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Note: This is a sublist of List of Confederate monuments and memorials from the Mississippi section. This is a list of Confederate monuments and memorials in Mississippi that were established as public displays and symbols of the Confederate States of America (CSA), Confederate leaders, or Confederate soldiers of the American Civil War.
At the beginning of the American Civil War, most of the student body of the University of Mississippi rallied to the Confederate cause. [1] Some 55 of the students joined the “University Greys” and 17 enlisted with the “Lamar Rifles,” a Lafayette County militia, while others joined with various other state regiments. [2]
For years prior to the American Civil War, slave-holding Mississippi had voted heavily for the Democrats, especially as the Whigs declined in their influence. During the 1860 presidential election, the state supported Southern Democrat candidate John C. Breckinridge, giving him 40,768 votes (59.0% of the total of 69,095 ballots cast).
The Mississippi State Troops were military units formed by the Mississippi Legislature for State defense (rather than Confederate service) during the American Civil War.Five infantry regiments, four infantry battalions, and one cavalry battalion were drafted from the Mississippi militia in 1862.
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 ...
After being reorganized at Enterprise, Mississippi, and placed under the command of General Claudius W. Sears, the battalion took part in the Atlanta campaign and Hood’s Tennessee campaign. The remnants of the 7th Battalion were ordered to Mobile, Alabama in February, 1865, and surrendered on April 8th, 1865 after the Battle of Spanish Fort .
The 55th United States Colored Infantry Regiment was a United States Colored Troops infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was first organized as the 1st Alabama Volunteer Infantry Regiment (African Descent) in May 1863, serving on garrison duty at Corinth, Mississippi and Memphis, Tennessee.
Newton Knight (Mississippi), leader of the Knight Company and one of the founders of the Free State of Jones. In the United States, Southern Unionists were white Southerners living in the Confederate States of America opposed to secession. Many fought for the Union during the Civil War.