| 11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment | |
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 Regimental Color of the 11th Mississippi captured at Antietam by the Second Massachusetts | |
| Active | 1861–1865 |
| Disbanded | April 12, 1865 |
| Country |  Confederate States |
| Allegiance |  Mississippi |
| Branch |  Army |
| Type | Infantry |
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The 11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment was an infantry formation of the Confederate States Army which fought in numerous battles of the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. [1]
The 11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment was established at Corinth, Mississippi, in May, 1861, and mustered at Lynchburg, Virginia. Company A, the "University Greys" consisted of almost the entire student body of the University of Mississippi. This reduced enrollment at the university to such a low level that the university closed for the remainder of the war. The regiment reported a total strength of 504 men in April, 1862. [1] The 11th Mississippi saw action at the Battle of First Manassas under General Barnard Elliott Bee, before being assigned to the Army of Northern Virginia.
In Virginia in 1862, the 11th Regiment fought at Seven Pines, the Seven Days Battles near Richmond, and Second Manassas under the command of General William H.C. Whiting. In Maryland at the Battle of Antietam, the 11th Regiment was involved in heavy fighting: Colonel Philip F. Liddell and Major T.S. Evans were killed, Lieutenant Colonel Samuel F. Butler was wounded, and the regimental flag was captured. [2]
In late 1862, the 11th Regiment was reassigned to the command of General Joseph R. Davis, and was sent north as part of the Gettysburg Campaign in the summer of 1863. During the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg, the 11th fought at Cemetery Ridge, taking heavy fire while charging the Union lines. [2] On the retreat south from Gettysburg, the 11th fought at Bristoe Station and Mine Run before reaching winter quarters in Virginia.
In 1864, the 11th Regiment fought at the Battle of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, and Cold Harbor. After being moved back to Petersburg, Virginia, the 11th formed part of the defending Confederate force during the siege of that city until the Union breakthrough in early April, 1865. Most of the surviving men of the 11th Mississippi were taken prisoner and the regiment was disbanded by its final commander, Lieutenant Colonel George W. Shannon. [2]
Companies of the 11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment: [2]
In William Faulkner's 1936 novel Absalom, Absalom! , the characters Henry Sutpen and Charles Bon join Company A of the 11th Mississippi, (the "University Greys") at the outbreak of the Civil War.
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