Mississippi: 9th Cavalry Regiment
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Unit History
Organized by the increase of the 17th Cavalry Battalion, Partisan Rangers to a regiment in early 1864.
Surrendered as part of President Jefferson Davis' escort at Forsyth, Georgia in May 1865.
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COMPANIES COMPRISING the 17th Battalion, Mississippi Cavalry:
Company A -- Steede’s Company (raised in Jackson County, MS)
Company B -- Poitevent’s Company (raised in Hancock County, MS)
Company C -- Evans’ Rangers (raised in Harrison County, MS)
Company D -- Miller’s Company (raised in Clarke County, MS)
Company E -- Mayers’ Company (raised in Harrison County, MS)
Company F -- Stevens’ Company (raised in Green & Perry Counties, MS)
HISTORY of the 17th Battalion Mississippi Cavalry:
Major -- Abner C. Steede
No rolls. The battalion is mentioned in the official records of date February, 1863, when Capt. William Wren was ordered to dismount Maj. Steede's Battalion and organize, if possible, two full and efficient companies, February, 1863.
In
April 1863, 171 menpresent, 474 men absent; attached to Gen. John Adams' command, Jackson.
The 14th Infantry and Steede's Battalion only troops left at Jackson on May 3, 1863. United with Richardson's Cavalry at Brookhaven and ordered to operate against Grant's supply trains, on May 5. In June, with Gen. John Adams' command at Yazoo City.
In July 30, with Cosby's Brigade, Jackson's Division Cavalry.
In November 1863, there were a total of 260 present for duty.
The battalion was a part of the 9th Regiment, with Ferguson's Brigade, in the Atlanta Campaign of 1864.
The dismounted men of Ferguson's Brigade were sent for temporary service to Mobile under Major Steede, 17th Mississippi Battalion, from camp at Carthage about December 5-10, 1864. Reported on March 10, 1865, Steede's Mississippi Cavalry Battalion, Maj. Abner C. Steede, attached to McCown's Missouri Brigade, French's Division, in or about Mobile.
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HISTORY of the 9th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry:
Colonel -- Horace H. Miller
Lieutenant-Colonel -- E.J. Sanders
Major -- Abner C. Steede
No rolls
In the Atlanta Campaign, the companies were commanded as follows:
Captain Miller
Captain Stevens
Captain Brown
Captain Mayer
Captain Brock
Captain Mayer
Captain Thomas Flourney
Second Lieutenant George W. Davis.
Captain C. A. Jennings
First Lieutenant Allen, Company G, were wounded near Kenesaw Mountain.
This regiment was formed by the consolidation of Steede's Battalion and Sander's Tennessee Battalion, under the command of Col. Horace H. Miller, formerly of the 20th Infantry, which was mounted during the Vicksburg campaign. The 9th Regiment was in camp at Madison Station in February 1864, and a portion was sent by Gen. S. W. Ferguson on a reconnaissance toward Jackson, where Sherman's army was passing through to Meridian, "which duty was promptly and efficiently accomplished," said Ferguson. "This command did not rejoin me until February 14."
The regiment is not enumerated in the organization of Gen. S.D. Lee's Cavalry Corps on February 20. It is listed as the 9th Mississippi, Col. Horace H. Miller, in Ferguson's Brigade, Jackson's Cavalry, Army of Mississippi, in the Atlanta Campaign. The scout company of the brigade was Capt. Thomas C. Flournoy's company of this regiment.
The regiment is mentioned as on the picket line near Kenesaw Mountain, June 26, 1864. Casualties, June 9, 3 killed, 4 wounded. Casualties between June 9-24 were 2 killed, 14 wounded. In September, it is listed in Ferguson's Brigade with 11th and 12th Mississippi, and 2nd and 56th Alabama. Ferguson's Brigade, in the fall of 1864. was transferred to Gen. Joseph Wheeler's Cavalry and was in Wheeler's battles during Sherman's march to Savannah and siege of that city.
On
January 31, 1865, Capt. Benjamin Stevens commanding, in Ferguson's Brigade, Iverson's Division, Wheeler's Cavalry.
A portion of the regiment was in the Mississippi district in March, 1865, and was assigned to the command of Col. W. B. Wade, in Forrest's Cavalry. On March 15, all officers and men of Ferguson's Brigade, including Col. H. H. Miller's Regiment, now rendezvousing at Shubuta, ordered to report to Maj .-Gen. W. T. Martin at Carthage, Ala. "Colonel White of the Ninth," and a number of officers and men were reported among the captures of Wilson's troops at Selma, Ala. on April 2, 1865. Ferguson's Brigade was part of the escort of President Jefferson Davis in Georgia in April 1865.
On April 9, 1865, Colonel Miller, commanding 9th Regiment, at Coffeeville, Ala., ordered to report at Demopolis. His command was used as scouts at the front toward Mobile, until the capitulation on May 4.
Field and Staff
- Commander: Horace H. Miller (Colonel)
- Lieutenant Colonel: Abner C. Steed
- Major: Edward J. Sanders
Assignments
- March-May 1864: Ferguson's Brigade, Jackson's Division, Lee's Cavalry Corps, Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana
- May-July 1864: Ferguson's Brigade, Jackson's Cavalry Division, Army of Mississippi
- July-October 1864: Ferguson's Brigade, Jackson's Cavalry Division, Army of Tennessee
- November 1864-February 1865: Ferguson's Brigade, Iverson's-Young's Division, Wheeler's Cavalry Corps, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida
- February-April 1865: Ferguson's Brigade, Young's Division, Wheeler's Cavalry Corps, Hampton's Cavalry Command
- April 1865: Ferguson's Brigade, Young's Division, Wheeler's Cavalry Corps, Hampton's Cavalry Command, Army of Tennessee
- April-May 1865: President Jefferson Davis' Escort
Companies & Counties of Origin
| Company | Counties Formed From | Also Known As |
| A | Jackson County | Steede’s Company |
| B | Clarke County | Miller's Company |
| C | Harrison County | Mayers’ Company |
| D | Green and Perry Counties | Stevens’ Company |
| E | Chickasaw County | Chickasaw Mounted Guards |
| F | Monroe County | Mann's Company |
| G | Jasper County | Jenning’s Company |
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Battles, Skirmishes and Engagements
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