CONFEDERATE MISSISSIPPI TROOPS
21st Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
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21st Infantry Regiment was organized in October, 1861, using the 1st (Brandon's)
Mississippi Infantry Battalion as its nucleus. It was mustered into Confederate service at
Manassas, Virginia. The men were from the counties of Warren, Hinds, Claiborne, Lafayette,
Tallahatchie, Madison, Holmes, and Union. In April, 1862, its force was 684 men, and during the
war it served under the command of Generals Griffith, Barksdale, and Humphreys. The 21st
participated in the campaigns of the army from the Seven Days' Battles to Gettysburg, then moved to Longstreet to
fight at Chickamauga and
Knoxville. After returning to Virginia it was involved in the Battles of The Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor, Early's Shenandoah Valley
operations, and the Appomattox Campaign. It lost 32 killed and 119 wounded during the Seven
Days' Battles, had 3 killed and 56 wounded of the 200 engaged at Sharpsburg, and had 11 wounded at Fredericksburg. Its casualties at Chancellorsville were 3 killed and 25
wounded and twenty-four percent of the 424 at Gettysburg were disabled. Many were
captured at Sayler's Creek, and
only 4 officers and 44 men surrendered. Its field officers were Colonels William L. Brandon,
Benjamin G. Humphreys, and Daniel N. Moody; Lieutenant Colonels William H. Fitzgerald and
John Sims; and Major John G. Taylor.
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