This unit was a dismounted command of riflemen attached to Brig. Gen. Evander McNair’s Brigade, of Maj. Gen. Samuel G. French’s Division (organized 21 June 1863), Gen. Joseph E. Johnston’s Army of Relief, Department of the West, and commanded by Col. R.W. Harper. [Refer to Edwin Bearss’ The Vicksburg Campaign, Volume III, page 1150.]
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