17th Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry

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Brief History
(Also called Steede’s Battalion Mounted Partisan Rangers / the Lovell Rangers) It later became part of the 9th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry(Miller's). A brief history is found at that link.

The 9th Mississippi Cavalry (Miller’s) (formerly 17th Battalion Mississippi Cavalry, aka Steede’s Battalion Mounted Partisan Rangers, &amp; aka the Lovell Rangers) Internet site has a longer history taken from Dunbar Rowland's Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898.

"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.

COMPANIES COMPRISING THE 17TH BATTALION MISSISSIPPI CAVALRY:

Company A - Steede’s Company (raised in Jackson County) Company B - Poitevent’s Company (raised in Hancock County) Company C - Evans’ Rangers (raised in Harrison County) Company D - Miller’s Company (raised in Clarke County) Company E - Mayers’ Company (raised in Harrison County) Company F - Stevens’ Company (raised in Greene &amp; Perry 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).