1st Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (State Troops) (King's)

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Brief History
1st (King's) Regiment was organized July 31, 1862 at Grenada as a unit of the Minute Men.

The Minute Men were organized in May 1862 under the order of Maj.-Gen. T. C. Tupper from militia companies in each county. The enlistment term was for six months. Although not mustered into the Confederate States services, they were still subject to orders of Confederate officers.


 * The Mississippi Minute Men (State Troops)  Internet site has a longer history taken from Dunbar Rowland's Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898. Scroll down to the unit of minute men you wish to view.
 * "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.

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.

1ST (KING’S) REGIMENT MISSISSIPPI INFANTRY MINUTE MEN

Company A - (Copiah County Minute Men) - raised in Copiah County

Company B - (Copiah Guards) - raised in Copiah County

Company C - (Raymond Company) - raised in Hinds County

Company D - ("Company D, Hinds County Militia") - raised in Hinds County

Company E - (Hinds Minute Men, aka Jackson Company) - raised in Hinds County

Company F - ("Company A, Madison County Minute Men") - raised in Madison County

Company G - (Capt. Lamar’s Company) - raised in Rankin County

Company H - (Capt. Herring’s Company) - raised in Attala County

Company I - ("First Regiment State Troops of Rankin County") - raised in Rankin County

Company K - ("Company B, Madison County Minute Men") - raised in Madison County

Company L - (Davis Guards) - raised in Attala County

Other Sources

 * Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in ‘Mississippi in the Civil War’ and ‘United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865’ (see below).


 * National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.


 * Mississippi in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Mississippi, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * 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).