3d Mississippi Cavalry Regiment
3d Mississippi Cavalry Regiment | |
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Active | 1863–65 |
Disbanded | May 12, 1865 |
Country | Confederate States |
Allegiance | Mississippi |
Branch | Army |
Type | Cavalry |
Size | Regiment |
Nickname(s) | "Third Mississippi" |
Facings | Yellow |
Battles |
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Commanders | |
Commanding officer | Col. John McGuirk |
The 3d Mississippi Cavalry Regiment (also known as the "Third Mississippi") was a
History
The regiment was established 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] In the summer and fall of 1863 the Regiment served in North Mississippi and Tennessee, opposing Federal cavalry raids, and taking part in various counter-raids against Union-controlled railroads and garrisons, including the First Battle of Collierville in October 1863 and numerous other skirmishes.[3]
It was reorganized in April, 1864, and
Regimental order of battle
Units of the 3d Mississippi Cavalry Regiment included:[5]
- Company A
- Company B
- Company C
- Company D
- Company E
- Company F
- Company G
- Company H
- Company I
- Company K
See also
Notes
References
Bibliography
- Allardice, Bruce S. (2008). Confederate Colonels: A Biographical Register. Columbia: OL 16839816M.
- Jordon, [Brig.] Gen. Thomas; Pryor, J. P. (1868). The Campaigns of Lieut.-Gen. N.B. Forrest, and of Forrest's Cavalry, with Portraits, Maps and Illustrations. New Orleans, La., Memphis, Tenn., and New York: Bielock & Company. OL 22938592M.
- Roberts, Bobby; Moneyhon, Carl (1993). Portraits of Conflict: A Photographic History of Mississippi in the Civil War. Fayetteville: OL 1718833M.
- Smith, Timothy B. (2012). James Z. George: Mississippi's Great Commoner. Jackson: University of Mississippi Press. OL 25343440M.