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The Mississippi State Troops were military units formed by the Mississippi Legislature for State defense (rather than Confederate service) during the American Civil War.Five infantry regiments, four infantry battalions, and one cavalry battalion were drafted from the Mississippi militia in 1862.
Flag of Mississippi, 1861-1865. 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.
The Army of 10,000 was a hastily-assembled volunteer unit of Mississippi troops in the American Civil War sent to support Confederate forces in Kentucky during the winter of 1861-1862. Despite the name, this organization amounted to less than 5,000 troops.
Colonel Phillips and scores of other men died of disease while stationed near Pensacola. The depleted regiment fought in the Battle of Santa Rosa Island in October 1861. In February 1862, the regiment was sent back to Mississippi, where it was brigaded with other Mississippi troops under the overall command of Col. James R. Chalmers. The term ...
His expeditionary force of 32,000 troops was organized into four divisions, commanded by Brig. Gens. Andrew J. Smith, Morgan L. Smith, George W. Morgan, and Frederick Steele. [4] Grant's wing marched south down the Mississippi Central Railroad, making a forward base at Holly Springs. He planned a two-pronged assault in the direction of Vicksburg.
This is a list of units from Mississippi that served in the Union during the American Civil War. Only a single unit of white Union troops was raised within the state, along with several regiments of African-American volunteers , eventually becoming part of the United States Colored Troops .
On October 25, Grant assumed command of the Department of Tennessee and a week later he started the Vicksburg campaign. [2] By the end of October, Grant massed almost 50,000 Federal troops around Memphis and Corinth, Mississippi. [3] Grant planned to move south along the Mississippi Central Railroad with 40,000 troops. [2]
The regiment was sent to Hopkinsville, Kentucky in October to reinforce General Albert Sidney Johnston, and then sent in February 1862 to Fort Donelson, Tennessee under General Gideon Johnson Pillow. The first major action of the 1st Regiment was at Battle of Fort Donelson , where it was involved in heavy fighting and captured by General ...