William S. Barry was an American politician who served as a Deputy from Mississippi to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1862. He was also a U.S. Representative from 1853 to 1855, representing the state of Mississippi.
The University Greys were Company A of the 11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. Part of the Army of Northern Virginia, the Greys served in many of the most famous and bloody battles of the war.
William Feimster Tucker was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
Joseph Drake lawyer and plantation owner, was a Colonel in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, who commanded a brigade in two major battles. He was also a member of the Mississippi Legislature before and during the war.
The 21st Regiment, Mississippi Infantry was a Confederate infantry regiment from Mississippi in the American Civil War. The regiment was involved in several well-known battles including the battles of Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and Chickamauga.
The 3d Mississippi Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry formation in the Western Theater of the American Civil War commanded by Colonel John McGuirk.
The 5th Mississippi Infantry Regiment was a regiment of infantry in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The 5th Regiment was composed of volunteer companies from central Mississippi and assembled in the fall of 1861 by Colonel Albert E. Fant. After taking heavy casualties in battles in Georgia and Tennessee, the regiment surrendered in April 1865.
The 19th Mississippi Infantry Regiment an infantry formation of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. As part of the Army of Northern Virginia, the 19th Regiment fought in numerous battles of the Eastern Theater. The Regiment was successively commanded by Colonels Christopher Mott, Lucius Lamar, Nathaniel Harris, Thomas Hardin, and Richard Phipps.
The 1st Mississippi Infantry Regiment (Simonton's/Johnston's) was a line infantry regiment of the Confederate States Army formed from companies in north Mississippi. The regiment was first organized in the summer and late fall of 1861. The unit fought primarily in the western theater of the war. Many men from the regiment were recruited from Itawamba County in Mississippi.
Elias Alford Rowan was a longtime Mississippi state legislator from Copiah County in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Alexander Warner was an American Union Army officer, banker, planter, and Republican politician. He was the 15th Secretary of State of Mississippi, the 44th State Treasurer of Connecticut, and a member of the Kansas House of Representatives.
William M. Inge was an American Democratic politician. He was the Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1884 to 1886.
Freeman E. Franklin was a state legislator in Mississippi. He served as Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1870.
James Lockhart Autry was an American politician who served as the Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives between 1858 and 1859. Autry later served in the Confederate Army, where he was killed during the United States Civil War.
John Prentiss Carter was an American politician. He served in both houses of the Mississippi Legislature and was the Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from 1904 to 1908.
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.
James Henry Jones was an American politician and lawyer. He served in both houses of the Mississippi Legislature and was the Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from 1896 to 1900. He also was an officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
The 46th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry, originally designated as the 6th Battalion, Mississippi Infantry was a Confederate infantry regiment from Mississippi which fought in many battles of the Western theater of the American Civil War.
The Army of 10,000 was a hastily-assembled volunteer unit of Mississippi troops in the American Civil War sent to support Confederate forces in Kentucky during the winter of 1861-1862. Despite the name, this organization amounted to less than 5,000 troops. Volunteers enlisted in the Army for a 60-day term of service, and after performing garrison duty in Kentucky, they were sent home in February 1862 and disbanded.
The 38th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, later redesignated as the 38th Mississippi Mounted Infantry, was a unit of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The regiment fought in numerous battles across Mississippi as an infantry unit, and in 1864 was reorganized as a mounted infantry regiment. As the 38th was assigned to a cavalry brigade after 1864, it is sometimes inaccurately referred to as the 38th Mississippi Cavalry, although this designation was never official.
