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    Vicksburg

    National Military Park Mississippi

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Blyth's 1st Battalion Mississippi Cavalry State Troops

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This unit was attached to Maj. A.H. Chalmers' 18th Battalion Mississippi Cavalry, and later to Brig. Gen. James Z. George's 3d Brigade, of Brig. Gen. James R. Chalmers' 5th Military District (headquartered at Panola, MS), Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's Department of the West, and commanded by Col. G. L. Blyth. [Refer to Edwin Bearss' The Vicksburg Campaign, Volume I, page 594; Volume II, page 249; and Volume III, page 1144.]

Did You Know?

Thomas O. Selfridge

Thomas O. Selfridge, captain of the USS Cairo, commanded three boats which sank during the war. Each began with the letter "C"-Cumberland, Cairo, and Conestoga. The coincidence was noted after the Conestoga sank, and Selfridge was assigned to the USS Osage, which survived to the end of the war.