11th (Perrin's) Mississippi Cavalry Regiment

11th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment
11th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment
Active	1863–1865
Disbanded	May 5, 1865
Country	Confederate States
Allegiance	Mississippi
Branch	Army
Type	Cavalry
Size	Regiment
Part of	Ferguson's Brigade
Nickname	"Perrin's regiment"
Facings	Yellow
Engagements	American Civil War Battle of Rocky Face Ridge; Battle of New Hope Church; Battle of Marietta; Battle of Peachtree Creek; Battle of Atlanta; Battle of Jonesborough; Battle of Lovejoy's Station; Battle of Ladiga; Siege of Savannah; 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 Mississippi Cavalry Regiment, was a cavalry formation of the Confederate States Army 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 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. It took part in the battles of Rocky Face Ridge, Peachtree Creek, Atlanta, and Ladiga. It was redesignated the 11th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment on March 20, 1865, and disbanded on May 5, 1865.^[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]

Notes

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

References

1 2 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.
↑ 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.
↑ 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.

External links

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[Rowland1908-1] 1 2 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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