19th Battalion Mississippi Cavalry (Duff's)

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Brief History
Predecessor unit to 8th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry:

19th (Duff's) Cavalry Battalion was organized during the late summer of 1863 with six companies. On July 19, 1864, it merged into the 8th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment. Lieutenant Colonel William L. Duff and Major William L. Walker were in command.

The 19th Battalion Mississippi Cavalry (Duff's) Internet site has a longer history taken from Dunbar Rowland's Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898.

Regiment Companies with the County of Origin
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.

A Company and Roster list is also found on the 8th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry page.

COMPANIES COMPRISING THE 19TH BATTALION MISSISSIPPI CAVALRY:

Company A - Williams’ Company (raised in Calhoun County) Company B - Mitchell’s Company (raised in Calhoun County) Company C - Duff Guards (raised in Yalobusha County) Company D - Cochran’s Company (raised in Choctaw County) Company E - Walker’s Company (raised in Chickasaw County) Company E [sic] - Abert’s Company (raised in Lowndes County) Company F - Shackelford’s Company (raised in Itawamba County) Company F [sic] - Fields’ Company (raised in Lowndes County) Company G - Matthews’ Company (raised in Lowndes County) Company H - Morris’ Company (raised in DeSoto &amp; Panola Counties)

Source Material

 * Rowland, Dunbar, Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898: taken from the Official and statistical register of the State of Mississippi, 1908 (Spartanburg, South Carolina: Reprint Company).
 * Howell, H. Grady, For Dixie Land, I’ll Take My Stand!: A Muster Listing of All Known Mississippi Confederate Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines (Chickasaw Bayou Press, 1998).