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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 regiment was organized on June 9, 1863, in the Mississippi State Troops at Panola of cavalry from new and existing companies, as the 3d Mississippi State Cavalry Regiment and assigned to the 5th Military District, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. [2]
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. The list of Confederate Mississippi units is shown ...
The unit designations (First Regiment, Second Regiment, etc.) were later reused by other Mississippi regiments in Confederate service as well as units of the Mississippi State Troops after the Army of 10,000 was disbanded. Most of the men joined regular Confederate regiments after the Army returned to Mississippi.
The 3rd Mississippi then took part in the Franklin–Nashville campaign in the fall of 1864. Lieutenant Colonel Samuel M. Dyer was wounded during fierce fighting in the Battle of Franklin. [2] After the defeat at the Battle of Nashville, the 3rd retreated to Mississippi. Losses in the Atlanta and Tennessee campaigns had reduced the Regiment to ...
The 52nd United States Colored Infantry was an infantry regiment composed of African-American troops recruited from Mississippi that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. On July 4, 1864, the 52nd Colored Infantry fought a battle at Coleman's Plantation in Jefferson County, Mississippi .
Company E of the regiment was formed of teenage volunteers, mainly students at Mississippi College at Clinton. [2] Erasmus Burt, formerly the state auditor, was made colonel of the regiment. The troops immediately proceeded via rail to Virginia, where the 18th took part in the First Battle of Bull Run in July.