Mississippi 42nd Infantry (Confederate)

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Regiment mustered in on May 14th, 1862. Regiment mustered out of service on April 9th, 1865.

Notable Battles:

Siege of Suffolk fought on April 11th, 1863 - May 4th, 1863 near Suffolk, Virginia
Gettysburg fought on July 1st, 1863 - July 3rd, 1863 near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- Brigade Leader(s): Davis. Division Leader(s): Heth. Corp: III Corps.
- Pickett's Charge fought on July 3rd, 1863 near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Wilderness fought on May 5th, 1864 - May 7th, 1864 near Spotslyvania County, Virginia; Orange County, Virginia
Spotsylvania Court House fought on May 8th, 1864 - May 21st, 1864 near Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Cold Harbor fought on May 31st, 1864 - June 12th, 1864 near Hanover Co; near Mechanicsville
Globe Tavern fought on August 18th, 1864 - August 21st, 1864 near Petersburg, Virginia
Boydton Plank Road fought on October 27th, 1864 - October 28th, 1864 near Dinwiddie County, Virginia
Third Petersburg fought on April 2nd, 1865 near Dinwiddie County, Virginia; Petersburg, Virginia
Appomattox Court House fought on April 9th, 1865

Regiment was made up of:

Commander List: (#Prisoner Of War, ^Wounded, %=Died during war)

Berry, John (Assistant Surgeon, May 1862 - ?)
Carr, Oliver C. (Adjutant/First Lieutenant, May 1862 - May 1862)
Cooper, Lunsford P. (Acting Quartermaster, May 1862 - ?)
Feeney, William A. (^%Colonel/Lieutenant Colonel/Major, May 1862 - May 1864)
Fish, James Steel (Assistant Surgeon, May 1862 - ?)
Jones, Benjamin F. (Acting Commissary Of Subsistence, May 1862 - ?)
Locke, Robert Weakley (Major, December 1863 - ?)
Miller, Hugh Reid (#^%Colonel, May 1862 - July 1863)
Moseley, Hillery (^Lieutenant Colonel, May 1862 - ?)
Taggart, R.L. (Assistant Surgeon/Surgeon, May 1862 - ?)
Wilson, James L. (Assistant Surgeon/First Lieutenant, May 1862 - May 1862; Assistant Surgeon, May 1862 - April 1863)
Witherspoon, Thomas D. (Chaplain, August 1862 - ?)