CONFEDERATE MISSISSIPPI TROOPS
32nd Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
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32nd Infantry Regiment was assembled at Iuka and mustered into Confederate service at
Philadelphia, Mississippi, during the summer of 1862. Its members were recruited in Tishomingo,
Lee, Prentiss, and Alcorn counties. The unit was assigned to General S.A.M. Wood's and
Lowrey's Brigade and participated in the difficult campaigns of the Army of Tennessee from Chickamauga to Atlanta, was with Hood in Tennessee, and
saw action in North Carolina. During the Murfreesboro Campaign this unit was
detailed to guard the stations and bridges on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad. For a time
the regiment was consolidated with the 45th Regiment and in the fight at Chickamauga lost 25
killed and 141 wounded and at Tunnell Hill reported 18 casualties. In December the 32nd/45th
totalled 515 men and 387 arms. At the Battle of Atlanta the 32nd had 18 killed, 45
wounded, and 23 missing. Only a remnant surrendered in April, 1865. The field officers were
Colonels Mark P. Lowrey and William H.H. Tison, and Majors F.C. Karr and J.W. Swinney.
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