CONFEDERATE MISSISSIPPI TROOPS
Adams' Company, Mississippi (Holmes County Independent)
- Overview:
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Wirt Adams' Cavalry Regiment [also called 1st Mississippi Cavalry] was organized during
the summer of 1861 and mustered into Confederate service at Jackson, Mississippi. Its members
were recruited in the counties of Claiborne, Lowndes, Tallahatchie, Warren, and Yazoo. The unit
served under Chalmers, F.C. Armstrong, W.H. Jackson, W.
C. Wood, and W.Adams. It confronted the Federals in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama, but
for the most part it fought in Mississippi. In December, 1861, it contained 29 officers and 400
men, and in January, 1863 there were 35 officers and 539 men present for duty. Few surrendered
in May, 1865. The field officers were Colonels Wirt Adams and Robert C. Wood, Jr.; Lieutenant
Colonel Thomas Lewers; and Majors Stephen B. Cleveland, James Hagan, and Isaac F. Harrison.
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