11th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment

11th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment
Active	1863–1865
Disbanded	May 1865
Country	Confederate States
Allegiance	Mississippi
Branch	Army
Type	Cavalry
Size	Regiment
Part of	Ferguson's Brigade
Nickname(s)	"Perrin's regiment"
Facings	Yellow
Battles	American Civil War Meridian Campaign Atlanta Campaign Battle of Ladiga Savannah Campaign Carolinas Campaign
Commanders
Commanding officers	Col. Robert O. Perrin (1863–65) Lieut. Col. Henry L. Muldrow (acting) (1865)

The 11th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment (also known as "Perrin's regiment") was a cavalry formation of the Confederate States Army in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. It was 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

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

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

• List of Confederate units from Mississippi

Notes

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

References

1. 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.

Bibliography

• Campbell, W. A. (December 1920). Cunningham, S. A. (ed.). "Humors of the March". Confederate Veteran . Vol. I, no. 7. Nashville, Tenn.: S. A. Cunningham. p. 216. OCLC   1564663 – via Internet Archive.
• Douglas, G. M. (December 1920). Cunningham, S. A. (ed.). "A Skirmish at Lost Mountain". Confederate Veteran . Vol. XXVIII, no. 12. Nashville, Tenn.: S. A. Cunningham. p. 452. OCLC   1564663 – via Internet Archive.
• Lee, Stephen D. (1909). Riley, Franklin L. (ed.). "The War in Mississippi After the Fall of Vicksburg, July 4, 1863". Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society. Vol. X. Oxford, Mississippi: Mississippi Historical Society. pp. 47–62. ISSN   0885-792X. LCCN   10020861. OL   22890925M – via Internet Archive.
• Roby, William A. (October 1908). Cunningham, S. A. (ed.). "Scouting in Georgia". Confederate Veteran . Vol. XVI, no. 10. Nashville, Tenn.: S. A. Cunningham. pp. 519–520. OCLC   1564663 – via Internet Archive.