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This unit was attached to Brig. Gen. Daniel Ruggles' 1st Military District (headquarters, Columbus, MS), of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's Department of the West, and commanded by Lt. Col. J. Cunningham and Capt. R. G. Earle. [Refer to Edwin Bearss' The Vicksburg Campaign, Volume II, page 248 and Volume III, page 1143.]