CONFEDERATE MISSISSIPPI TROOPS
36th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
- Overview:
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36th Infantry Regiment was assembled during the spring of 1862 and mustered into
Confederate service at Corinth, Mississippi. Its members were recruited in Scott, Copiah, and
Hinds counties. This unit had 326 men engaged at Iuka and lost 12 killed and 71 wounded in
the Battle of Corinth. Later it
was placed under the command of General Hebert, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana,
and captured when Vicksburg
fell. During the siege it reported 28 killed and 72 wounded. After being exchanged, the regiment,
serving in Mackall's and Sears' Brigade, fought in the Atlanta Campaign and in Tennessee with
Hood, then took part in the defense of Mobile. It sustained 6 casualties at New Hope Church, 38 at Kenesaw Mountain, 29 at the Chattahoochee River, and 13 in the Battle
of Atlanta. The 36th was included in the surrender of the Department of Alabama, Mississippi,
and East Louisiana. The field officers were Colonels Drury J. Brown and William W.
Witherspoon, Lieutenant Colonels Edward Brown and S.J. Harper, and Majors Charles P. Partin
and Alexander Yates.
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