| The Civil War in Mississippi |
The Mississippi 10th Cavalry Regiment [also known as the 12th Regiment] was organized in January, 1865 by consolidating the 12th Mississippi Battalion Partisan Rangers and Company C of the 56th Alabama Cavalry Regiment. The unit served in Ferguson's Brigade, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, then was assigned to W. Adams' command in the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana. It confronted the Federals in South Carolina and Alabama, and ended the war in Mississippi.
Associated unit:
12th Battalion Partisan Rangers was formed during the spring of 1863 with nine companies. The unit was assigned to Ferguson's Brigade and totalled 250 effectives in October. It served in Mississippi, then skirmished in Georgia and the Carolinas. In January, 1865, it merged into the 10th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment. Lieutenant Colonel William M. Pound and Major William M. Inge were in command.
Colonel William M. Inge
REFERENCES:
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| Hooker, Col. Charles E. - Confederate Military History - Mississippi Volume - 288 pgs. | $35.00  Paperback $25.00 | $15.00 |
| Rigdon, John C. Historical Sketch and Roster of the 10th Cavalry Regiment | $29.95 Paperback $19.95 | $15.00 |
| Rigdon, John C. The Civil War in Mississippi | $35.00 | |
| Rigdon, John C. Mississippi Civil War Soldiers Index | $12.00 | |
| The Southern Historical Society Papers | $69.95 | |
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