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

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Brief History
Information on the First Regiment Cavalry (State Troops) (Foote’s) can be found on the Mississippi State Troops Cavalry Internet site taken from Dunbar Rowland's Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898.

Little information on MS State Troops survives. In 1864 every able-bodied man in the State was called out to protect from invasion.

Commanded by

Colonel -- H. W. Foote, July 6, 1864. Lieutenant-Colonel -- W. P. Malone, August 13, 1864. Major -- George M. Moseley, August 23, 1864. Quartermaster -- Daniel McIntosh.

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.

Colonel -- H. W. Foote, July 6, 1864. Lieutenant-Colonel -- W. P. Malone, August 13, 1864. Major -- George M. Moseley, August 23, 1864. Quartermaster -- Daniel McIntosh.

Company A -- Capt. Connor’s Company (county of origin not specified)

Company B -- Capt. Kennedy’s Company (raised in Winston County, MS)

Company C -- Capt. Johnson’s Company (county of origin not specified)

Company D -- Capt. Gully’s Company (raised in Kemper County, MS)

Company E -- Capt. Gilmer’s Company (county of origin not specified)

Company F -- Capt. Allen’s Company (county of origin not specified)

Company G -- Capt. Holmes’ Company (county of origin not specified)

Company H -- Capt. Riley’s Company (county of origin not specified)

Company I -- Capt. Cannon’s Company (county of origin not specified)

Company K -- Capt. Harden’s Company (county of origin not specified)

Company L -- Capt. Dunn’s Company (county of origin not specified)

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).