Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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]
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 .
Mississippi Rifles: A Muster Listing of All Known Mississippi Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines who Served in the Mexican War, 1846-1848. Greenville, S.C.: Southern Historical Press. ISBN 9780893088019. OCLC 58479353. Rowland, Dunbar (1908). "Mississippi Commands in the Army of the United States in Mexico, 1846–1848".
Entering politics, Cooper represented Wilkinson County as a Whig in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1842 to 1844. [3] Cooper supported the Mexican–American War; with many other Southerners, he believed that the US could gain territory for the expansion of slavery. He helped to raise a regiment, the 1st Mississippi Rifles.
On November 4, 1862, McNair received his commission as Brigadier General. Several other units were folded into his brigade including the 1st and 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles (dismounted), the 4th Arkansas Infantry Regiment, 30th Arkansas Infantry Regiment, 4th Arkansas Infantry Battalion, and Humphrey's Arkansas Artillery Battery.
Start a discussion about improving the 1st Battalion, Mississippi Mounted Rifles (Union) page Talk pages are where people discuss how to make content on Wikipedia the best that it can be. You can use this page to start a discussion with others about how to improve the " 1st Battalion, Mississippi Mounted Rifles (Union) " page.
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!
Mounted Rifle Company F. Captain Lansford W. Hastings [7] Mounted Rifle Company G. Captain B. K. Thompson [7] Mounted Rifle Company H. Captain Richard T. Jacobs (Spy Company chiefly of native Indians) [7] Artillery Company A. Captain John K. Wilson (Midshipman U.S. Navy) [7] Artillery Company. Captain William Findlay [7] Mounted Rifle Company.