Mississippi 18th Cavalry Regiment

Historical Notes:
The Mississippi 18th Cavalry Battalion [also called 18th Regiment] was organized during the late fall of 1862 with eight companies. Many of the men were recruited in Smith, Coahoma, and Sunflower counties. The unit served in Chalmers', R. McCulloch's, Slemon's Brigade, then returned to McCulloch's, and finally Starke's Brigade. It skirmished in various conflicts in Tennessee and Mississippi. The battalion contained 225 effectives in October, 1863 and reported 6 casualties at Collierville and 51 in the expedition from Memphis into Mississippi. It ended the war in Mississippi with only a few officers and men. Officers:
Colonel:
Alexander H. Chalmers
Lieutenant Colonel:
J. Waverly Smith
Major:
William R. Mitchell
Adjutant:
S. F. Green
First Lieutenants:
Mills E. Britlenam
Hugh A. Reynolds
Second Lieutenants:
H. A. Reynolds
Fred Chick
Assignments:

April-May 1863: 5th Military District, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana

May-September 1863: Slemon's Brigade, 5th Military District, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana

September-October 1863: Chalmer's Cavalry Brigade, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana

October-December 1863: McCulloch's Brigade, Chalmer's Division, Lee's Cavalry Corps, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana

December 1863-January 1864: Slemon's Brigade, Chalmer's Division, Lee's Cavalry Corps, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana

January 1864: McCulloch's Brigade, Chalmer's Division, Lee's Cavalry Corps, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana

January-March 1864: McCulloch's Brigade, Chalmer's Division, Lee's Cavalry Corps, Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana

March-June 1864: McCulloch's Brigade, Chalmer's Division, Forrest's Cavalry Corps, Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana

June 1864: Unattached, Chalmer's Division, Forrest's Cavalry Corps, Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana

June-July 1864: Rucker's Brigade, Chalmer's Division, Forrest's Cavalry Corps, Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana

July-September 1864: Wade's-McCulloch's Brigade, Chalmer's Division, Forrest's Cavalry Corps, Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana

September-October 1864: McCulloch's Cavalry Brigade, District of the Gulf, Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana

October-November 1864: McCulloch's Cavalry Brigade, Liddell's Division, District of the Gulf, Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana

November-December 1864: McCulloch's Cavalry Brigade, District of the Gulf, Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana

Battles:

05/11/63: Coldwater River [skirmish]

5/19- 7/4/63: Operations along the Memphis & Charleston Railroad

10/4-17/63: Chalmer's Raid in West Tennessee and North Mississippi

11/3/63: Colliersville

6/1-13/64: Sturgis' Mississippi Expedition

6/10/64: Brice's Crossroads

7/14/64: Tupelo

8/21/64: Forrest's Memphis Raid

8/64: A.J. Smith's 2nd Mississippi Invasion

Rosters:
The roster of this unit contains the names of 2003 men.

Company A -- Wimberly’s Company (raised in Marshall County, MS)
Company B -- Porter’s Partisans, aka Porter’s Company Mississippi Partisan Rangers, and Coahoma Cavalry (raised in Coahoma County, MS)
Company C -- Carroll’s Company (raised in DeSoto, Marshall, Panola, & Yalobusha Counties, MS)
Company D -- Smith Rangers (raised in Tippah County, MS)
Company E -- Middleton’s Company (raised in Panola County, MS)
Company F -- Pettus Rangers (raised in DeSoto & Panola Counties, MS)
Company G -- Perry’s Company (raised in Panola County, MS)
Company H -- Peach Creek Rangers (raised in DeSoto & Panola Counties, MS)
Company I -- Love’s Company [formerly Co. E, 5th MS Cavalry] (raised in Attala County, MS)
Company K -- Hill’s Company (raised in DeSoto County, MS)
Company L -- no name specified (raised in Tallahatchie County, MS)
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