Mississippi 19th Infantry Regiment

Historical Notes:
The Mississippi Nineteenth Infantry Regiment was enlisted for the war at Richmond, Va., June 1, 1861. The companies of the regiment were first mustered into the State service.

Christopher H. Mott, of Marshall County, who had been first Lieutenant of Company I, Mississippi Rifles, in the War with Mexico, had organized a company of State troops in 1860, and was one of the Brigadier-Generals of State troops under Gen. Jefferson Davis in January, 1861. This regiment was the first from Mississippi raised for service "during the war," and it was numbered the Nineteenth.

The 19th fought throughout the war in Virginia. Only 129 men survived to surrender at Appomattox. 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
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
Battles:
Yorktown Siege
Lee’s Mill
Seven Pines
Seven Days Battles
Gaines’ Mill
Frayser’s Farm
2nd Manassas
Sharpsburg
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Bristoe Campaign
Mine Run Campaign
The Wilderness
Spotsylvania
North Anna
Cold Harbor
Petersburg Siege
Appomattox
Rosters:
The roster of this unit contains the names of 2172 men.

Company A -- President Davis Guards (raised in Noxubee County, MS)
Company B -- Mott Guards (Lafayette County, MS)
Company C -- Warren Rifles (raised in Warren County, MS)
Company D -- Thomas Hinds Guards (raised in Jefferson County, MS)
Company E -- McClung Riflemen (raised in Lafayette County, MS)
Company F -- Avant Southrons (raised in Lafayette County, MS)
Company G -- Panola Invincibles, aka Spring Port Invincibles (raised in Panola County, MS)
Company H -- Salem Dragoons, aka Salem Cavalry (raised in Tippah County, MS)
Company I -- Marshall Rifles (raised in Marshall County, MS)
Company K -- Jake Thompson Guards (raised in Itawamba & Tishomingo Counties, MS)
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