Mississippi 8th Infantry Regiment

Historical Notes:
The Mississippi 8th Infantry Regiment was organized at Enterprize, Mississippi, during the spring of 1861. Many of its members were from Jones, Wilkinson, and Clarke counties. The unit served in Florida and Mississippi, then was assigned to General J.K. Jackson's, Gist's, and Lowry's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. It participated in the campaigns of the army from Murfreesboro to Atlanta , was with Hood in Tennessee, and saw action in North Carolina. This regiment lost forty-seven percent of the 282 at Murfreesboro and twenty-three percent of the 375 at Chickamauga . In December, 1863, it totalled 287 men and 169 arms. Its casualties at the Battle of Atlanta were 13 killed, 71 wounded, and 3 missing, and few surrendered on April 26, 1865. Officers:
Colonels G.C. Chandler, Guilford G. Flynt, and John C. Wilkinson; Lieutenant Colonels James T. Gates, Aden McNeill, and John F. Smith; and Majors Andrew E. Moody, George F. Peek, and William Watkins. Assignments:
*Army of Pensacola, Dept. of Alabama & W. Florida. (Jan-Mar 1862).
*Dept. of Alabama & W. Florida (Mar-Apr 1862).
*As part of Jackson's Brigade:
----Withers' Div., Rt. Wing, Army of Mississippi (Aug-Nov 1862).
----Withers' Div., 1st Corps, Army of Tennessee (Nov-Dec 1862).
----Army of Tennessee (Dec 1862-Aug 1863).
----Cheatham's Div., 1st Corps, Army of Tennessee (Aug 1863-Feb 1864).
----Walker's Div., 1st Corps, Army of Tennessee (Feb-Jul 1864).
*Gist's Brigade, Walker's Div., 1st Corps, Army of Tennessee (July 1864).
*Lowrey's Brigade, Cleburne's Div., 1st Corps, Army of Tennessee (July 1864-April 1865).
Battles:
Murfreesboro (Dec 31, 1862-Jan 3, 1863)
Tullahoma Campaign (June 1863)
Chickamauga (Sep 19-20, 1863)
Chattanooga Siege (Sep-Nov 1863)
Chattanooga (Nov 23-25, 1863)
Atlanta Campaign (May-Sep 1864)
Peach Tree Creek (July 20, 1864)
Atlanta (July 22, 1864)
Franklin (Nov 30, 1864)
Nashville (Dec 15-16, 1864)
Carolinas Campaign (Feb-Apr 1865)
Bentonville (Mar 19-21, 1865)
Rosters:
The roster of this unit contains the names of 2186 men.

Company A: "Yankee Terrors": Raleigh (Smith Co.)
Company B: "Pinckney Guards": Pinckneyville (Newton Co.)
Company C: "True Confederates": Raleigh (Smith Co.)
Company D: "Moody True Blues": Enterprise (Clark Co.)
Company E: "Tallahoma Hard Shells": Holder's Church (Jasper Co.)
Company F: "Clark County Rangers": Shubuta (Clark Co.)
Company G: "Tolson Guard": Buckley's Store (Jasper Co.)
Company H: "Southern Sentinels": Marion (Lauderdale Co.)
Company I: "Confederate Guards": Rushing's Store (Lauderdale Co.)
Company K: "Ellisville Invincibles": Ellisville (Jones Co.)
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