CONFEDERATE MISSISSIPPI TROOPS
18th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
- Overview:
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18th Infantry Regiment, organized in June, 1861, at Corinth, Mississippi, recruited its
members in Yazoo, Coahoma, Madison, De Soto, and Hinds counties. Ordered to Virginia, the
unit fought at First Manassas
under D.R. Jones, then was engaged at Leesburg. In April, 1862, it contained 684
effectives and served in General Griffith's, Barksdale, and Humphrey's Brigade, Army of
Northern Virginia. The 18th participated in many campaigns from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor including the
operations at Chickamauga and
Knoxville. It went on to fight with Early in the Shenandoah Valley and later around Appomattox.
The unit reported 38 casualties at First Manassas, 85 at Leesburg, and 132 at Malvern Hill. Of the 186 engaged at Sharpsburg, forty-three percent
were disabled. It had 18 wounded at Fredericksburg, 25 killed and 43 wounded
at Chancellorsville, and 18 killed
and 82 wounded of the 242 at Gettysburg. Many were captured at
Sayler's Creek, and only 4 officers and 44 men surrendered. The field officers were Colonels
E.R. Burt and Thomas M. Griffin; Lieutenant Colonel Walter G. Kearney and William H. Luse;
and Majors John W. Balfour, James C. Campbell, G.B. Gerald, and E.G. Henry.
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