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Author: John C Rigdon Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: 9781095571088 Category : Languages : en Pages : 304
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The Mississippi 44th Infantry Regiment was organized from the 1st (Blythe's) Mississippi Infantry Battalion, which was formed late in 1861. In June, 1863, the unit was designated the 44th Regiment. Some of its members were recruited in Calhoun, De Soto, and Amite counties. The unit was active at Shiloh and Munfordville, then was assigned to J.P. Anderson's, Tucker's, and Sharp's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. It served with the army of Murfreesboro, fought with Hood in Tennessee, and saw action in North Carolina. This regiment lost 4 killed and 40 wounded at Munfordville, had 4 killed, 31 wounded, and 17 missing at Murfreesboro, and thirty percent of the 272 engaged at Chickamauga were disabled. For a time it was consolidated with the 10th Regiment and in December, 1863, totalled 476 men and 308 arms. Only a remnant surrendered in April, 1865.Company A -- Tombigbee Rangers (raised in Lowndes County, MS)Company B -- Mississippi Swampers (raised in Coahoma County, MS)Company C -- Calhoun Avengers (raised in Calhoun County, MS)Company D -- Capt. Dockery's Company & Blythe Rifles (raised in Yalobusha County, MS); also, DeSoto Beauregards (raised in DeSoto County, MS)Company E -- Blythe Rifles (raised in Yalobusha County, MS)Company F -- Palo Alto Confederates (raised in Chickasaw County, MS)Company G -- Autauga Guards (raised in Alabama)Company H -- Pettus Rangers (raised in Marshall County, MS)Company I -- Sawyer's Independent Company (raised in Alabama)Company K -- Amite Mississippi Rangers, aka Amite Rangers (raised in Amite County, MS)Company L -- Tom Weldon Rebels, aka Polk's Body Guard (raised in Adams County, MS)
Author: John C Rigdon Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: 9781095571088 Category : Languages : en Pages : 304
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The Mississippi 44th Infantry Regiment was organized from the 1st (Blythe's) Mississippi Infantry Battalion, which was formed late in 1861. In June, 1863, the unit was designated the 44th Regiment. Some of its members were recruited in Calhoun, De Soto, and Amite counties. The unit was active at Shiloh and Munfordville, then was assigned to J.P. Anderson's, Tucker's, and Sharp's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. It served with the army of Murfreesboro, fought with Hood in Tennessee, and saw action in North Carolina. This regiment lost 4 killed and 40 wounded at Munfordville, had 4 killed, 31 wounded, and 17 missing at Murfreesboro, and thirty percent of the 272 engaged at Chickamauga were disabled. For a time it was consolidated with the 10th Regiment and in December, 1863, totalled 476 men and 308 arms. Only a remnant surrendered in April, 1865.Company A -- Tombigbee Rangers (raised in Lowndes County, MS)Company B -- Mississippi Swampers (raised in Coahoma County, MS)Company C -- Calhoun Avengers (raised in Calhoun County, MS)Company D -- Capt. Dockery's Company & Blythe Rifles (raised in Yalobusha County, MS); also, DeSoto Beauregards (raised in DeSoto County, MS)Company E -- Blythe Rifles (raised in Yalobusha County, MS)Company F -- Palo Alto Confederates (raised in Chickasaw County, MS)Company G -- Autauga Guards (raised in Alabama)Company H -- Pettus Rangers (raised in Marshall County, MS)Company I -- Sawyer's Independent Company (raised in Alabama)Company K -- Amite Mississippi Rangers, aka Amite Rangers (raised in Amite County, MS)Company L -- Tom Weldon Rebels, aka Polk's Body Guard (raised in Adams County, MS)
Author: John C. Rigdon Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1387106791 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 298
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The Mississippi 4th Infantry Regiment was organized at Grenada as the Fourth Regiment, Second Brigade, Army of Mississippi, and enlisted for twelve months. The Fourth was among the troops posted at Fort Henry on the Tennessee River, under General Lloyd Tilghman. The troops were transferred to Fort Donelson and there captured. Following exchange they were then surrendered at Vicksburg and continued throughout the remainder of the war in the Atlanta Campaign, Franklin, and Nashville, ending the war in the defense of Mobile.
Author: John C. Rigdon Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 0359384307 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 242
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The 29th Mississippi Infantry Regiment 29th Infantry Regiment was organized at Corinth, Mississippi, in April, 1862 with men from Grenada, Lafayette, Panola, Yalobusha, Washington, and De Soto counties. The unit served in Mississippi, then moved to Kentucky where it saw action in Munfordville. Later it joined the Army of Tennessee and was placed in General Walthall's and Brantly's Brigade where it participated in many battles from Murfreesboro to Bentonville. The 29th lost 5 killed and 36 wounded at Munfordville, had 34 killed and 202 wounded at Murfreesboro, and suffered fifty-three percent disabled of the 364 engaged at Chickamauga. It reported 191 casualties at Chattanooga and in December, 1863 was consolidated with the 30th and 34th Regiment and totalled 554 men and 339 arms. This unit reported 5 killed and 22 wounded at Resaca, and in the fight at Ezra Church the 29th/30th lost 8 killed and 20 wounded. Very few surrendered in North Carolina in April, 1865.
Author: John C. Rigdon Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 0359630146 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 218
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The Mississippi 39th Infantry Regiment was organized at Jackson, Mississippi, during the late spring of 1862. About twenty-five percent of this unit was sick in June, and there were 29 officers and 541 men present for duty in July. Company I took part in the fight at Baton Rouge, then, assigned to General Beall's command, the regiment was captured at Port Hudson in July, 1863. After the exchange in December it totalled 220 effectives. Attached to Ross' and Sears' Brigade it was involved in the Atlanta Campaign, Hood's Tennessee operations, and the defense of Mobile. The regiment reported 7 casualties at New Hope Church, 30 at Kennesaw Mountain, 5 at the Chattahoochee River, and 48 in the Battle of Atlanta. Few surrendered with the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana.
Author: John C. Rigdon Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781514838334 Category : Alabama Languages : en Pages : 176
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The Alabama 44th Infantry Regiment was organized at Selma, May 16, 1862, and reached Richmond the 1st of July. Attached to A. R. Wright's brigade, (Third, Twenty-second, and Forty-eighth Georgia, ) R. H. Anderson's division, the regiment was a very severe sufferer by disease, and went into the second battle of Manassas with 130 rank and file. It lost 5 killed and 22 wounded there, then took 113 rank and file into the battle, and lost 14 killed and 65 wounded of that number. The regiment wintered on the Rappahannock, and was placed in the brigade of Gen. Law of Macon--with the Fourth, Fifteenth, Forty-seventh, and Forty-eighth Alabama--Hood's division, Longstreet's corps. At Fredericksburg the regiment was under fire, but with light loss, and in the spring was at the battle of Suffolk with the same fortune. The regiment moved into Pennsylvania, and in the terrible assault at Gettysburg, lost heavily, but captured the only two guns of the enemy's that were brought off the field by the Confederates. Transferred, a few weeks later, with the corps, to the West, the Forty-fourth lost largely in casualties at Chickamauga. It then shared the privations of the east Tennessee campaign, losing lightly at Lookout Valley, Knoxville, and Dandridge. The corps reached the Army of Northern Virginia in time to take part at the Wilderness and Spottsylvania, where the Forty-fourth's casualties were numerous. Its losses were light at Hanover Junction, the second Cold Harbor, and Bermuda Hundreds. Around Petersburg, and in the trenches of that city, the Forty-fourth was constantly engaged. It left there with the remnant of the army, and folded its colors at Appomattox, under Col. Jones. The Forty-fourth had 1094 names on its roll, of whom about 160 perished in battle, 200 died in the service, and 142 were discharged or transferred. Companies Of The AL 44th Infantry Regiment Co. A - Lowndes and Dallas - Richard J. Dudley; resigned. D. A. Bozeman; killed at Spottsylvania. D. B. Edwards. Co. B - Bibb -- John A. Jones promoted. L. D. Brown; resigned. Joab Goodson; died in the service. James M. Hill. Co. C - Wilcox.-- John W. Purifoy; wounded at Sharpsburg; retired. Robert Powers. Co. D - Shelby -- Wm. T. King; killed at second Manassas. T. L. Morrow; resigned. Jonas Oakes. Co. E - Shelby -- George W. Carey; promoted. John H. Neilson; killed at Spottsylvania. T. C. Ferguson. Co. F - Bibb -- Henley G. Sneed; resigned. Wm. N. Greene; wounded at Chickamauga; retired. John N. Fondreu. Co. G - Dallas and Bibb -- Thomas C. Daniel; killed; at second Manassas. Bluford Brown; resigned. Wm. T. Dunklin; killed at Gettysburg. W. P. Becker. Co. H - Bibb -- F. M. Goode; resigned. Joseph F. Johnston; wounded twice, once at Chickamauga. Co. I - Randolph -- A. W. Denman; promoted. John T. Tweedle. Co. K - Calhoun -- Patrick P. Riddle; died in the service. John M. Teague; killed at Gettysburg. John D. Adrian; wounded at the Wilderness; killed at Chaffin's Bluff. M. H. Fowler.
Author: John C Rigdon Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 278
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The 31st Mississippi Infantry was organized by the increase of the 5th Infantry Battalion to a regiment during the winter of 1861-1862. The 31st Mississippi Infantry was placed on garrison duty at Vicksburg. There it was attached to the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. The regiment served with that command for much of its career. In the spring of 1864 the unit was placed in the Army of Tennessee. On April 9, 1865 the regiment was consolidated with the 3rd and 40th Infantry Regiments and designated as the 3rd Infantry Regiment Consolidated at Smithfield, North Carolina. The army was surrendered near Durham Station April 26th. Company A -- Orr Guards [J.A. Orr] (raised in Pontotoc County, MS) Company B -- Dixie Guards, aka Avent Company, & aka Avent Rebels (raised in Choctaw County, MS) Company C -- Capt. Hill's Company, aka Chickasaw Guards, & aka Old Chickasaw (raised in Chickasaw County, MS) Company D -- Dixie Rebels (raised in Calhoun County, MS) Company E -- Choctaw Rebels, aka Choctaw Greys (raised in Choctaw County, MS) Company F -- Calhoun Tigers (raised in Calhoun County, MS) Company G -- Orr Guards [H.C. Orr] (raised in Pontotoc County, MS) Company H -- Capt. Jenning's Company (raised in Itawamba County, MS) Company I -- Jackson Rifles (raised in Choctaw County, MS) Company K -- Capt. McWhorter's Company (raised in Pontotoc County, MS)
Author: John C Rigdon Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 286
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The Mississippi 8th Infantry Regiment was organized at Enterprise, Mississippi, during the spring of 1861. Many of its members were from Jones, Wilkinson, and Clarke counties. The unit served in Florida and Mississippi, then was assigned to General J.K. Jackson's, Gist's, and Lowry's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. It participated in the campaigns of the army from Murfreesboro to Atlanta, was with Hood in Tennessee, and saw action in North Carolina.
Author: John C Rigdon Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 346
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The Mississippi 35th Infantry Regiment, recruited at West Point and Corinth, was organized during the spring of 1862. The unit fought under General J.C. Moore at Corinth and lost 32 killed, 110 wounded, and 347 missing. Later it was assigned to Hebert's and Moore's Brigade, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, and in February, 1863, totalled 414 officers and men. It was captured when Vicksburg fell, and during the siege it had 20 killed and 82 wounded. After being exchanged, it was placed in Baldwin's and Sears' Brigade, served throughout the Atlanta Campaign, was in Tennessee with Hood, and aided in the defense of Mobile. The regiment sustained 20 casualties at New Hope Church, 36 at Kennesaw Mountain, 35 at the Chattahoochee River, and 47 in the Battle of Atlanta. It surrendered with the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana.CompaniesCompany A -- Barry Guards (raised in Kemper County, MS)Company B -- Farmer Boys (raised in Kemper & Winston Counties, MS)Company C -- Oktibbeha Rescue No. 2 (raised in Lowndes & Oktibbeha Counties, MS)Company D -- Fort Donelson Avengers (raised in Winston County, MS)Company E -- Muckalusha Guards, aka Neshoba Dixies (raised in Neshoba County, MS)Company F -- Capt. Gregory's Company (raised in Lowndes County, MS)Company G -- Capt. Coopwood's Company (raised in Chickasaw, Lowndes, & Oktibbeha Counties, MS)Company H -- Confederate Volunteers (raised in Lowndes County, MS)Company I -- Capt. Watson's Company (raised in Lowndes County, MS)Company K -- Invincible Warriors (raised in Chickasaw, Choctaw, Lowndes, & Oktibbeha Counties, MS)
Author: John Rigdon Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781515162599 Category : Languages : en Pages : 288
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The 44th Georgia Regiment suffered greater casualties in killed and wounded, in proportion to the number carried into action, than any other regiment on the Southern side. The 44th completed its organization at Camp Stephens, near Griffin, Georgia, in March, 1862. They were assigned to General Ripley's, Doles', and Cook's Brigade, and fought with the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor. Of the 364 at Gettysburg, twenty percent were disabled. Only 52 men of the original 1,115 remained at Appomattox. Companies Of The GA 44th Infantry Regiment Companies of the 44th were drawn from the counties of Henry, Jasper, Clarke, Clayton, Spalding, Putnum, Fayette, Pike, Morgan, and Greene. Company A - Henry County, Georgia Company B - Jasper County, Georgia Company C - Clarke County, Georgia. Company D - Clayton County, Georgia Company E - Spalding County, Georgia Company F - Putnam County, Georgia Company G - Fayette County, Georgia Company H - Pike County, Georgia Company I - Henry And Morgan Counties, Georgia Company K - Green County, Georgia
Author: John C Rigdon
Author: John C Rigdon
Author: John Rigdon
Author: John C. Rigdon
Author: John C. Rigdon
Author: John C. Rigdon
Author: John C. Rigdon
Author: John C Rigdon
Author: John C Rigdon
Author: John C Rigdon
Author: John Rigdon