Active 1862–1865 Allegiance Mississippi Size Regiment | Country Confederate States Type Infantry | |
Branch Confederate States Army | ||
The 42d Mississippi Infantry Regiment, also known as the Forty-second Mississippi, was an infantry formation in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War, and was successively commanded by Colonels Hugh Miller, William Feeney, and Andrew Nelson.
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History
The Forty-second was organized on May 14, 1862 in the Mississippi Volunteers at Oxford from the counties of Carroll, DeSoto, Tishomingo, Calhoun, Yalobusha, Panola, and Itawamba. For a time, it served on provost duty in Richmond, then was assigned to Davis' Brigade, Heth's Division, Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. The regiment was active from Gettysburg to Cold Harbor, endured the hardships of the Petersburg siege south of the James River, and saw action around Appomattox. It lost 46 percent of the 575 engaged at Gettysburg, had eight disabled en route from Pennsylvania, and had six killed and 25 wounded during the Bristoe Campaign. The regiment surrendered one lieutenant, one chaplain, and five enlisted men on April 9, 1865.
Regimental order of battle
Units of the Forty-second Mississippi included: