CONFEDERATE MISSISSIPPI TROOPS
2nd Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry
- Overview:
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2nd Cavalry Regiment [also called 4th and 42nd Regiment] was organized during the
spring of 1863. It was formerly the 47th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, which never completed
its organization. Its members were from the counties of Adams, Choctaw, Newton, Lee,
Lauderdale, Pontotoc, Kemper, and Hinds. The unit was assigned to W. Adams', Mabry's, and
F.C. Armstrong's Brigade. After skirmishing in Mississippi it saw action in various conflicts in
North Georgia and Alabama. Some of the men were captured in the fight at Selma, and only a
remnant surrendered with the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana. The field
officers were Colonels Edward Dillon and J.L. McCarty, Lieutenant Colonel James Gordon, and
Majors J.L. Harris and John J. Perry.
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