Mississippi: 1st Cavalry Regiment
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Unit History
Organized in mid-1862.
Surrendered by Lt. Gen. Richard Taylor, commanding the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana, at Meridian, Mississippi on May 4, 1865.
Field and Staff
- Commander: Jules C. Denis (Colonel)
- Colonel: Richard A. Pinson
- Lieutenant Colonel: John H. Miller (Major, Lt. Col.), Franklin A. Montgomery
- Major: John S. Simmons, E.G. Wheeler
Assignments
- July-August 1862: 3rd Sub-district, District of the Mississippi, Department #2
- September 1862: 2nd Sub-district, District of the Mississippi, Department #2
- September-October 1862: Cavalry Brigade, 1st Division, District of the Mississippi, Army of West Tennessee, Department #2
- October 1862: Cavalry Brigade, 1st Division, District of the Mississippi, Army of West Tennessee, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana
- November-December 1862: Cavalry, 1st Corps, Army of West Tennessee, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana
- December 1862-January 1863: Cavalry Corps, Army of North Mississippi, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana
- January-February 1863: Cosby's Brigade, Jackson's Division, Van Dorn's Cavalry Corps, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana
- February 1863: Cosby's Brigade, Martin's Division, Van Dorn's Cavalry Corps, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana
- March-May 1863: Cosby's Brigade, Martin's Division, Van Dorn's Cavalry Corps, Army of Tennessee
- June-July 1863: Cosby's Brigade, Jackson's Cavalry Division, Army of the West, Trans-Mississippi Department
- July-August 1863: Cosby's Brigade, Jackson's Cavalry Division, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana
- August-September 1863: Jackson's Brigade, Jackson's Division, Lee's Cavalry Corps, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana
- September-December 1863: Ross' Brigade, Jackson's Division, Lee's Cavalry Corps, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana
- December 1863-January 1864: Starke's-Cosby's Brigade, Jackson's Division, Lee's Cavalry Corps, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana
- January-May 1864: Cosby's-Starke's Brigade, Jackson's Division, Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana
- May-July 1864: Starke's-Armstrong's Brigade, Jackson's Cavalry Division, Army of Mississippi
- July 1864-January 1865: Armstrong's Brigade, Jackson's Cavalry Division, Army of Tennessee
- January-February 1865: Armstrong's Brigade, Jackson's Cavalry Division, Forrest's Cavalry Corps, Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana
- February-May 1865: Armstrong's Brigade, Chalmer's Cavalry Division, Forrest's Cavalry Corps, Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana
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Battles, Skirmishes and Engagements
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