CONFEDERATE MISSISSIPPI TROOPS
10th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry
- Overview:
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10th Cavalry Regiment [also known as the 12th Regiment] was organized in January, 1865
by consolidating the 12th Mississippi Battalion Partisan Rangers and Company C of the 56th
Alabama Cavalry Regiment. The unit served in Ferguson's Brigade, Department of South
Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, then was assigned to W. Adams' command in the Department of
Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana. It confronted the Federals in South Carolina and
Alabama, and ended the war in Mississippi. Colonel William M. Inge was in command.
Associated unit:
12th Battalion Partisan Rangers was formed during the spring of 1863 with nine
companies. The unit was assigned to Ferguson's Brigade and totalled 250 effectives in October.
It served in Mississippi, then skirmished in Georgia and the Carolinas. In January, 1865, it
merged into the 10th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment. Lieutenant Colonel William M. Pound and
Major William M. Inge were in command.
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