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.]