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The Model 1841 was replaced by the minie ball firing Springfield Model 1855, which became the standard issue weapon for regular army infantry, and ultimately the Springfield Model 1861 and Model 1863. By the time of the Civil War, the Mississippi Rifle was generally considered old-fashioned but effective. It was carried by some Union troops up ...
Captain George Leoni, 1st Battalion Mississippi Mounted Rifles. Transferred from 4th Illinois Cavalry Regiment. The battalion was organized in Memphis, Tennessee, in March 1864, [3] and consisted of Unionist and anti-Confederate volunteers from Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas and Alabama. Vicksburg, [4] Memphis, [2] and Corinth were recruiting ...
The Civil War in the Trans-Mississippi Theater, 1861-1865, United States Army Center of Military History, 2015. Smith, Stacey L. "Beyond North and South: Putting the West in the Civil War and Reconstruction." Journal of the Civil War Era 6.4 (2016): 566–591. online; National Park Service campaign descriptions
During the American Civil War, an assortment of small arms found their way onto the battlefield.Though the muzzleloader percussion cap rifled musket was the most numerous weapon, being standard issue for the Union and Confederate armies, many other firearms, ranging from the single-shot breech-loading Sharps and Burnside rifles to the Spencer and the Henry rifles - two of the world's first ...
Franklin-Nashville Campaign. Carolinas Campaign. The 3rd Mississippi Infantry Regiment was a Confederate military unit from Mississippi. Composed of volunteers from the Mississippi Gulf Coast, the 3rd Regiment was initially assigned to coastal defense, before taking part in numerous campaigns of the Western theater of the American Civil War.
The " Mississippi Rifles " [1] or the 155th Infantry Regiment, is Mississippi 's oldest National Guard unit. Its history predates statehood, back to June 1799, and it is the seventh oldest infantry regiment in the United States Army. [citation needed] They patrolled the frontiers of the Mississippi Territory, captured Aaron Burr, defended Fort ...
The 5th Mississippi Infantry Regiment was a regiment of infantry in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The 5th Regiment was composed of volunteer companies from central Mississippi and assembled in the fall of 1861 by Colonel Albert E. Fant. After taking heavy casualties in battles in Georgia and Tennessee, the regiment ...
The 6th Mississippi Infantry Regiment was a unit of the Confederate States Army that fought in many battles of the Western theater of the American Civil War.After taking heavy casualties at the Battle of Shiloh, the 6th Regiment fought in the Vicksburg Campaign, operations against anti-Confederate guerillas in Jones County, Mississippi, the Atlanta campaign, and the Franklin-Nashville campaign.