Sir_Squiggles
01-09-2018, 05:59 AM
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Here is some music to listen to while reading! Enjoy!
Music:
Wearing of the Grey- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XVsEVW4x_Q
Southern Solider- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO_vlmbd72o
Jackson's In the Valley- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgVEfHTY8_o
Dixie's Land- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3IJ05QntXQ
Im a Good Ole Rebel- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8ZA_8l3YVg
The March of Southern Men- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHIz5l9LRBg
Johnny Reb- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZxMDZ3TdZM
When Johnny Comes Marching Home- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNSuwzrXg_s
The Irish Brigade- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ot7amDyqbY
From Dixie With Love(Ole Miss)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BxG4OxVNBI
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If you are thinking of joining the 11th MS follow this quick guide! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HvBxkWfVpnRMFttDRHbemMDaE7ruyz3-KC1KFrOQ0Nc/edit?usp=sharing
Proud Member of Jackson's Second Corps
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Company Information
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Company Command Staff
Brigadier General Trump Of Jackson's Second Corps 1st Brigade
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Company Non-Commissioned Officers
1st Sgt. Joe Bang
Sgt. Sidney
Company and Regimental History
The Inspector-General reported from Harper's Ferry May 23 that the Mississippians were clamoring for rifles in place of the old muskets they had. The Eleventh, he said, took pride in its appearance and was soldierly.
In the organization of the Army of the Shenandoah, under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, the Eleventh and Second, with the Fourth Alabama and First Tennessee, constituted Gen. B. E. Bee's brigade, the other brigades being commanded by Thomas J. Jackson, of Virginia, Barrow of Georgia and Elzey of Maryland. With the army they fell back to Winchester June 15, when Patterson's Federal army crossed the Potomac from Pennsylvania, and on July 18 began the movement to Manassas to support Beauregard against the Federal army advancing from Washington. Two companies of the Eleventh, A and F, under Lieutenant-Colonel Liddell, arrived at Manassas with General Johnston, about noon of the 20th, and on the next morning they were ordered out, with the Second and other regiments, under General Bee, the first to advance to the relief of the left flank of the army, which was being demoralized by an unexpected attack from the Federal army. They went into battle gallantly, but were also overwhelmed by great odds, after a heroic struggle, and forced to fall back behind the line established in their rear by General Jackson. Casualties -- killed, 7; wounded, 21.
Subsequently Liddell was in command of the regiment and the brigade was commanded by General Whiting. General Lee wrote July 25, 1861, that he regarded the brigade as a Mississippi brigade, commanded by a Mississippian.
The six miles march from Winchester at double quick that the regiment made to reach the field of Manassas disabled many. The winter was spent in camp near Dumfries, a few miles from the Evansport batteries on the Potomac. In February the men began enlisting for the war and taking furloughs. They moved to Fredericksburg March 8, and thence to the vicinity of Yorktown, where the regiment was reorganized and officers elected. They left the Yorktown lines May 4, and next day Whiting's division, including his brigade and Hood's Texans, marched thirty-five miles to oppose Franklin's corps, which Hood and Stuart drove back and prevented from interfering with the withdrawal of Johnston's army. There are no official reports covering the action of the regiment at Seven Pines, May 31 and June 1. They supported the Third Alabama in an attack on the Fifty-second New York June 1, and finally took the front line and suffered a heavy loss, which does not appear in the reports. Company E had 2 killed and 8 wounded, 2 of whom were captured. Company K had 3 killed, 11 wounded.
In June they accompanied Whiting's division in the movement to Staunton to reinforce Jackson in the valley, soon returning with Jackson to Ashland to attack McClellan.
In the seven days' battles before Richmond the brigade, under Col. E. M. Law, was in Whiting's division with Hood's Texas brigade. The division marched as the advance of Jackson's army (see Second Regiment) and later in the evening of June 27, in the battle of Gaines' Mill, made the famous charge across the ravine held by the Federal infantry and artillery, sweeping the enemy away and winning the victory. (No regimental reports, see Second Regiment for synopsis of Whiting's report.) "Colonel Liddell led his distinguished regiment to the close of the action," Whiting wrote. The loss of the Eleventh was 18 killed, 142 wounded, 3 missing, the most severe of any in the division except the Fourth Texas. The retreating Federal army was overtaken at White Oak swamp June 30, where the regiment was under fire. At Malvern Hill, July 1, under artillery fire, they lost 1 killed and 20 wounded.
In the second Manassas campaign Hood marched his division to Freeman's ford, August 22, driving a Federal force across the Rappahannock, next to Waterloo ford, and then with the main body of Longstreet's army through Thoroughfare gap to the relief of Jackson's army in battle with Pope. The Eleventh was in the charge at sunset August 29, when the brigade captured one piece of artillery, three stands of colors and 100 prisoners. Next day, in the battle of Manassas Plains, the brigade advanced to Groveton in support of a battery, under heavy artillery fire, and afterwards took part in the fight near Chinn's house, "fighting gallantly and incurring heavy loss and at night resting on our
most advanced line." The regimental casualties of the two days were 22 killed and 87 wounded, the heaviest of the brigade. . In the march through Maryland, September, 1862, Hood's division turned about and countermarched to meet the pursuing enemy at Boonsboro gap in the mountains. Hood ordered his Texas brigade and Law's brigade "to move forward with bayonets fixed, which they did with their accustomed gallantry, driving the enemy and regaining all our
lost ground." As the rear guard of the army they marched thence to Sharpsburg and were stationed near the Dunker church, where Hood was attacked on the evening of the 16th, but repulsed the enemy. "During the engagement the brave and efficient Col. P. F. Liddell fell, mortally wounded." After this fight the men had their first meal for three days, except that they had a half ration of beef one day and the green corn along the road. Next morning (17th) Hood was called early into the battle. He wrote: "I soon became engaged with an immense force of the enemy, consisting of not less than two corps of their army. It was here that I witnessed the most terrible clash of arms, by far, that has occurred during the war. The two little giant brigades of this division wrestled with this mighty force, losing hundreds of their gallant officers and men, but driving the enemy from his position and forcing him to abandon his guns on our left." They were fighting at right angles to the general line of battle, and Law was so exposed that the division was retired to the church, which they held until relieved by McLaws.
Loss of Regimental Colors!
Lieutenant-Colonel S. F. Butler was wounded and Major T. S. Evans killed in command of the regiment. Total casualties of the regiment: 8 killed, 96 wounded. The color bearer was killed and the regimental flag, which had been presented by the government November 6, was lost.
After the return to the' Shenandoah valley the Second and Eleventh were ordered to Richmond to join the Mississippi brigade under Gen. Joseph R. Davis. They arrived there in November, and in December the brigade was sent to Goldsboro, N. C., in which vicinity it operated against a Federal force; left there for Blackwater bridge in February, 1863; was in the entrenched line at Suffolk during the siege; left the Blackwater camp for Fredericksburg June 3; was attached to Heth's division, A. P. Hill's corps; started on the Pennsylvania campaign June 15.
The Eleventh did not have a part in the battle of July 1, near Gettysburg, being left as a guard for the division wagon train near Cashtown, Pa. On July 3 it participated in the famous charge up the slope of Cemetery ridge, on the extreme left of the Confederate line. The entire division, under command of Pettigrew, in which the Eleventh was included, moved steadily up the slope, closing up the ranks as they were thinned by the tremendous storm of shot and shell, and finally were at the stone wall behind which the Federal infantry was posted. But there the musketry fire was so murderous that "any further effort to carry the position was hopeless, and there was nothing left but to retire to the position originally held, which was done in more or less confusion." Two men were killed and twenty-one wounded in Davis' brigade by the Federal artillery as they stood in line before the movement was begun. In the charge all the field officers of the brigade were killed or wounded. The regimental casualties were reported as 32 killed, 170 wounded. Company histories reveal the following facts:
Company K took thirty-eight into the charge. Captain Bird was killed while cheering his men over the stone fence. Lieutenant Stanford took his place and fell wounded. Some of the men scaled the fence and were captured. At roll call that evening seven answered. Lieutenant Baker, Company C, surrendered about a dozen men at the fence. Lieutenant Baker, Company A, was wounded beyond the fence and surrendered with his squad of men. Company E took in thirty-nine men, of whom fifteen were killed and twenty-one wounded, including Captain Halbert and two Lieutenants killed and one Lieutenant wounded. Corporal Morgan was the only man able for duty after the charge. Company D took in fifty-five men and all but ten were killed or wounded and captured.
From Gettysburg they marched to Hagerstown and were in line of battle several .days, thence to Falling Waters, crossing the Potomac; Bunker Hill, Culpepper, Orange Courthouse, and from there across the Rappahannock in the campaign resulting in the battle of Bristoe Station, where the regiment had four men wounded. In December they marched to Mine Run and intrenched in line of battle. They were in winter quarters at Orange Courthouse until May 4, when they moved into the battle of the Wilderness May 5. The Eleventh led the advance of Heth's division, moving down the plank road deployed in line, pushed back the Federal cavalry for several miles, and encountered the Blue infantry toward the middle of the evening. This opened the battle of the Wilderness. Heth's division was at one time almost entirely surrounded, but Anderson's division arrived on the field and relieved the pressure. On the morning of the 6th the enemy renewed the battle, while Kershaw's division of Longstreet's corps was relieving Heth's, which was held as a reserve that day. Some confusion was caused, but the main part of Davis' brigade, under Colonel Stone, remained on the line and took a very active part in the severe battle that followed. (Sketch by D. C. Love, also see Second Regiment.)
After the movement to Spottsylvania the regiment fought at Talley's Mill May 10, where Colonel Green was mortally wounded. He died May 15. The Lamar Rifles, as brigade skirmishers, under Captain Nelms, were particularly distinguished in this battle.
At the battle of May 12, Spottsylvania Courthouse, the brigade repulsed an attack, being posted to the right of the Bloody Angle. One hundred and fifty men of the brigade were sent out in front under Captain Nelms as a skirmish line that day, and of these 120 were killed or wounded. There was considerable loss at Bethesda Church, June 2-3, on the Cold Harbor line, where the brigade remained until after the battle of the Crater, July 30, when they were moved to that part of the Petersburg line.
Roll of honor at the Wilderness battles--Corporal Richard C. Bridges, Edward G. Jones, J. M. Williamson, Corporal G. B. Triplett, Corporal John T. Morgan, W. C. Nance, John C. Barnes, W. H. Johnson, P. H. Neagle, J. W. Young, Sergt. W. D. Reid, John R. Gilleylen, Corporal J. K. Miller, Samuel Stanford (killed), John W. Jennings, Color Bearer Frank L. Hope. At Talley's MiI1--A. J. Due, J, H. Cook, Corporal Dennis O'Sullivan, Corporal A. W. Maness, George M. Dooley, Corporal W. R. Holland, H. Clay Moore, Vaiden H. Hughes. At Spotsylvania Courthouse--J. H. Dailey, J. D. Norwood, Balus H. Dumas, A. G. Burney, Sergt. R. T. Hobson, J. Beckett Gladney, E. B. Marcey (killed). At Bethesda Church--J. H. Dailey, J. C. Halbert, Corporal A. W. Maness (killed), W. N. Shaw, John C. Robinson, T. B. Reid, George W. Wall, A. L. Kimbrough, Color Bearer Frank L. Hope. (Records of Union and Confederate Armies.)
The battles that followed were the Weldon Railroad (Ream's Station), August 18-19; Davis Farm, October 1; Jones' Farm, October 3; Hatcher's Run, October 27.
Casualties at battles of Wilderness and Spottsylvania---Killed, 14; wounded, 55; missing, 6. At Bethesda Church, June 2-3 -- Killed, 6; wounded, 31; missing, 4. At Weldon Railroad, August 18-19 -- Killed, 10; wounded, 30. At Jones' Farm, October 2-3 -- Killed, 1; wounded, 3; missing, 1.
Roll of honor for Weldon Railroad, August 18-19 -- Corporals S. L. Neely (dead), Matthew Knox, W. C. Handley; Privates Z. E. Vernor, George H. Turner (killed), James L. Anderson (killed), S. T. Fife, P. McAnnally, T. W. Billingsley (killed), R. A. Sims, J. T. Stanley, B. F. Trammell, T. J. S. Robinson (killed). Hanover Junction--J. C. Halbert, A. L. McJunkin, James M. Gillespie, G. W. Williams. (Records of Union and Confederate Armies).
March 25, 1865, the skirmish line of Davis' brigade on the Petersburg line, was attacked and some of the men captured. The brigade went into the battle which lasted several hours. The Eleventh was only sixty-four strong and lost a considerable proportion of that number. LieutenantColonel Reynolds lost his right arm and Captain Nelms was severely wounded. During the night of April 1st the regiment, under command of Major Shannon, moved to the right and took position near Hatcher’s Run, where next day, the Federal army having broken the line, the remnant of the regiment was almost surrounded by vast numbers. Shannon led his men to the run and disbanded the command. Frank Hope, color bearer, tore the flag into shreds, tied them to the pole and threw it in the stream. Some escaped by swimming, among them Major J. J. Evans of the staff of General Davis, but most surrendered. (Sketch by D. C. Love.)
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Troop Movements of the 11th MS Regiment
April The independent companies that would become the regiment were ordered to Corinth.
May 4 The regiment was formed in Corinth under Colonel William H. Moore, Lieutenant Colonel Philip F. Liddell and Major Samuel F. Butler.
May Sent to Virginia
May 13 Mustered into Confederate service in Lynchburg.
May 19 Arrived in Harpers Ferry, Virginia
June 16 Withdrew from Harpers Ferry to Winchester with Johnston’s Army
June 17 Colonel Falkner of the 2nd Mississippi was put in command of a brigade consisting of the 2nd Mississippi, the 11th Mississippi, the 4th Alabama and the 1st Tennessee.
June 19 General Bernard Bee took command of the brigade.
July 18 Ordered to support Beauregard at Manassas. The sick were left at Winchester and the regiment marched through Ashby’s Gap to Piedmont. Companies A and F under Lieutenant Colonel Liddell boarded a train for Manassas with the 2nd Mississippi.
July 20 Companies A and F arrived at Manassas about noon. They accompanied the 2nd Mississippi and were put in a suporting position behind McLean’s and Blackburn’s Fords on Bull Run.
The rest of the regiment under Colonel Moore boarded the train that had been sent back from Manassas. It would not reach the battlefield in time for the battle.
July 21
Battle at Manassas! (Bull Run)
Companies A and F under Lieutenant Colonel Liddell were sent along with Bee’s Brigade to reinforce the endangered left flank. They arrived at the scene of the fighting around 11, crossing Young’s Branch and forming a defensive line that was supported by two batteries. Under heavy small arms and artillery fire that mortally wounded General Bee, the companies fell back with heavy losses and reformed behind Jackson’s Brigade. They then joined Jackson in the attack on the Union batteries. The two companies lost 7 men killed and 21 wounded.
July 22 Colonel Moore accidentally shot himself in the foot with his pistol. He returned to Mississippi to recover and later resigned. After Moore recovered from his wound he went on to command the 43rd Mississippi and would be killed at the Battle of Corinth.
General William Whiting took over the brigade after General Bee died of his Manassas wound.
November 6 The regiment was presented with Confederate colors.
Winter The regiment went into winter camp with the 2nd Mississippi at Dumfires.
1862
March 8 Moved to Fredericksburg.
April Moved to Yorktown.
April 26 The regiment reorganized and reenlisted for the duration of the war, mustering 504 men. Lieutenant Colonel Philip F. Liddell was elected colonel, Major Samuel F. Butler lieutenant colonel and Taliaferro S. Evans of Company H major.
May 10 At Richmond
May 31-June 1
Battle of Seven Pines, or Fair Oaks
The regiment supported the Third Alabama in its attack on the 52nd New York, then moved to the front line, taking heavy casualties. Captain William B. Lowry was wounded in the face.
mid-June Sent with Whiting’s Division to temporarily reinforce Jackson’s Army of the Valley. Colonel Evander Law commanded the brigade while Whiting commanded the division.
June 18 Reached Strasburg
end of June Returned to the Richmond area
June 26
Battle of Mechanicsville
Marched from Ashland and rebuilt the bridge over the Totopotomoy but was ordered to bivouac and never joined the battle.
June 27
Battle of Gaines’s Mill
The regiment, with the rest of Law’s Brigade and Hood’s Brigade, charged and broke the center of the Federal line. It lost 18 men killed, 142 wounded, and 3 missing out of the 400 men engaged. Major Evans and Captains Reuben O. Reynolds and George Shannon were wounded.
July 1
Battle of Malvern Hill
The regiment took no active part but lost 1 man killed and 20 wounded from artillery fire.
Mid-July The regiment with Whiting’s Division was transferred to Longstreet’s Command.
July 26 General Whiting left on medical leave. Brigadier General John B. Hood took over command of the division.
August 22 Moved to Freeman’s Ford on the Rappahannock.
August 28 Moved through Thorofare Gap
August 29-30
Second Battle of Manassas
The regiment lost 4 killed and 55 wounded.
September 14
Battle of South Mountain
Marched from Hagerstown to Turner’s Gap along the National Road, arriving around 3 p.m. Launched a bayonet attack to turn back Federal troops who were forcing the pass.
September 15 Withdrew to a position behind Antietam Creek near Sharpsburg. Hood’s Division acted as the rearguard for the army.
September 16 Positioned near the Dunker Church. Threw back an enemy advance at dusk along the Smoketown Road. Colonel Liddell was mortally wounded. Lt. Colonel Samuel F. Butler took command of the regiment.
September 17
Battle at Sharpsburg! (Antietam)
Attacked at dawn by Hooker’s Federal First Corps, Hood’s Division counterattacked in the Cornfield. General Hood wrote, “I soon became engaged with an immense force of the enemy, consisting of not less than two corps of their army. It was here that I witnessed the most terrible clash of arms, by far, that has occurred during the war. The two little giant brigades of this division wrestled with this mighty force, losing hundreds of their gallant officers and men, but driving the enemy from his position and forcing him to abandon his guns on our left.”
The regiment lost 8 men killed and 96 wounded out of around 200 men. Lt. Colonel Butler was mortally wounded in the stomach and Major Taliaferro Evans was killed when he took command from Butler. The color bearer was killed and the regimental colors lost.
From the first of two brigade tablets on the Antietam battlefield:
September 16, 1862.
On the evening of the 16th, Law’s Brigade advanced from the fields in front of the Dunkard Church to a position in the East Woods, on either side of the Smoketown Road, where it supported the skirmishers of Wofford’s Brigade in resisting the advance of Seymour’s Brigade.
The engagement ceased at dark. At 10 P. M. the Brigade was relieved by Trimble’s Brigade of Ewell’s Division, and withdrawn to the woods west of the Dunkard Church.
From the second brigade tablet:
September 17, 1862
Law’s Brigade advanced from the woods at the Dunkard Church at 7 A.M. and relieved Trimble’s Brigade across the Smoketown Road south of this point. Gradually gaining ground to the left, its center on the open ground and its right in the East Woods, it assisted in repulsing the advance of Ricketts’ Division, First Corps. Supported on the right by the 21st Georgia of Trimble’s Brigade and the 5th Texas of Wofford’s Brigade, it advanced to the northeast corner of Miller’s Cornfield and the woods adjacent, from which it was dislodged by the advance of the Twelfth Corps. It withdrew to the fields south of the Dunkard Church and was not again engaged.
September 25 Colonel Liddell died of his wound at Sharpsburg.
October 3 Lt. Colonel Butler died of his wound at Frederick.
Captain Francis M. Green of Company G was promoted to major and then to colonel, Captain William B. Lowry of Company A to major and then lieutenant colonel, and Captain Reuben O. Reynolds of Company I was promoted to major, with the final promotions all effective to the death of Colonel Liddell on September 25. However, Jefferson Davis refused to confirm Green’s appointment.
November 8 The regiment and the 2nd Mississippi were detatched from Law’s Brigade and sent to Richmond and then North Carolina to be the nucleus for a new brigade under Brigadier General Joseph Davis.
1863
January 12 Captain Alexander H. Franklin of Company D was promoted to lieutenant colonel.
February Lieutenant Colonel Franklin was dismissed. Captain Green was reappointed colonel.
Spring The regiment and its brigade joined Longstreet for the Suffolk Campaign.
May The regiment, with Longstreet’s command, returned to Lee’s army on the Rappahannock, but too late to take part in the Battle of Chancellorsville.
June 3 Moved to Fredericksburg and attached to Archer’s Brigade of Heth’s Division in the newly created Third Corps.
June 15 Began the march for the Shenandoah Valley which led to Pennsylvania.
June 25 Crossed the Potomac at Shepherdstown
June 30 Camped near Cashtown
July 2-3
Battle at Gettysburg!
The regiment was assigned to guard the baggage trains on July 1 and missing the opening fighting of the battle. It rejoined the brigade on the 2nd, but Davis’ Brigade was held in reserve due to its heavy casualties the day before. On the 3rd the brigade took part in Pickett’s Charge. The 11th was the left flank regiment in the brigade.
Brockenbrough’s Brigade, the left flank brigade of the charge, took heavy fire from its front and flank and collapsed well short of the Union lines, leaving the 11th Misssippi the exposed left flank regiment for the remainder of the charge. The regiment’s colors and a handful of men made it to the stone wall that was the Union defensive line and were killed or captured there. Major Reynolds was wounded. Company A, the University Greys, was completely wiped out.
From the regimental monument at Gettysburg:
The 11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, under the command of Col. Francis M. Green and Maj. Reuben O. Reynolds, formed west of the tree line on Seminary Ridge behind Maj. William Pegram’s Battalion of Artillery and immediately south of McMillan’s Woods on July 3, 1863. Shortly after 3:00 p.m., Color Sgt. William O’Brien of Company C, memorialized on this monument, raised the colors and the regiment stepped forward. Although clusters of men reached the stone wall near Brian’s Barn, the attack was driven back with heavy loss, and the remnants of the regiment reformed in this vicinity.
Combatants – 393, Killed in action/died of wounds – 110, Wounded/wounded captured – 193, Captured unwounded – 37, Non-casualty – 53
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11th Mississippi Regiment
Company A – University Greys
Layfayette County – 1st Lt. Jonathan V. Moore
Company B – Coahoma Invincibles
Coahoma County – Capt. William D. Nunn
Company C – Prairie Rifles
Chickasaw County – Capt. George W. Shannon
Company D – Neshoba Rifles
Neshoba County – Capt. Jonathan R. Prince
Company E – Prairie Guards
Lowndes County – Capt. Henry P. Halpert
Company F – Noxubee Rifles
Noxubee County – Capt. Thomas J. Stokes
Company G – Lamar Rifles
Lafayette County – Capt. William O. Nelms
Company H – Chickasaw Guards
Chickasaw County – Capt. Jamison H. Moore
Company I – Van Dorn Reserve
Monroe County – Capt. Stephen C. Moore
Company K – Carroll County Rifles
Carroll County – Capt. George W. Bird, Jr.
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July 14 Battle of Falling Waters
Serving with the rest of Heth’s Division (temporarily under General Pettigrew since Heth’s wound on July 1) as rear guard for Lee’s Army while rcrossing the Potomac, the regiment fought off an attack by Union Cavalry, losing 9 men.
October Bristoe Station
The regiment lost 4 men wounded
November-December Mine Run Campaign
December Wintered in camp near Orange Court House
1864
May 4 General Davis was absent on sick leave as Grant opened the 1864 campaign. Colonel Stone took command of the brigade as senior colonel, and Captain J.H. Buchanan commanded the regiment.
May 5
Battle of the Wilderness
Moved up the Orange Plank Road to meet Federal forces moving through the wilderness. The regiment was on the left of Heth’s Division, north of the Plank Road, and held off a series of attacks by Hancock’s Federal Second Corps. The brigade was relieved at dusk by Thomas’ Brigade of Wilcox’s Division and moved south of the Plank Road.
May 6 The Federal pre-dawn attack broke the Confederate line but the 2nd, 11th, 29th and 42nd Mississippi held the line for two hours until Longstreet’s reinforcements reached the battlefield and launched a counterattack. The brigade reformed and attacked when Longstreet was wounded and his attack stalled. It pushed back Federals threatening an Alabama brigade, then built and defended a log barricade until withdrawn to Lee’s defensive line.
May 10
Battle of Talley’s Mill, or Po River
Colonel Francis Green was mortally wounded, and Major Reuben O. Reynolds took command of the regiment.
May 12-21
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
The regiment was only lightly engaged as skirmishers but Colonel Green was mortally wounded on May 12. Casualties for the regiment for the first two weeks in May were 14 killed, 55 wounded and 6 missing.
May 15 Colonel Green died of his wound.
May 23-26 Battle of North Anna
June 3
Battle of Cold Harbor (Bethesda Church)
The regiment lost 6 killed, 31 wounded and 4 missing.
June 1864-April 1865 Siege of Petersburg
June 3-18 The regiment remained north of the Jame River with the rest of the Third Corps until Lee established that Grant really had shifted his entire army to Petersburg.
August 18
Battle of Weldon Railroad, or Globe Tavern
The regiment took part in a counterattack which broke two Federal brigades, then dug in and held the ground gained. It lost 10 men killed and 30 wounded.
September 30
Battle of Peeble’s Farm
The regiment fought along Squirrel Level Road
October 1 Davis Farm
October 3
Squirrel Level Road (Jones’ Farm)
In a raging downpour Heth launched a number of uncoordinated attacks against what he mistakenly thought was a hanging Federal flank. The attacks were beaten back by the well entrenched Federals. The regiment lost 1 killed, 3 wounded and 1 missing.
October 27
Battle of Boyden Plank Road, or Burgess’ Mill
December 1 Lieutenant Colonel Lowry resigned due to his wound from Seven Pines. Major Reynolds was promoted to colonel and Captain George W. Shannon of Company C was promoted to lieutenant colonel.
1865
March 25
Skirmish at Hawks Farm
Colonel Reynolds was wounded, losing his right arm, and Captain Nelms was badly wounded. Lieutenant Colonel George Shannon took command of the regiment, which had started the battle with 64 men.
March 30 The regiment mustered 64 men.
April 2
Breakthrough and Collapse at Petersburg
The regiment was flanked on both sides and retreated to Hatcher’s Run, which was unaffordable due to heavy rains. Lieutenant Colonel Shannon and most of the regiment were forced to surrender, although some escaped by swimming the dangerously swollen waters. Color bearer Frank Hope tore the colors to pieces and threw the staff into the stream.[/SIZE][/FONT]
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Jackson Mississippi 1861
The people of the State of Mississippi, in convention assembled, do ordain and declare, and it is hereby ordained and declared, as follows, to wit:
Section 1. That all the laws and ordinances by which the said State of Mississippi became a member of the Federal Union of the United States of America be, and the same are hereby, repealed, and that all obligations on the part of the said State or the people thereof to observe the same be withdrawn, and that the said State doth hereby resume all the rights, functions, and powers which by any of said laws or ordinances were conveyed to the Government of the said United States, and is absolved from all the obligations, restraints, and duties incurred to the said Federal Union, and shall from henceforth be a free, sovereign, and independent State.
Sec. 2. That so much of the first section of the seventh article of the constitution of this State as requires members of the Legislature and all officers, executive and judicial, to take an oath or affirmation to support the Constitution of the United States be, and the same is hereby, abrogated and annulled.
Sec. 3. That all rights acquired and vested under the Constitution of the United States, or under any act of Congress passed, or treaty made, in pursuance thereof, or under any law of this State, and not incompatible with this ordinance, shall remain in force and have the same effect as if this ordinance had not been passed.
Sec. 4. That the people of the State of Mississippi hereby consent to form a federal union with such of the States as may have seceded or may secede from the Union of the United States of America, upon the basis of the present Constitution of the said United States, except such parts thereof as embrace other portions than such seceding States.
Thus ordained and declared in convention the 9th day of January, in the year of our Lord 1861
May our endeavours find a fruitful path through this great struggle for our freedoms, and truths we hold so dearly.
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Here is some music to listen to while reading! Enjoy!
Music:
Wearing of the Grey- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XVsEVW4x_Q
Southern Solider- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO_vlmbd72o
Jackson's In the Valley- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgVEfHTY8_o
Dixie's Land- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3IJ05QntXQ
Im a Good Ole Rebel- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8ZA_8l3YVg
The March of Southern Men- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHIz5l9LRBg
Johnny Reb- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZxMDZ3TdZM
When Johnny Comes Marching Home- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNSuwzrXg_s
The Irish Brigade- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ot7amDyqbY
From Dixie With Love(Ole Miss)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BxG4OxVNBI
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Company and Regimental History
The Inspector-General reported from Harper's Ferry May 23 that the Mississippians were clamoring for rifles in place of the old muskets they had. The Eleventh, he said, took pride in its appearance and was soldierly.
In the organization of the Army of the Shenandoah, under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, the Eleventh and Second, with the Fourth Alabama and First Tennessee, constituted Gen. B. E. Bee's brigade, the other brigades being commanded by Thomas J. Jackson, of Virginia, Barrow of Georgia and Elzey of Maryland. With the army they fell back to Winchester June 15, when Patterson's Federal army crossed the Potomac from Pennsylvania, and on July 18 began the movement to Manassas to support Beauregard against the Federal army advancing from Washington. Two companies of the Eleventh, A and F, under Lieutenant-Colonel Liddell, arrived at Manassas with General Johnston, about noon of the 20th, and on the next morning they were ordered out, with the Second and other regiments, under General Bee, the first to advance to the relief of the left flank of the army, which was being demoralized by an unexpected attack from the Federal army. They went into battle gallantly, but were also overwhelmed by great odds, after a heroic struggle, and forced to fall back behind the line established in their rear by General Jackson. Casualties -- killed, 7; wounded, 21.
Subsequently Liddell was in command of the regiment and the brigade was commanded by General Whiting. General Lee wrote July 25, 1861, that he regarded the brigade as a Mississippi brigade, commanded by a Mississippian.
The six miles march from Winchester at double quick that the regiment made to reach the field of Manassas disabled many. The winter was spent in camp near Dumfries, a few miles from the Evansport batteries on the Potomac. In February the men began enlisting for the war and taking furloughs. They moved to Fredericksburg March 8, and thence to the vicinity of Yorktown, where the regiment was reorganized and officers elected. They left the Yorktown lines May 4, and next day Whiting's division, including his brigade and Hood's Texans, marched thirty-five miles to oppose Franklin's corps, which Hood and Stuart drove back and prevented from interfering with the withdrawal of Johnston's army. There are no official reports covering the action of the regiment at Seven Pines, May 31 and June 1. They supported the Third Alabama in an attack on the Fifty-second New York June 1, and finally took the front line and suffered a heavy loss, which does not appear in the reports. Company E had 2 killed and 8 wounded, 2 of whom were captured. Company K had 3 killed, 11 wounded.
In June they accompanied Whiting's division in the movement to Staunton to reinforce Jackson in the valley, soon returning with Jackson to Ashland to attack McClellan.
In the seven days' battles before Richmond the brigade, under Col. E. M. Law, was in Whiting's division with Hood's Texas brigade. The division marched as the advance of Jackson's army (see Second Regiment) and later in the evening of June 27, in the battle of Gaines' Mill, made the famous charge across the ravine held by the Federal infantry and artillery, sweeping the enemy away and winning the victory. (No regimental reports, see Second Regiment for synopsis of Whiting's report.) "Colonel Liddell led his distinguished regiment to the close of the action," Whiting wrote. The loss of the Eleventh was 18 killed, 142 wounded, 3 missing, the most severe of any in the division except the Fourth Texas. The retreating Federal army was overtaken at White Oak swamp June 30, where the regiment was under fire. At Malvern Hill, July 1, under artillery fire, they lost 1 killed and 20 wounded.
In the second Manassas campaign Hood marched his division to Freeman's ford, August 22, driving a Federal force across the Rappahannock, next to Waterloo ford, and then with the main body of Longstreet's army through Thoroughfare gap to the relief of Jackson's army in battle with Pope. The Eleventh was in the charge at sunset August 29, when the brigade captured one piece of artillery, three stands of colors and 100 prisoners. Next day, in the battle of Manassas Plains, the brigade advanced to Groveton in support of a battery, under heavy artillery fire, and afterwards took part in the fight near Chinn's house, "fighting gallantly and incurring heavy loss and at night resting on our
most advanced line." The regimental casualties of the two days were 22 killed and 87 wounded, the heaviest of the brigade. . In the march through Maryland, September, 1862, Hood's division turned about and countermarched to meet the pursuing enemy at Boonsboro gap in the mountains. Hood ordered his Texas brigade and Law's brigade "to move forward with bayonets fixed, which they did with their accustomed gallantry, driving the enemy and regaining all our
lost ground." As the rear guard of the army they marched thence to Sharpsburg and were stationed near the Dunker church, where Hood was attacked on the evening of the 16th, but repulsed the enemy. "During the engagement the brave and efficient Col. P. F. Liddell fell, mortally wounded." After this fight the men had their first meal for three days, except that they had a half ration of beef one day and the green corn along the road. Next morning (17th) Hood was called early into the battle. He wrote: "I soon became engaged with an immense force of the enemy, consisting of not less than two corps of their army. It was here that I witnessed the most terrible clash of arms, by far, that has occurred during the war. The two little giant brigades of this division wrestled with this mighty force, losing hundreds of their gallant officers and men, but driving the enemy from his position and forcing him to abandon his guns on our left." They were fighting at right angles to the general line of battle, and Law was so exposed that the division was retired to the church, which they held until relieved by McLaws.
Loss of Regimental Colors!
Lieutenant-Colonel S. F. Butler was wounded and Major T. S. Evans killed in command of the regiment. Total casualties of the regiment: 8 killed, 96 wounded. The color bearer was killed and the regimental flag, which had been presented by the government November 6, was lost.
After the return to the' Shenandoah valley the Second and Eleventh were ordered to Richmond to join the Mississippi brigade under Gen. Joseph R. Davis. They arrived there in November, and in December the brigade was sent to Goldsboro, N. C., in which vicinity it operated against a Federal force; left there for Blackwater bridge in February, 1863; was in the entrenched line at Suffolk during the siege; left the Blackwater camp for Fredericksburg June 3; was attached to Heth's division, A. P. Hill's corps; started on the Pennsylvania campaign June 15.
The Eleventh did not have a part in the battle of July 1, near Gettysburg, being left as a guard for the division wagon train near Cashtown, Pa. On July 3 it participated in the famous charge up the slope of Cemetery ridge, on the extreme left of the Confederate line. The entire division, under command of Pettigrew, in which the Eleventh was included, moved steadily up the slope, closing up the ranks as they were thinned by the tremendous storm of shot and shell, and finally were at the stone wall behind which the Federal infantry was posted. But there the musketry fire was so murderous that "any further effort to carry the position was hopeless, and there was nothing left but to retire to the position originally held, which was done in more or less confusion." Two men were killed and twenty-one wounded in Davis' brigade by the Federal artillery as they stood in line before the movement was begun. In the charge all the field officers of the brigade were killed or wounded. The regimental casualties were reported as 32 killed, 170 wounded. Company histories reveal the following facts:
Company K took thirty-eight into the charge. Captain Bird was killed while cheering his men over the stone fence. Lieutenant Stanford took his place and fell wounded. Some of the men scaled the fence and were captured. At roll call that evening seven answered. Lieutenant Baker, Company C, surrendered about a dozen men at the fence. Lieutenant Baker, Company A, was wounded beyond the fence and surrendered with his squad of men. Company E took in thirty-nine men, of whom fifteen were killed and twenty-one wounded, including Captain Halbert and two Lieutenants killed and one Lieutenant wounded. Corporal Morgan was the only man able for duty after the charge. Company D took in fifty-five men and all but ten were killed or wounded and captured.
From Gettysburg they marched to Hagerstown and were in line of battle several .days, thence to Falling Waters, crossing the Potomac; Bunker Hill, Culpepper, Orange Courthouse, and from there across the Rappahannock in the campaign resulting in the battle of Bristoe Station, where the regiment had four men wounded. In December they marched to Mine Run and intrenched in line of battle. They were in winter quarters at Orange Courthouse until May 4, when they moved into the battle of the Wilderness May 5. The Eleventh led the advance of Heth's division, moving down the plank road deployed in line, pushed back the Federal cavalry for several miles, and encountered the Blue infantry toward the middle of the evening. This opened the battle of the Wilderness. Heth's division was at one time almost entirely surrounded, but Anderson's division arrived on the field and relieved the pressure. On the morning of the 6th the enemy renewed the battle, while Kershaw's division of Longstreet's corps was relieving Heth's, which was held as a reserve that day. Some confusion was caused, but the main part of Davis' brigade, under Colonel Stone, remained on the line and took a very active part in the severe battle that followed. (Sketch by D. C. Love, also see Second Regiment.)
After the movement to Spottsylvania the regiment fought at Talley's Mill May 10, where Colonel Green was mortally wounded. He died May 15. The Lamar Rifles, as brigade skirmishers, under Captain Nelms, were particularly distinguished in this battle.
At the battle of May 12, Spottsylvania Courthouse, the brigade repulsed an attack, being posted to the right of the Bloody Angle. One hundred and fifty men of the brigade were sent out in front under Captain Nelms as a skirmish line that day, and of these 120 were killed or wounded. There was considerable loss at Bethesda Church, June 2-3, on the Cold Harbor line, where the brigade remained until after the battle of the Crater, July 30, when they were moved to that part of the Petersburg line.
Roll of honor at the Wilderness battles--Corporal Richard C. Bridges, Edward G. Jones, J. M. Williamson, Corporal G. B. Triplett, Corporal John T. Morgan, W. C. Nance, John C. Barnes, W. H. Johnson, P. H. Neagle, J. W. Young, Sergt. W. D. Reid, John R. Gilleylen, Corporal J. K. Miller, Samuel Stanford (killed), John W. Jennings, Color Bearer Frank L. Hope. At Talley's MiI1--A. J. Due, J, H. Cook, Corporal Dennis O'Sullivan, Corporal A. W. Maness, George M. Dooley, Corporal W. R. Holland, H. Clay Moore, Vaiden H. Hughes. At Spotsylvania Courthouse--J. H. Dailey, J. D. Norwood, Balus H. Dumas, A. G. Burney, Sergt. R. T. Hobson, J. Beckett Gladney, E. B. Marcey (killed). At Bethesda Church--J. H. Dailey, J. C. Halbert, Corporal A. W. Maness (killed), W. N. Shaw, John C. Robinson, T. B. Reid, George W. Wall, A. L. Kimbrough, Color Bearer Frank L. Hope. (Records of Union and Confederate Armies.)
The battles that followed were the Weldon Railroad (Ream's Station), August 18-19; Davis Farm, October 1; Jones' Farm, October 3; Hatcher's Run, October 27.
Casualties at battles of Wilderness and Spottsylvania---Killed, 14; wounded, 55; missing, 6. At Bethesda Church, June 2-3 -- Killed, 6; wounded, 31; missing, 4. At Weldon Railroad, August 18-19 -- Killed, 10; wounded, 30. At Jones' Farm, October 2-3 -- Killed, 1; wounded, 3; missing, 1.
Roll of honor for Weldon Railroad, August 18-19 -- Corporals S. L. Neely (dead), Matthew Knox, W. C. Handley; Privates Z. E. Vernor, George H. Turner (killed), James L. Anderson (killed), S. T. Fife, P. McAnnally, T. W. Billingsley (killed), R. A. Sims, J. T. Stanley, B. F. Trammell, T. J. S. Robinson (killed). Hanover Junction--J. C. Halbert, A. L. McJunkin, James M. Gillespie, G. W. Williams. (Records of Union and Confederate Armies).
March 25, 1865, the skirmish line of Davis' brigade on the Petersburg line, was attacked and some of the men captured. The brigade went into the battle which lasted several hours. The Eleventh was only sixty-four strong and lost a considerable proportion of that number. LieutenantColonel Reynolds lost his right arm and Captain Nelms was severely wounded. During the night of April 1st the regiment, under command of Major Shannon, moved to the right and took position near Hatcher’s Run, where next day, the Federal army having broken the line, the remnant of the regiment was almost surrounded by vast numbers. Shannon led his men to the run and disbanded the command. Frank Hope, color bearer, tore the flag into shreds, tied them to the pole and threw it in the stream. Some escaped by swimming, among them Major J. J. Evans of the staff of General Davis, but most surrendered. (Sketch by D. C. Love.)
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Troop Movements of the 11th MS Regiment
April The independent companies that would become the regiment were ordered to Corinth.
May 4 The regiment was formed in Corinth under Colonel William H. Moore, Lieutenant Colonel Philip F. Liddell and Major Samuel F. Butler.
May Sent to Virginia
May 13 Mustered into Confederate service in Lynchburg.
May 19 Arrived in Harpers Ferry, Virginia
June 16 Withdrew from Harpers Ferry to Winchester with Johnston’s Army
June 17 Colonel Falkner of the 2nd Mississippi was put in command of a brigade consisting of the 2nd Mississippi, the 11th Mississippi, the 4th Alabama and the 1st Tennessee.
June 19 General Bernard Bee took command of the brigade.
July 18 Ordered to support Beauregard at Manassas. The sick were left at Winchester and the regiment marched through Ashby’s Gap to Piedmont. Companies A and F under Lieutenant Colonel Liddell boarded a train for Manassas with the 2nd Mississippi.
July 20 Companies A and F arrived at Manassas about noon. They accompanied the 2nd Mississippi and were put in a suporting position behind McLean’s and Blackburn’s Fords on Bull Run.
The rest of the regiment under Colonel Moore boarded the train that had been sent back from Manassas. It would not reach the battlefield in time for the battle.
July 21
Battle at Manassas! (Bull Run)
Companies A and F under Lieutenant Colonel Liddell were sent along with Bee’s Brigade to reinforce the endangered left flank. They arrived at the scene of the fighting around 11, crossing Young’s Branch and forming a defensive line that was supported by two batteries. Under heavy small arms and artillery fire that mortally wounded General Bee, the companies fell back with heavy losses and reformed behind Jackson’s Brigade. They then joined Jackson in the attack on the Union batteries. The two companies lost 7 men killed and 21 wounded.
July 22 Colonel Moore accidentally shot himself in the foot with his pistol. He returned to Mississippi to recover and later resigned. After Moore recovered from his wound he went on to command the 43rd Mississippi and would be killed at the Battle of Corinth.
General William Whiting took over the brigade after General Bee died of his Manassas wound.
November 6 The regiment was presented with Confederate colors.
Winter The regiment went into winter camp with the 2nd Mississippi at Dumfires.
1862
March 8 Moved to Fredericksburg.
April Moved to Yorktown.
April 26 The regiment reorganized and reenlisted for the duration of the war, mustering 504 men. Lieutenant Colonel Philip F. Liddell was elected colonel, Major Samuel F. Butler lieutenant colonel and Taliaferro S. Evans of Company H major.
May 10 At Richmond
May 31-June 1
Battle of Seven Pines, or Fair Oaks
The regiment supported the Third Alabama in its attack on the 52nd New York, then moved to the front line, taking heavy casualties. Captain William B. Lowry was wounded in the face.
mid-June Sent with Whiting’s Division to temporarily reinforce Jackson’s Army of the Valley. Colonel Evander Law commanded the brigade while Whiting commanded the division.
June 18 Reached Strasburg
end of June Returned to the Richmond area
June 26
Battle of Mechanicsville
Marched from Ashland and rebuilt the bridge over the Totopotomoy but was ordered to bivouac and never joined the battle.
June 27
Battle of Gaines’s Mill
The regiment, with the rest of Law’s Brigade and Hood’s Brigade, charged and broke the center of the Federal line. It lost 18 men killed, 142 wounded, and 3 missing out of the 400 men engaged. Major Evans and Captains Reuben O. Reynolds and George Shannon were wounded.
July 1
Battle of Malvern Hill
The regiment took no active part but lost 1 man killed and 20 wounded from artillery fire.
Mid-July The regiment with Whiting’s Division was transferred to Longstreet’s Command.
July 26 General Whiting left on medical leave. Brigadier General John B. Hood took over command of the division.
August 22 Moved to Freeman’s Ford on the Rappahannock.
August 28 Moved through Thorofare Gap
August 29-30
Second Battle of Manassas
The regiment lost 4 killed and 55 wounded.
September 14
Battle of South Mountain
Marched from Hagerstown to Turner’s Gap along the National Road, arriving around 3 p.m. Launched a bayonet attack to turn back Federal troops who were forcing the pass.
September 15 Withdrew to a position behind Antietam Creek near Sharpsburg. Hood’s Division acted as the rearguard for the army.
September 16 Positioned near the Dunker Church. Threw back an enemy advance at dusk along the Smoketown Road. Colonel Liddell was mortally wounded. Lt. Colonel Samuel F. Butler took command of the regiment.
September 17
Battle at Sharpsburg! (Antietam)
Attacked at dawn by Hooker’s Federal First Corps, Hood’s Division counterattacked in the Cornfield. General Hood wrote, “I soon became engaged with an immense force of the enemy, consisting of not less than two corps of their army. It was here that I witnessed the most terrible clash of arms, by far, that has occurred during the war. The two little giant brigades of this division wrestled with this mighty force, losing hundreds of their gallant officers and men, but driving the enemy from his position and forcing him to abandon his guns on our left.”
The regiment lost 8 men killed and 96 wounded out of around 200 men. Lt. Colonel Butler was mortally wounded in the stomach and Major Taliaferro Evans was killed when he took command from Butler. The color bearer was killed and the regimental colors lost.
From the first of two brigade tablets on the Antietam battlefield:
September 16, 1862.
On the evening of the 16th, Law’s Brigade advanced from the fields in front of the Dunkard Church to a position in the East Woods, on either side of the Smoketown Road, where it supported the skirmishers of Wofford’s Brigade in resisting the advance of Seymour’s Brigade.
The engagement ceased at dark. At 10 P. M. the Brigade was relieved by Trimble’s Brigade of Ewell’s Division, and withdrawn to the woods west of the Dunkard Church.
From the second brigade tablet:
September 17, 1862
Law’s Brigade advanced from the woods at the Dunkard Church at 7 A.M. and relieved Trimble’s Brigade across the Smoketown Road south of this point. Gradually gaining ground to the left, its center on the open ground and its right in the East Woods, it assisted in repulsing the advance of Ricketts’ Division, First Corps. Supported on the right by the 21st Georgia of Trimble’s Brigade and the 5th Texas of Wofford’s Brigade, it advanced to the northeast corner of Miller’s Cornfield and the woods adjacent, from which it was dislodged by the advance of the Twelfth Corps. It withdrew to the fields south of the Dunkard Church and was not again engaged.
September 25 Colonel Liddell died of his wound at Sharpsburg.
October 3 Lt. Colonel Butler died of his wound at Frederick.
Captain Francis M. Green of Company G was promoted to major and then to colonel, Captain William B. Lowry of Company A to major and then lieutenant colonel, and Captain Reuben O. Reynolds of Company I was promoted to major, with the final promotions all effective to the death of Colonel Liddell on September 25. However, Jefferson Davis refused to confirm Green’s appointment.
November 8 The regiment and the 2nd Mississippi were detatched from Law’s Brigade and sent to Richmond and then North Carolina to be the nucleus for a new brigade under Brigadier General Joseph Davis.
1863
January 12 Captain Alexander H. Franklin of Company D was promoted to lieutenant colonel.
February Lieutenant Colonel Franklin was dismissed. Captain Green was reappointed colonel.
Spring The regiment and its brigade joined Longstreet for the Suffolk Campaign.
May The regiment, with Longstreet’s command, returned to Lee’s army on the Rappahannock, but too late to take part in the Battle of Chancellorsville.
June 3 Moved to Fredericksburg and attached to Archer’s Brigade of Heth’s Division in the newly created Third Corps.
June 15 Began the march for the Shenandoah Valley which led to Pennsylvania.
June 25 Crossed the Potomac at Shepherdstown
June 30 Camped near Cashtown
July 2-3
Battle at Gettysburg!
The regiment was assigned to guard the baggage trains on July 1 and missing the opening fighting of the battle. It rejoined the brigade on the 2nd, but Davis’ Brigade was held in reserve due to its heavy casualties the day before. On the 3rd the brigade took part in Pickett’s Charge. The 11th was the left flank regiment in the brigade.
Brockenbrough’s Brigade, the left flank brigade of the charge, took heavy fire from its front and flank and collapsed well short of the Union lines, leaving the 11th Misssippi the exposed left flank regiment for the remainder of the charge. The regiment’s colors and a handful of men made it to the stone wall that was the Union defensive line and were killed or captured there. Major Reynolds was wounded. Company A, the University Greys, was completely wiped out.
From the regimental monument at Gettysburg:
The 11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, under the command of Col. Francis M. Green and Maj. Reuben O. Reynolds, formed west of the tree line on Seminary Ridge behind Maj. William Pegram’s Battalion of Artillery and immediately south of McMillan’s Woods on July 3, 1863. Shortly after 3:00 p.m., Color Sgt. William O’Brien of Company C, memorialized on this monument, raised the colors and the regiment stepped forward. Although clusters of men reached the stone wall near Brian’s Barn, the attack was driven back with heavy loss, and the remnants of the regiment reformed in this vicinity.
Combatants – 393, Killed in action/died of wounds – 110, Wounded/wounded captured – 193, Captured unwounded – 37, Non-casualty – 53
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11th Mississippi Regiment
Company A – University Greys
Layfayette County – 1st Lt. Jonathan V. Moore
Company B – Coahoma Invincibles
Coahoma County – Capt. William D. Nunn
Company C – Prairie Rifles
Chickasaw County – Capt. George W. Shannon
Company D – Neshoba Rifles
Neshoba County – Capt. Jonathan R. Prince
Company E – Prairie Guards
Lowndes County – Capt. Henry P. Halpert
Company F – Noxubee Rifles
Noxubee County – Capt. Thomas J. Stokes
Company G – Lamar Rifles
Lafayette County – Capt. William O. Nelms
Company H – Chickasaw Guards
Chickasaw County – Capt. Jamison H. Moore
Company I – Van Dorn Reserve
Monroe County – Capt. Stephen C. Moore
Company K – Carroll County Rifles
Carroll County – Capt. George W. Bird, Jr.
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July 14 Battle of Falling Waters
Serving with the rest of Heth’s Division (temporarily under General Pettigrew since Heth’s wound on July 1) as rear guard for Lee’s Army while rcrossing the Potomac, the regiment fought off an attack by Union Cavalry, losing 9 men.
October Bristoe Station
The regiment lost 4 men wounded
November-December Mine Run Campaign
December Wintered in camp near Orange Court House
1864
May 4 General Davis was absent on sick leave as Grant opened the 1864 campaign. Colonel Stone took command of the brigade as senior colonel, and Captain J.H. Buchanan commanded the regiment.
May 5
Battle of the Wilderness
Moved up the Orange Plank Road to meet Federal forces moving through the wilderness. The regiment was on the left of Heth’s Division, north of the Plank Road, and held off a series of attacks by Hancock’s Federal Second Corps. The brigade was relieved at dusk by Thomas’ Brigade of Wilcox’s Division and moved south of the Plank Road.
May 6 The Federal pre-dawn attack broke the Confederate line but the 2nd, 11th, 29th and 42nd Mississippi held the line for two hours until Longstreet’s reinforcements reached the battlefield and launched a counterattack. The brigade reformed and attacked when Longstreet was wounded and his attack stalled. It pushed back Federals threatening an Alabama brigade, then built and defended a log barricade until withdrawn to Lee’s defensive line.
May 10
Battle of Talley’s Mill, or Po River
Colonel Francis Green was mortally wounded, and Major Reuben O. Reynolds took command of the regiment.
May 12-21
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
The regiment was only lightly engaged as skirmishers but Colonel Green was mortally wounded on May 12. Casualties for the regiment for the first two weeks in May were 14 killed, 55 wounded and 6 missing.
May 15 Colonel Green died of his wound.
May 23-26 Battle of North Anna
June 3
Battle of Cold Harbor (Bethesda Church)
The regiment lost 6 killed, 31 wounded and 4 missing.
June 1864-April 1865 Siege of Petersburg
June 3-18 The regiment remained north of the Jame River with the rest of the Third Corps until Lee established that Grant really had shifted his entire army to Petersburg.
August 18
Battle of Weldon Railroad, or Globe Tavern
The regiment took part in a counterattack which broke two Federal brigades, then dug in and held the ground gained. It lost 10 men killed and 30 wounded.
September 30
Battle of Peeble’s Farm
The regiment fought along Squirrel Level Road
October 1 Davis Farm
October 3
Squirrel Level Road (Jones’ Farm)
In a raging downpour Heth launched a number of uncoordinated attacks against what he mistakenly thought was a hanging Federal flank. The attacks were beaten back by the well entrenched Federals. The regiment lost 1 killed, 3 wounded and 1 missing.
October 27
Battle of Boyden Plank Road, or Burgess’ Mill
December 1 Lieutenant Colonel Lowry resigned due to his wound from Seven Pines. Major Reynolds was promoted to colonel and Captain George W. Shannon of Company C was promoted to lieutenant colonel.
1865
March 25
Skirmish at Hawks Farm
Colonel Reynolds was wounded, losing his right arm, and Captain Nelms was badly wounded. Lieutenant Colonel George Shannon took command of the regiment, which had started the battle with 64 men.
March 30 The regiment mustered 64 men.
April 2
Breakthrough and Collapse at Petersburg
The regiment was flanked on both sides and retreated to Hatcher’s Run, which was unaffordable due to heavy rains. Lieutenant Colonel Shannon and most of the regiment were forced to surrender, although some escaped by swimming the dangerously swollen waters. Color bearer Frank Hope tore the colors to pieces and threw the staff into the stream.[/SIZE][/FONT]
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Jackson Mississippi 1861
The people of the State of Mississippi, in convention assembled, do ordain and declare, and it is hereby ordained and declared, as follows, to wit:
Section 1. That all the laws and ordinances by which the said State of Mississippi became a member of the Federal Union of the United States of America be, and the same are hereby, repealed, and that all obligations on the part of the said State or the people thereof to observe the same be withdrawn, and that the said State doth hereby resume all the rights, functions, and powers which by any of said laws or ordinances were conveyed to the Government of the said United States, and is absolved from all the obligations, restraints, and duties incurred to the said Federal Union, and shall from henceforth be a free, sovereign, and independent State.
Sec. 2. That so much of the first section of the seventh article of the constitution of this State as requires members of the Legislature and all officers, executive and judicial, to take an oath or affirmation to support the Constitution of the United States be, and the same is hereby, abrogated and annulled.
Sec. 3. That all rights acquired and vested under the Constitution of the United States, or under any act of Congress passed, or treaty made, in pursuance thereof, or under any law of this State, and not incompatible with this ordinance, shall remain in force and have the same effect as if this ordinance had not been passed.
Sec. 4. That the people of the State of Mississippi hereby consent to form a federal union with such of the States as may have seceded or may secede from the Union of the United States of America, upon the basis of the present Constitution of the said United States, except such parts thereof as embrace other portions than such seceding States.
Thus ordained and declared in convention the 9th day of January, in the year of our Lord 1861
May our endeavours find a fruitful path through this great struggle for our freedoms, and truths we hold so dearly.
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