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The 11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment was established at Corinth, Mississippi, in May, 1861, and mustered at Lynchburg, Virginia. Company A, the "University Greys" consisted of almost the entire student body of the University of Mississippi. This reduced enrollment at the university to such a low level that the university closed for the ...
11th Mississippi Infantry: A Brief History by Steven Davis – covers the history of the regiment; 11th Mississippi Infantry – Company A – roster of the Greys and other companies in the regiment, including status as killed, wounded, etc. History of the Ole Miss Engineering School – includes information about the Greys, though its figure ...
These units were reorganized in 1862 into infantry and cavalry regiments. In 1864 a second call for State Troops was issued by Governor Charles Clark, and new regiments were formed. Several of the State Troops cavalry regiments were later converted to Confederate service, as noted below.
The Third Battalion Mississippi Infantry and the 45th Mississippi Regiment: A Civil War History. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2004. ISBN 0-7864-1649-1. Wynne, Ben. A Hard Trip: A History of the 15th Mississippi Infantry, CSA. Macon, Georgia: Mercer University Press, 2010. ISBN 0-86554-806-4.
This is a list of United States military units that participated in the Mexican–American War.The list includes regular U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Revenue Marine Service units and ships as well as the units of the militia that various states recruited for the war.
Davis had three brothers who served in the Confederate States Army, two with the 11th Mississippi Infantry and a third in the 2nd Mississippi. Neither brother who served with the 11th Mississippi survived the war. The brother who served with the 2nd Mississippi survived the war but took his own life several years after hostilities ceased.
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The 11th Infantry Regiment is a regiment in the United States Army. In 2007, the 11th Infantry was reflagged as the 199th Infantry Brigade, as part of the "Transformation of the US Army" effort. Today, the 11th Infantry Regiment is part of the Army's regimental system and is the primary regiment to which many Infantry School units are aligned.