11th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment

11th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment
Active 1863–1865
Country  Confederate States of America
Allegiance  Mississippi
Branch  Confederate States Army
Type Cavalry
Size Regiment
Part of Ferguson's Brigade
Nickname(s) "Perrin's Regiment"
Facings Yellow
Engagements

American Civil War

Commanders
Commanding officers Robert O. Perrin
Henry L. Muldrow

11th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment, also known as Perrin's Regiment, was a cavalry formation in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States during the American Civil War, and was successively commanded by Colonel Robert O. Perrin and Lieutenant-Colonel Henry L. Muldrow.[1][2]

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 Battalion of Mississippi Cavalry. It was expanded, reorganized, and redesignated on December 23, 1863, as Perrin's Regiment of Mississippi Cavalry. Perrin's regiment was redesignated on March 20, 1865, as the 11th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment. It was disbanded in May 1865.[1][2]

Regimental order of battle

Units of Perrin's regiment included:

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 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. 1 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.
  3. Lipscomb, Dr. W. L. (1909). Young, Mrs. Georgia P., ed. A History of Columbus, Mississippi, During the 19th Century. Birmingham, Ala.: S. D. Lee Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy. p. 163. LCCN 16025391. OCLC 1738745. OL 6592630M via Press of Dispatch Printing Co.

Further reading

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