3d Mississippi Cavalry Regiment

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3d Mississippi Cavalry Regiment
Active1863–65
DisbandedMay 12, 1865
Country Confederate States
Allegiance Mississippi
Branch Confederate States Army
TypeCavalry
SizeRegiment
Nickname(s)"McGuirk's regiment"
FacingsYellow
EngagementsAmerican Civil War
  • Meridian Expedition
  • Atlanta Campaign
Commanders
Commanding officerCol. John McGuirk

The 3d Mississippi Cavalry Regiment (also known as "McGuirk's regiment") was a cavalry formation in the Western Theater of the American Civil War commanded by Col. John McGuirk.[1]

History[]

The regiment was established on June 9, 1863, in the Mississippi Militia at Panola of cavalry from new and existing companies, as the 3d Mississippi State Cavalry Regiment and assigned to the 5th Military District, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana.[2] It was reorganized in April, 1864, and mustered into Confederate service on May 3, 1864, as the 3d Mississippi Cavalry Regiment. The regiment was disbanded on May 12, 1865, at Gainesville, Alabama.[3]

Regimental order of battle[]

Units of McGuirk's regiment included:

  • Company A
  • Company B
  • Company C
  • Company D
  • Company E
  • Company F
  • Company G
  • Company H
  • Company I
  • Company K[4]

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Sifakis 1995, pp. 41-42.
  2. ^ Evans 1889, p. 130.
  3. ^ Crute 1987, pp. 166-67.
  4. ^ Rowland 1908, pp. 518-20.

References[]

  • Crute, Joseph H. Jr. (1987). Units of the Confederate States Army (2nd ed.). Gaithersburg, Md.: Olde Soldier Books. ISBN 0-942211-53-7. OL 8443216M.
  • Evans, Brig. Gen. Clement A., ed. (1899). Confederate Military History. Volume VII. Atlanta, Ga.: Confederate Publishing Company. LCCN 02017198. OCLC 951143. OL 6918120M.
  • Rowland, Dunbar, ed. (1908). Military History of Mississippi: 1803-1898. Spartanburg, S.C.: The Reprint Company (published 2011). ISBN 978-0-87152-266-5. LCCN 78-2454. OCLC 881684681.
  • Sifakis, Stewart (1995). Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Mississippi. New York: Facts On File. ISBN 0-8160-2292-5. LCCN 90023631. OCLC 31712711.

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