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At the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, this unit was attached to Col. William T. Withers' Provisional Cavalry Brigade, of Brig. Gen. Stephen Dill Lee's Provisional Division, Maj. Gen. Martin Luther Smith's 2d Military District, of Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton's Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, and commanded by Capt. W. H. Johnson. [Refer to Edwin Bearss' The Vicksburg Campaign, Volume I, page 225.]