transferred to Confederate service and consolidated with Ashcraft's Battalion. Harris' Battalion Perrin's Battalion, transferred to Confederate service as the 11th Cavalry.

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1864 State Troops: 1st Cavalry (Foote's) 2nd Cavalry (Hill's) 3rd Cavalry (Easterling's) 4th Cavalry (Fisher's) 1st Battalion Cavalry (McNair's) 3rd Battalion Cavalry Pettus' Battalion Cavalry

Reserves

• 1st Regiment Cavalry Reserves
• 2nd Battalion Cavalry Reserves
• 3rd Battalion Cavalry Reserves
• Gamblin's Battalion Cavalry Reserves
• Montgomery's Battalion Cavalry Reserves
• Moorman's Battalion Cavalry Reserves
• Peyton's Battalion Cavalry Reserves
• Stubb's Battalion Cavalry Reserves

See also

• Lists of American Civil War Regiments by State

References

• Book: Sifakis, Stewart . 1995 . Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Mississippi . New York . Facts On File . 978-0-8160-2291-5.
• Book: Rowland, Dunbar. . 1908 . The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi, Volume 2 . Mississippi Department of Archives and History .