John C Rigdon

Mississippi Civil War Soldiers Index John C Rigdon

The records show that there were in the Confederate armies from Mississippi the following commands:

49 Infantry Regiments.

24 Cavalry Regiments.

16 Cavalry Battalions.

1 Regiment Cavalry Reserves.

7 Regiments State Troops.

3 Battalions State Troops.

8 Battalions State Cavalry.

1 Mixed Regiment, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee.

Mixed Battalion, Mississippi and Tennessee.

Mixed Mississippi and Alabama Cavalry Battalion.

1 Regiment Partisan Rangers.

1 Battalion Partisan Rangers.

5 Battalions Sharpshooters. Artillery Regiment. Artillery Battalion. Artillery Battery.

Jeff Davis Legion, mixed Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia cavalry.

Of these 131 units perhaps 10% have had regimental histories written. The others are still waiting for someone to write a comprehensive account of their service.

We have available Historical Sketch and Roster Volumes on 91 of these units. Once you find someone in this index, check our website to see what other materials may be available for researching the unit.

Service records of men from Mississippi are published on DVD. These are images of the Service Record cards compiled by the National Archives plus other rosters and notes we have gathered from our research.

This index contains 180,767 names of Confederate Soldiers from Mississippi. Ten additional units were formed in Mississippi for U. S. service. Their names are not included in this index.