5th Mississippi Infantry

5th Mississippi Infantry Regiment

Mississippi state flag, 1861-1894
Active August 1862 to April 1865
Country  Confederate States of America
Allegiance  Mississippi
Branch  Confederate States Army
Type Infantry
Equipment Mississippi Rifles, alltered smooth bore "George Law" Muskets, 57 caliber Enfield Rifle Musket, Springfield Rifle.
Engagements

American Civil War

Commanders
Notable
commanders		 John R. Dickins
Albert E. Fant
and
John Weir

The 5th Mississippi Infantry was a regiment of infantry in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought in many battles and campaigns in the American Civil War.

The 5th Mississippi was organized in the fall of 1861 by A. E. Fant.

Companies

Company A -- Red Rovers (raised in Monroe County, MS)
Company B -- Bogue Chitto Rangers (raised in Neshoba County, MS)
Company C -- Lauderdale Springs Greys (raised in Lauderdale County, MS)
Company D -- New Prospect Greys (raised in Winston County, MS)
Company E -- Pettus Rebels (raised in Winston County, MS)
Company F -- Winston Rifles (raised in Winston County, MS)
Company G -- Barry Guards (raised in Chickasaw & Choctaw Counties, MS)
Company H -- Noxubee Blues (raised in Noxubee County, MS)
Company I -- Kemper Rebels, aka Kemper Guards (raised in Kemper County, MS)
Company K -- Scotland Guards (raised in Neshoba County, MS)

Battles and campaigns

The 5th Mississippi was organized in the spring of 1861.[1] The first battle that the 5th fought was at the Battle of Shiloh.

The army was surrendered April 26, 1865, and paroled at Greensboro.

Notes

  1. ↑ "5th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry". National Park Service. Retrieved 5 April 2014.

References

Military Annals of Mississippi: Military Organizations which Entered the Service of the Confederate States of America from the State of Mississippi, by John C. Rietti, Spartanburg, South Carolina: Reprint Company Publishers, 1976

Encyclopedia of Mississippi History, by Dunbar Rowland: Selwyn A. Brant, Publisher, 1907