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CONFEDERATE MISSISSIPPI TROOPS
19th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
19th Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Oxford, Mississippi, in May, 1861, and soon moved to Virginia. The men were raised in the counties of Warren, Jefferson, Greene, Panola, Marshall, and was assigned to General Wilcox's, Featherston's, Posey's, and Harris' Brigade. It fought with the Army of Northern Virginia from Williamsburg to Cold Harbor, then served in the Petersburg trenches south of the James River and in the Appomattox Campaign. This regiment lost 15 killed and 85 wounded of the 501 engaged at Williamsburg, had 58 killed, 264 wounded, and 3 missing at Gaines' Mill and Frayser's Farm, and had 6 killed and 52 wounded in the Maryland Campaign. Its casualties were 6 killed and 40 wounded at Chancellorsville and seven percent of the 372 at Gettysburg were disabled. On April 9, 1865, it surrendered with 8 officers and 129 men. The field officers were Colonels Thomas J. Hardin, Nathaniel H. Harris, Lucius Q.C. Lamar, Christopher H. Mott, John Mullins, Richard W. Phipps, and Ward G. Vaughan; Lieutenant Colonel James H. Duncan; and Majors Ben. Allston, Robert A. Dean, Thomas R. Reading, and Abner Smead.
REGIMENTAL STAFF AND COMPANY OFFICERS
Colonels:
Christopher H. Mott - Killed Williamsburg, May 5, 1862
Lucius Q.C Lamar - Resigned for ill health, November 24, 1862
John B. Mullins - Wounded; rank nullified; resigned
Nathaniel H. Harris - Promoted brigadier general, January 20, 1864
Thomas J. Hardin - Killed Spotsylvania, May 12, 1864
Richard W. Phipps - Surrendered Appomattox
Lieutenant Colonels:
Lucius Q.C. Lamar - Promoted colonel, May 5, 1862
John B. Mullins - Promoted colonel, November 24, 1862
Nathaniel H. Harris - Promoted colonel, April 2, 1863
Ward G. Vaughn - Resigned July 17, 1863
Thomas J. Hardin - Promoted colonel, January 20, 1864
Richard W. Phipps - Promoted colonel, May 12, 1864
James H. Duncan - Wounded and captured Fort Gregg, April 2, 1865
Majors:
Abner Smead - Transferred to 12th Georgia, Jun 15, 1861
John B. Mullins - Promoted lieutenant colonel, May 5, 1862
Benjamin Allston - Transferred to cavalry, Fall 1861
Nathaniel H. Harris - Promoted lieutenant colonel, November 24, 1962
Ward G. Vaughn - Promoted lieutenant colonel, April 2, 1863
Thomas J. Hardin - Promoted lieutenant colonel, July 17, 1863
Thomas R. Reading - Resigned, October 8, 1863
Richard W. Phipps - Promoted lieutenant colonel, January 20, 1864
James H. Duncan - Promoted lieutenant colonel
Robert A. Dean - Captured, Byhalia, Miss, May 4, 1865
Adjutants:
Andrew R. Govan - Promoted captain Company B, 17th Miss; mortally wounded
Chickamauga, August-September 1863
Albert L. Peel - Killed Spotsylvania, May 12, 1864
John H. McKie - Served to close of the war
Robert H. Allen - Appointed June 22, 1862
Ensign:
Jacob J. Cox - Surrendered Appomattox
Quartermasters (AQM):
J. Macon Thompson - Resigned
James H. Anderson - Resigned
William H. Bounds - Resigned
L. S. Scruggs
H. F. Owens
Assistant Quartermaster (AAQM):
J. Q. Perry
Commissaries (ACS):
Selion(?) B. Malone - Mortally wounded 2nd Manassas, August 1862
Andy T. Owen - Promoted assistant brigade quartermaster, Surrendered Appomattox
J. G. Ragland
Surgeons:
J.W.C. Smith - Transferred
W. F. Hyer - Transferred
Robert H. Peel - Transferred
Andy J. Sykes
John W. Sharpe - Served to close of the war
Assistant Surgeons:
W. F. Hyer - Promoted to surgeon
Henry A. Minor
John W. Sharpe - Promoted to surgeon
W. H. Minor
P. M. Burden
C. T. Philson
Chaplain:
Thomas L. Duke - Resigned, Sep 8, 1863; Commissioned Miss Cavalry
George W. Carten
Hugh M. Morrison
Sergeant Majors:
Oscar Barbour - Transferred
Albert L. Peel - Promoted adjutant
Williams Meadows
John E. Burrage - Surrendered Appomattox
BRIGADE ASSIGNMENTS
Edmund K. Smith
Jul 12, 1861 Jul 22, 1861 9th, 10th, 11th Alabama, 38th Virginia, Thomas' Battery
John H. Forney Jul 22, 1861 Dec 20, 1861 9th, 10th, 11th Alabama, 38th Virginia, Thomas' Battery
Cadmus M. Wilcox Dec 21, 1861 Jun 18, 1862 9th, 10th, 11th Alabama, 38th Virginia, Anderson's Battery
Winfield S. Featherston Jun 18, 1862 Jan 15, 1863 12th, 16th, 19th Miss, 2nd Miss Battalion (48th Miss),3rd Richmond Howitzers
Carnot Posey Jan 18, 1863 Oct 15, 1863 12th, 16th, 19th, 48th Miss, 3rd Richmond Howitzers
Nathaniel H. Harris Oct 14, 1863 Apr 9, 1865 12th, 16th, 19th, 48th Miss, 3rd Richmond Howitzers
BRIGADE STAFF OFFICERS
General Featherston:
Barksdale, W.R., V.A.D.C., June 1862; Captain, A.A.G., July 1862 to March 1863.
Craft, M.S., Surgeon, 1862 to 1865.
Cummings, Edmund H., Major, A.A.D.C., March 1863.
Featherston, C.N., Captain, V.A.D.C., October to December 1862.
Fiser, John C., Lieutenant, A.A.G., 1862.
Foote, George P., Captain, A.A.G., May 1 to June 1862; killed Beaver Dam, 1862.
Graves, C.W., __________, V.A.D.C., December 1862.
Haley, A.G. (cavalry), __________, V.A.D.C., April 1862.
Parker, Augustus N., Lieutenant, A.D.C., July 16, 1862; Captain, 1862-1865.
Partridge, Isaac M., Captain, Commissary, 1862.
Peel, Robert H., Surgeon, 1862 to 1865.
Reading, Thomas R., Lieutenant, A.D.C., June 1862.
Scruggs, L.S., Captain, A.Q.M., July 14, 1862.
Sykes, William G., Lieutenant, V.A.D.C., June 1862.
General Posey:
Hancock, Asberry, __________, A.A.D.C., May 1863.
Posey, Jefferson B., Lieutenant, A.D.C., January 19, 1863 to May 1863.
Posey, Stanhope, Captain, A.A.G., May 1863.
General Harris:
Connell, W.C., Captain, A.C.S., February 1863 to July 5, 1864.
Craft, M.S., Major, Chief Surgeon, April 1862.
Harris, William H., Lieutenant, A.D.C., January to July 5, 1864.
Hays, James, Captain, A.A.I.G., November 1863 to November 1864.
Hearsey, H.J., Major, Q.M., November 1862; Major, Q.M., July 5, 1864.
Nelson, W.C., Lieutenant, O.O., May 1863; A.D.C., July 5, 1864.
Owens, Andrew T., Captain, A.Q.M., September 1863.
Partridge, Isaac M., Major, C.S., May 1862 to July 5, 1864.
Posey, Stanhope, Captain, A.A.G., January 1863; July 5, 1864.
Stone, William R., Captain, A.A.A.G., November 1864.
A.A.A.G. - ; A.A.D.C. - Assistant Aide de Camp; A.A.G. - Assistant Adjuntant General; A.A.I.G. - Assistant Adjuntant and Inspector General; A.C.S. - Assistant Chief of Staff; A.D.C. - Aide de Camp; A.Q.M. - Assistant Quartermaster; C.S. - Chief of Staff; O.O. - Ordance Officer; Q.M. - Quartermaster; V.A.D.C. - Vice Aide de Camp.
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