2nd Cavalry Battalion (Mississippi Reserves)

2nd Cavalry Battalion
Active1864–65
DisbandedMay 16, 1865
Country Confederate States
Allegiance Mississippi
BranchMississippi Reserve Corps
TypeCavalry
SizeBattalion
Nickname"Baskin’s Battalion"
FacingsYellow
WarsAmerican Civil War
Commanders
Commanding officerLieut. Col. J. B. Baskin

The 2nd Cavalry Battalion, Mississippi Reserves, also known as "Baskin’s Battalion," was a cavalry formation of the Mississippi Reserve Corps in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. It was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel J. B. Baskin from 1864 until disbanded in May 1865.

History

The battalion was organized on September 26, 1864, at Grenada, Mississippi,[1] as part of the Mississippi Reserve Corps.[2] The commanding officer was Lieutenant Colonel J. B. Baskin, a native of South Carolina and resident of Chickasaw County, Mississippi. It was disbanded on May 16, 1865, at Columbus, Mississippi,[1] following the surrender of the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana by Lieutenant General Richard Taylor.[3]

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Notes

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References

  1. 1 2 United States. Adjutant General's Office (1960), Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Mississippi, 1861–1865. National Archives Microfilm Publication M269, Record Group 109, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration
  2. ↑ Lewis, P. F. (March 1909). Cunningham, S. A. (ed.). "T. H. Tallant". Confederate Veteran. Vol. XVII, no. 3. Nashville, Tenn.: S. A. Cunningham. p. 143. OCLC 1564663 – via Internet Archive.
  3. ↑ United States. Adjutant General's Office, Lists of Records of Military Organizations Used to Create Volunteer Compiled Military Service Records, ca. 1890–ca. 1904 (The "Ainsworth List"), Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration
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