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The 1st Battalion, Mississippi Mounted Rifles was a unit in the Union Army during the American Civil War, [1] and was the only Union Mississippi unit created during the Civil War other than regiments of the United States Colored Troops [2]
Between 1861 and 1865, American Civil War prison camps were operated by the Union and the Confederacy to detain over 400,000 captured soldiers. From the start of the Civil War through to 1863 a parole exchange system saw most prisoners of war swapped relatively quickly.
Henry M1860 repeating rifle: The Civil War precursor to the Winchester repeating rifle based on early lever-action repeating rifles made by New Haven Arms Company Co. These highly prized weapons were privately purchased by those who could afford them. Joslyn rifle: The Joslyn was made in both percussion and rimfire configuration. Lorenz rifle
The 1st Battalion, Mississippi Sharpshooters was a unit of the Confederate States Army from Mississippi during the American Civil War.Originally designated as the 1st Mississippi Valley Regiment and subsequently as the 25th Mississippi Infantry and 2nd Confederate Regiment, the unit was reorganized in May 1862 as a sharpshooter battalion, a designation it kept for the remainder of the war.
This is a list of Confederate government Civil War military units, not raised by any state. ... (1st Mississippi Valley Regiment, ... former Union prisoners of war)
During the American Civil War, an assortment of small arms found their way onto the battlefield.Though the muzzleloader percussion cap rifled musket was the most numerous weapon, being standard issue for the Union and Confederate armies, many other firearms, ranging from the single-shot breech-loading Sharps and Burnside rifles to the Spencer and the Henry rifles - two of the world's first ...
The prisoners of the 1st Regiment were exchanged and reorganized in October, 1862 and then sent to Port Hudson, Louisiana. Colonel Simonton was reassigned during the Siege of Port Hudson from May - July 1863, with Major Thomas H. Johnston taking command of the regiment. [ 1 ]
This is a list of units from Mississippi that served in the Union during the American Civil War. Only a single unit of white Union troops was raised within the state, along with several regiments of African-American volunteers, eventually becoming part of the United States Colored Troops. The list of Confederate Mississippi units is shown ...