The 1st Mississippi Infantry Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the

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originally formed as a state militia unit in Mississippi. The regiment was first organized at

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in April 1861 with a strength of 682 men. By the following spring, the regiment had been augmented to the Confederate Army and fought primarily in the western theater of the war. The majority of the regiment was recruited from Itawamba County in

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. The regiment's first major action was at the

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. By the time of the

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, the regiment had suffered heavy casualties and was under the command of

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Owen Hughes who had previously been in command of Company K, known as the "Yankee Hunters". Hughes and most of the remaining regimental members were killed at Nashville, after which the regiment was used for rear guard actions until disbanding in 1865.

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Itawamba County Historical Society
Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Mississippi 1861 establishments in Mississippi Military units and formations established in 1861 {{AmericanCivilWar-unit-stub

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