Mississippi Civil War Cavalry Confederate Units

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Units 1st and 2nd

 * 1st Choctaw Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry Organized at Jackson, Mississippi, during the summer of 1862. Disbanded on June 9, 1863.


 * 1st Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry (Miller's) Formed during the summer of 1861. Merged into Lindsay's Mississippi Cavalry Regiment April 2, 1862.


 * 1st Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry (State Troops) (Ham's) [Also known as Ham's Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry / 16th Battalion State Cavalry] Organized May 18, 1863 at Guntown. Re-inlisted in early 1864 in the State service and transferred in May to the Confederate States service. "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 1st Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry Reserves (Denis') [Also known as 1st Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry Denis'] Commanded by Colonel Jules C. Denis, Lieutenant-Colonel D. W. Metts, and Major J. F. Meston.


 * 1st Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry (Lindsay's) (Pinson's) Assembled during the spring of 1862. Surrendered in May, 1865. Commanded by Colonel R.A. Pinson, Lieutenant Colonel F.A. Montgomery, and Majors John S. Simmons and E.G. Wheeler.


 * 1st Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry Reserves (Denis'), [Also known as 1st Battalion Mississippi Cavalry Reserves (Denis')]. Commanded by Colonel Jules C. Denis, Lieutenant-Colonel D. W. Metts, and Major J. F. Meston. "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 2nd Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry Reserves "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 2nd Battalion, Mississippi State Cavalry (Harris's) Organized for State service, in the fall of 1863 in Northeast Mississippi. Reorganized under the direction of General Gholson and transferred to the Confederate States service May 1, 1864. Commanded by Major Thomas W. Harris, Adjutant James Moore, Quartermaster Carroll Ferguson, Surgeon John E. Turner. "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 2nd Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry [Also known as 4th and 42nd Regiment] Organized during the spring of 1863. Formerly the 47th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, which never completed its organization. Commanded by Colonels Edward Dillon and J.L. McCarty, Lieutenant Colonel James Gordon, and Majors J.L. Harris and John J. Perry.


 * 2nd Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry Reserves "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 2nd Regiment, Mississippi State Cavalry (Smith’s) (Lowry’) [Also called 6th MS State Cavalry] Organized April 1863 to state service. Transferred to confederate service in May 1864. Consolidated March 20, 1865 with Ashcroft's, Ham's, and Lowry's Cavalry Regiment. Commanded by Colonels J.P. Smith of State troops, William L. Lowry, of Confederate States troops, Lieutenant-Colonels William L. Lowry, Joseph A. Johnson. Major L.L. Marshall. "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.

Units 3rd and 4th

 * 3rd Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry (Ashcraft's) Organized May, 1864, with eight companies. Formed by consolidating the 2nd and 3rd Battalions State Cavalry. Surrendered in May, 1865. Commanded by Colonel Thomas C. Ashcraft, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas W. Harris, and Major E.L. Hawkins.


 * 3rd Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry Reserves "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 3rd Battalion, Mississippi State Cavalry (Cooper's) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 3rd Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry Organized during the spring of 1863 as the 3rd Mississippi State Cavalry . Mustered into Confederate service in April, 1864. Commanded by Colonel John McGuirk, Lieutenant Colonel H.H. Barksdale, and Major Thomas W. Webb.


 * 3rd Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry Reserves "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 3rd Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry (State Troops) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 3rd/14th/38th Consolidated Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 4th Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 4th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry 4th Cavalry Regiment [also called 4th Battalion] Organized during the fall of 1862 by consolidating Hughes' and Stockdale's Mississippi Cavalry Battalions. Commanded by Colonel C.C. Wilbourn, Lieutenant Colonels Cornelius McLaurin and Thomas R. Stockdale, and Major James M. Norman.


 * 4th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry Militia "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.

Units 5th through 11th

 * 5th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry Assembled at Columbus, Mississippi during the summer of 1863. Commanded by Colonel James Z. George; Lieutenant Colonels James A. Barksdale, P.H. Echols, W.M. Reed, and Nathaniel Wickliffe; and Majors W.G. Henderson and William B. Perry.


 * Associated unit: 19th (George's) Cavalry Battalion, organized during the late summer of 1863. Disbanded early in 1864. Some members joined the 5th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment. Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James Z. George was its commander.


 * 6th Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 6th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry Organized late in 1863. Mustered into Confederate service in January 1864. Consolidated with the 8th Mississippi Cavalry in February 1865. Surrendered in May 1865. Commanded by Colonel Isham Harrison, Lieutenant Colonels Thomas C. Lipscomb and Thomas M. Nelson, and Major R.G. Brown.


 * 6th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry Reserve "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 7th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry [Also known as 1st Partisan Rangers] Organized during the early summer of 1862. Surrendered on May 4,1865. Commanded by Colonels William C. Falkner and Samuel M. Hyams, Jr., Lieutenant Colonels L.B. Hovis and James M. Park, and Majors W.L. Davis and William N. Stansell.


 * 8th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry [Also called the 19th Regiment or Battalion] Formed in July, 1864, by consolidating the six-company 19th Battalion Mississippi Cavalry and four companies raised behind Federal lines. Consolidated with the 6th Mississippi Cavalry in February 1865. Surrendered in May. Commanded by Colonel William L. Duff, Lieutenant Colonel William L. Walker, and Major Thomas A. Mitchell.


 * Predecessor unit: 19th (Duff's) Cavalry Battalion organized during the late summer of 1863 with six companies. Merged into the 8th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment on July 19, 1864. Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel William L. Duff and Major William L. Walker.


 * 9th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry Formed in December, 1864 by consolidating the 17th Mississippi and 17th Tennessee Cavalry Battalions. Surrendered in May, 1865. Commanded by Colonel Horace H. Miller, Lieutenant Colonel Abner C. Steede, and Major E.J. Sanders.


 * 10th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 11th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry Formed during the spring of 1864 using Perrin's Battalion State Cavalry as its nucleus. Surrendered on May 4, 1865. Commanded by Colonel Robert O. Perrin, Lieutenant Colonel H.L. Muldrow, and Major Abner Reed.


 * 11th Consolidated Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.

Units 12th through 19th

 * 12th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry [Also called 16th Confederate Cavalry] Organized during the summer of 1863. Commanded by Colonel C.G. Armistead, Lieutenant Colonel Philip B. Spence, and Major William Yerger, Jr.


 * 13th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 14th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 15th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 16th Battalion State Cavalry [Also known as Ham’s 1st Battalion Mississippi State Cavalry]


 * 17th Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry Formed during the early spring of 1863 with two companies, later increased to seven. Later merged into the 9th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment. Commanded by Major Abner C. Steede.


 * 18th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry [Also called 18th Regiment] Organized during the late fall of 1862 with eight companies. Commanded by Colonel Alex. H. Chalmers, Lieutenant Colonel J. Waverly Smith, and Major William R. Mitchell.


 * 19th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 19th Battalion Mississippi Cavalry (Duff's) Organized during the late summer of 1863 with six companies. Merged into the 8th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment on July 19, 1864. Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel William L. Duff and Major William L. Walker.

Units 20th through 41st

 * 20th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 22nd Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 24th Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry (Moorman's) Crute's compendium contains no history for this unit. See Mormon's Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry.


 * 26th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 27th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit. 125


 * 28th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry Formed during the spring of 1862. January, 1862, its designation was changed to 2nd Confederate Infantry Regiment. Commanded by Colonels John D. Martin and Edward F. McGehee, and Major Thomas H. Mangum.


 * 30th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 31st Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 34th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 38th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry Formed during the summer of 1862. Surrendered in May, 1865. Commanded by Colonels Fleming W. Adams and Preston Brent, Lieutenant Colonel Walter L. Keirn, and Majors Franklin W. Foxworth adn R.C. McCay.


 * 41st Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.

Units A through C

 * Abbott's Company, Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Adams' Company, Mississippi (Holmes County Independent) Wirt Adams' Cavalry Regiment [also called 1st Mississippi Cavalry] was organized during the summer of 1861. Mustered into Confederate service at Jackson, Mississippi. Surrendered in May, 1865. Commanded by Colonels Wirt Adams and Robert C. Wood, Jr.; Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Lewers; and Majors Stephen B. Cleveland, James Hagan, and Isaac F. Harrison.


 * Ashby's Company, Mississippi Cavalry Reserves "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Ashcraft's, see 3rd Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry


 * Ballentine's, see 2nd Regiment, Mississippi Partisans (2nd Partisan Rangers Cavalry)


 * Bowen's Company, Mississippi Cavalry (Chulahoma Cavalry) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Brown's Company, Mississippi Cavalry (Foster Creek Rangers) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Buck's Company, Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Butler's Company, Mississippi Cavalry Reserves "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Collins' Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Cooper's, see 3rd Battalion, Mississippi State Cavalry


 * Cox's Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Crumby's Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.

Units D through G

 * Davenport's Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry (State Troops) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Denis', see 1st Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry Reserves also 1st Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry Reserves


 * Drane's Company, Mississippi Cavalry (Choctaw County Reserves) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Duncan's Company, Mississippi Cavalry (Tishimingo Rangers) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Dunn's Company, Mississippi Cavalry (Mississippi Rangers) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * English's Company, Mississippi Light Artillery Quitman Light Artillery was organized in Quitman County, Mississippi, during May, 1862. Captured in July 1863 and after the exchange it was not reorganized. Commanded by Richard T. English and William S. Lovell.


 * Fay's Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Gamblin's Company, Mississippi Cavalry (State Troops) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Garland's Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Gartley's Company, Mississippi Cavalry (Yazoo Rangers) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Gibson's Company, Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Gillam's Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Gordon's Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Grace's Company, Mississippi Cavalry (State Troops) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.

Units H through L

 * Hamer's Company, Mississippi Cavalry (Salem Cavalry) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Ham's Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry Oganized in May, 1864, by transferring the 16th Mississippi State Cavalry along with a number of state companies to regular service. Surrendered on May 4, 1865. Commanded by Colonel T.W. Ham, Lieutenant Colonel William P. Curlee, and Major George W. Bynum.


 * Ham's, see also 1st Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry (State Troops)


 * Harris's, see also 2nd Battalion, Mississippi State Cavalry


 * Hodge's Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Hughes' Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Hunter's Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Jeff Davis Legion, Mississippi Cavalry Organized in January, 1862, using the 2nd Mississippi Cavalry Battalion as its nucleus. Commanded by Colonel William T. Martin, Lieutenant Colonels William G. Conner and J. Fred. Waring, and Major Ivey F. Lewis and W.M. Stone.


 * 2nd Cavalry Battalion was organized at Manassas, Virginia, in October, 1861. Merged into the Jeff. Davis Mississippi Cavalry Legion in January, 1862. Commanded by Major William T. Martin.


 * Jones' Company, Mississippi Cavalry (Miscellaneous) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Knox's Company, Mississippi Cavalry (Stonewall Rangers) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Lake's Unattached Company, Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Lindsay's, see 1st Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry (Pinson's)


 * Lowry's, see 2nd Regiment, Mississippi State Cavalry (Smith’s) [also called 6th MS State Cavalry]


 * Lynges Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.

Units M through R

 * Martland's Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Miller's, see 1st Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry


 * Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Mississippi Cavalry Reserve "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Mitchell's Company, Mississippi Cavalry Reserves "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Nelson's Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Perrin's Battalion, Mississippi State Cavalry Crute's compendium contains no history for this unit. See 11th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry (Perrin's).


 * Pinson's, see 1st Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry (Lindsay's)


 * Polk's Independent Company, Mississippi Cavalry (Polk Rangers) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Power's Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Raum's Company, Mississippi Cavalry (Warren Dragoons) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Rhodes' Company, Mississippi Cavalry (Partisan Rangers) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Robertson's Unattached Company, Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Russell's Company, Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.

Units S through Z

 * Sander's Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Semple's Company, Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Shelby's Company, Mississippi Cavalry (Bolivar Greys) "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Smith's, see 2nd Regiment, Mississippi State Cavalry (Lowry’s) [also called 6th MS State Cavalry]


 * Sooney's Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Stockdale's Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Street's Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Stubbs' Battalion, Mississippi State Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Terrell's Unattached Company, Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Unattached Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Vivion's Company, Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Williams' Company, Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Yerger's Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.