CONFEDERATE MISSISSIPPI TROOPS
1st Battalion, Mississippi Sharpshooters
- Overview:
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1st Battalion Sharpshooters [also called 10th and 20th Battalion] was organized during the
fall of 1862 with three Mississippi companies from the 2nd Confederate Infantry Regiment.
Attached to General Rust's and Featherston's Brigade, Department of Mississippi and East
Louisiana, it participated in numerous conflicts around Vicksburg. Continuing under the
command of General Featherston, the battalion fought with the Army of Tennessee from Resaca to Bentonville. In December, 1864, it had 54
officers and men fit for duty, but only a handful surrendered on April 26, 1865. It was
commanded by Majors William A. Rayburn and James M. Stigler.
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