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11th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment

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11th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment
Active1863–1865
DisbandedMay 1865
Country Confederate States
Allegiance Mississippi
Branch Army
TypeCavalry
SizeRegiment
Part ofFerguson's Brigade
Nickname(s)"Perrin's regiment"
FacingsYellow
Battles
Commanders
Commanding officers

The 11th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment (also known as "Perrin's regiment") was a cavalry formation in the Western Theater of the American Civil War commanded by Colonel Robert O. Perrin from 1863 to March 1865, when he resigned, and Lieutenant Colonel Henry L. Muldrow until it was disbanded in May 1865.

History

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The regiment was organized and mustered into Confederate service on October 6, 1863, in North and Middle Mississippi from new and existing companies of mounted men as Perrin's Mississippi Cavalry Battalion, Mississippi State Troops. It was expanded, reorganized, and redesignated Perrin's Mississippi Cavalry Regiment on December 23, 1863. The regiment took part in the Atlanta Campaign and the Carolinas Campaign. It was redesignated 11th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment on March 20, 1865, and disbanded in May.[1][2]

Regimental order of battle

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Units of Perrin's regiment included:

  • Company A
  • Company B
  • Company C
  • Company D
  • Company E
  • Company F
  • Company G
  • Company H (Chickasaw Rangers)[3]
  • Company I (Barksdale Avengers)
  • Company K[1]

See also

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Notes

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Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the National Archives and Records Administration.


References

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  1. ^ a b Rowland, Dunbar (1978) [1st pub. Mississippi Department of Archives and History:1908]. Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898. Spartanburg, South Carolina: The Reprint Company. pp. 422–424, 538. ISBN 978-0-87152-266-5. LCCN 78-2454. OCLC 3706088. OL 8348111M.
  2. ^ Estes, Claud (1912). List of Field Officers, Regiments and Battalions in the Confederate States Army, 1861-1865. Macon, Georgia: J. W. Burke Company. p. 32. LCCN 26020215. OCLC 1728286. OL 6694735M – via Internet Archive.
  3. ^ Lipscomb, Dr. W. L. (1909). Young, Mrs. Georgia P. (ed.). A History of Columbus, Mississippi, During the 19th Century. Birmingham, Ala.: Press of Dispatch Printing Co. p. 163. LCCN 16025391. OCLC 1738745. OL 6592630M – via Internet Archive.

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