11th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment

The 11th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment (also known as "Perrin's regiment") was a cavalry formation in the Western Theater of the American Civil War commanded by Col. Robert O. Perrin, from 1863 to March 1865, when he resigned, and Lieut. Col. Henry L. Muldrow, until it was disbanded in May 1865.

11th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment
Active	1863–1865
Disbanded	May 1865
Country	Confederate States
Allegiance	Mississippi
Branch	Confederate States Army
Type	Cavalry
Size	Regiment
Part of	Ferguson's Brigade
Nickname(s)	"Perrin's regiment"
Facings	Yellow
Engagements	American Civil War Meridian Expedition Atlanta Campaign Savannah Campaign Campaign of the Carolinas
Commanders
Commanding officers	Col. Robert O. Perrin (1863–65) Lieut. Col. Henry L. Muldrow (acting) (1865)

History

The regiment was organized and mustered into Confederate service on October 6, 1863, in North and Middle Mississippi from new and existing companies of mounted men as Perrin's Battalion of Mississippi Cavalry. It was expanded, reorganized, and redesignated on December 23, 1863, as Perrin's Regiment of Mississippi Cavalry. Perrin's regiment was redesignated on March 20, 1865, as the 11th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment. It was disbanded in May 1865.[1][2]

Regimental order of battle

Units of Perrin's regiment included:

• Company A
• Company B
• Company C
• Company D
• Company E
• Company F
• Company G
• Company H[3]
• Company I (Barksdale Avengers)
• Company K[1]

See also

• List of Mississippi Civil War Confederate units

References

1. Rowland, Dunbar (1978) [1st pub. Mississippi Department of Archives and History:1908]. Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898. Spartanburg, South Carolina: The Reprint Company. pp. 422–424, 538. ISBN 978-0-87152-266-5. LCCN 78-2454. OCLC 3706088. OL 8348111M.
2. Estes, Claud (1912). List of Field Officers, Regiments and Battalions in the Confederate States Army, 1861-1865. Macon, Georgia: J. W. Burke Company. p. 32. LCCN 26020215. OCLC 1728286. OL 6694735M – via Internet Archive.
3. Lipscomb, Dr. W. L. (1909). Young, Mrs. Georgia P. (ed.). A History of Columbus, Mississippi, During the 19th Century. Birmingham, Ala.: Press of Dispatch Printing Co. p. 163. LCCN 16025391. OCLC 1738745. OL 6592630M – via Internet Archive.

Further reading

• Campbell, W. A. (December 1920). Cunningham, S. A. (ed.). "Humors of the March". Confederate Veteran. Vol. I no. 7. Nashville, Tenn.: S. A. Cunningham. p. 216. OCLC 1564663 – via Internet Archive.
• Douglas, G. M. (December 1920). Cunningham, S. A. (ed.). "A Skirmish at Lost Mountain". Confederate Veteran. Vol. XXVIII no. 12. Nashville, Tenn.: S. A. Cunningham. p. 452. OCLC 1564663 – via Internet Archive.
• Lee, Stephen D. (1909). Riley, Franklin L. (ed.). "The War in Mississippi After the Fall of Vicksburg, July 4, 1863". Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society. Vol. X. Oxford, Mississippi: Mississippi Historical Society. pp. 47–62. ISSN 0885-792X. LCCN 10020861. OL 22890925M – via Internet Archive.
• Roby, William A. (October 1908). Cunningham, S. A. (ed.). "Scouting in Georgia". Confederate Veteran. Vol. XVI no. 10. Nashville, Tenn.: S. A. Cunningham. pp. 519–520. OCLC 1564663 – via Internet Archive.