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Colonel Charles E. Hooker, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.2, Mississippi (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 8 2 Browse Search
A Roster of General Officers , Heads of Departments, Senators, Representatives , Military Organizations, &c., &c., in Confederate Service during the War between the States. (ed. Charles C. Jones, Jr. Late Lieut. Colonel of Artillery, C. S. A.) 1 1 Browse Search
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Colonel Charles E. Hooker, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.2, Mississippi (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 2: (search)
ing: Choctaw Guards, Capt. J. W. Hemphill. Long Creek Rifles, Capt. L. S. Terry. Shubuta Rifles, Capt. R. J. Lawrence. Cherry Creek Rifles, Capt. John B. Herring. McClung Rifles, Capt. Edgar Sykes. Confederate Rifles, Capt. Jos. M. Jayne. Winona Stars, Capt. Thomas Booth. Magnolia Guards, Capt. John M. Lyles. Water Valley Rifle Guards, Capt. B. H. Collins. Burnsville Blues, Capt. J. C. Walters. Grenada Rifles, Capt. W. S. Statham. Gainesville Volunteers, Capt. J. B. Deason. Summit Rifles, Capt. J. D. Blincoe. Vicksburg Southrons, Capt. D. N. Moody. Enterprise Guards, Capt. R. Stuart Wier. Columbus Riflemen, Capt. Wm. E. Baldwin. Wigfall Rifles, Capt. W. F. Brantley. Beauregard Rifles, Capt. John W. Balfour. Madison Guards, Capt. Thomas M. Griffin. Oktibbeha Rescue, Capt. A. J. Maxwell. Benton Rifles, Capt. W. H. Luse. Confederates, Capt. O. R. Singleton. Confederate Guards, Capt. W. S. Featherston. Westville Guards, Capt. Ge
Colonel Charles E. Hooker, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.2, Mississippi (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 3: (search)
ther Mississippi regiments arrived at Pensacola, the Fifth, Col. A. E. Fant; Eighth, Col. C. G. Flynt; Twenty-seventh, Col. Thomas M. Jones; and a battalion. On March 9, 1862, Colonel Jones was put in command at Pensacola, preparations having been made to evacuate the city. The Twenty-seventh Mississippi, which had been assigned to Fort McRee and adjacent batteries and had been distinguished for coolness and gallantry, was the last to leave the Florida post. The Third Mississippi, Col. J. B. Deason, was on duty during 1861 at New Orleans and on the coast. It was composed of coast men, and though ordered up to Columbus in December, 1861, was soon afterward sent back for service on the Mississippi coast. Also at New Orleans were the Seventh regiment, Colonel Goode, and Vaiden's artillery. The Twenty-fourth regiment, Col. W. F. Dowd, was stationed at Tallahassee, and several companies at Mobile. All of these were ordered back to Mississippi late in 1861 and early in 1862, to mee
Colonel Charles E. Hooker, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.2, Mississippi (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 6: (search)
Federals was landed at Biloxi, and General Lovell, in command of the department, arranged for an attack upon them by seven companies of the Third Mississippi, Colonel Deason, stationed at Handsborough and Pass Christian, while Commodore Whittle with the Carondelet, Pamlico and Oregon should engage the Federal vessels; but the enemlsed. The expedition then landed 1,200 men at Pass Christian, who overpowered the three companies there and burned their camp, the men retreating and joining Colonel Deason's other battalion. The flag that was captured on that day from Company A, Capt. B. Curran, was returned to him by Col. John B. Healy, Ninth Connecticut, with public ceremonies, during the Columbian exposition at Chicago. Deason marched on Biloxi, found it abandoned, and was then ordered to rendezvous his regiment at Pass Christian; but it was soon withdrawn to New Orleans, where it remained until the city was evacuated. In March, 1862, the combined naval and military expedition a