1st Battalion, Mississippi Sharpshooters

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Brief History
1st Battalion Sharpshooters [also called 10th and 20th Battalion] was organized during the fall of 1862 with three Mississippi companies from the 2nd Confederate Infantry Regiment. Surrendered on April 26, 1865. It was commanded by Majors William A. Rayburn and James M. Stigler.

The 1st Battalion, Mississippi Sharpshooters Web 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.

Company A - Coms Avengers (raised in Carroll County) Company B - Red Rebels (raised in Holmes County) - see Roster Company C - Capt. Leigh’s Independent Company (raised in Yalobusha County) Company D - Wigfall Guards (raised in Tennessee)

Source Material

 * Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Systemcan be searched by soldier's name or by regiment; includes regimental rosters and additional history of the regiment.


 * 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.