Mississippi 4th Cavalry Regiment

Historical Notes:
The Fourth Mississippi Cavalry was organized in late 1862 by the consolidation of two previously formed Mississippi Cavalry Battalions. These units were Hughes' Mississippi Cavalry Battalion and Stockdale's Mississippi Cavalry Battalion. Both of these units would reappear individually later in the War, but in both cases they were second organizations formed by the same commanding officers and given their previous designations.

As with almost all other Civil War units, the Fourth Mississippi Cavalry was often known and written about using alternate designations derived from the name of its commanding officer. Names of this type used by or to describe the Fourth Mississippi Cavalry are listed below: Thomas R. Stockdale's Cavalry
C. C. Wilbourn's Cavalry
Cornelius McLaurin's Cavalry
James M. Norman's Cavalry
James Gordon's Cavalry
J. L. Harris' Cavalry
James Ruffin's Cavalry
J. F. White's Cavalry
R. C. Love's Cavalry
Charles Hoover's Cavalry
H. L. P. McGee's Cavalry
Officers:
Colonel - C. C. Wilbourn
Lieutenant Colonel - Cornelius McLaurin
Lieutenant Colonel - Thomas R. Stockdale
Major - Thomas R. Stockdale
Major - James M. Norman
Adjutant - B. H. Morehead
Quartermaster - Major W. W. Vaught
Assignments:
The Fourth Mississippi Cavalry spent its entire career in the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana (and, as it was subsequently renamed, the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana). The list below shows the specific higher command assignments of the regiment.

January 20, 1863 - First Brigade, Cavalry Corps, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana.
January 31, 1863 - Cavalry, First Military District, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana.
March 2, 1863 - First Brigade, Second Division, Cavalry Corps, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana.
June 4, 1863 - First Brigade, Jackson's Cavalry Division, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana.
August 9, 1863 - Adams' Brigade, Walker's Division, Yazoo City, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana.
August 20, 1863 - (nine companies) Jackson's Brigade, Jackson's Division, Cavalry, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. (Company "D")
Provost Guard, Escorts and Guards, Cavalry Division, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana.
Sept. 16, 1863 - First Brigade, Jackson's Division, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana.
March 10, 1864 - Adams' Brigade, Jackson's Division, Cavalry Corps, Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana.
June 1, 1864 - Mabry's Brigade, Adams' Division, Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana.
Sept. 1, 1864 - Mabry's Brigade, District North of the Homochitto, Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana.
Nov. 20, 1864 - Mabry's Brigade, Northern Sub-District, District of Mississippi and East Louisiana, Department of Alabama, Missis- sippi, and East Louisiana.
Feb. 18, 1865 - Starke's Brigade, Chalmer's Division, Forrest's Cavalry Corps, Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana. Battles:
The Fourth Mississippi Cavalry participated in more than fifty various type engagements during its career.

Nov. 27, 1862 - Capture of Steamer "Lone Star", Mississippi River, Miss. (Company "B")
March 9, 1863 - Skirmish, Rutherford Creek, Tenn. (1)
Mar. 10-11, 1863 - Skirmishes, Rutherford Creek, Tenn. (1)
March 25, 1863 - Action, Little Harpeth River, Tenn (detachment of unit).
March 25, 1863 - Action, Brentwood, Tenn. (2)
April 10, 1863 - Engagement, Franklin, Tenn. (3)
May 3, 1863 - Skirmish, Willow Springs, Miss. (4)
May 12-13, 1863 - Skirmishes, Fourteen Mile Creek, Miss.(5)
June 6, 1863 - Action, Milliken's Bend (6) and Young's Point, La. (7) (detachment of the unit.)
July 12-21, 1863 - Operations against the Expedition from Vicksburg (8) to Yazoo City (9), Miss.
July 13, 1863 - Skirmish, Brandon, Miss. (10)
July 16, 1863 - Skirmish, Bolton's Depot, Miss. (11)
July 20, 1863 - Skirmish, Brandon, Miss (10)
Aug. 18, 1863 - Skirmish, Payne's Plantation near Grenada, Miss. (12)
Aug. 21, 1863 - Skirmish, Coldwater, Miss. (13)
Aug. 31, 1863 - Calvin Green Boone enlisted, Brandon, Miss (10)
Oct. 14-20, 1863 - Operations against the Expedition from Messenger's Ferry (14), Big Black River, toward Canton (15), Miss.
Oct. 17, 1863 - Action, Bogue Chitto Creek, Miss. (16)
Oct. 17, 1863 - Skirmish, Canton, Miss. (15)
Oct. 17, 1863 - Skirmish, Robinson's Mills, Miss. (17)
Feb. 3-Mar. 2, 1864 - Operations against the Expedition from Vicksburg (8) to Meridian (18), Miss. (Sherman's Meridian Campaign)
Feb. 4, 1864 - Action, Champion's Hill, Miss. (19)
Feb. 4, 1864 - Skirmish, Queen's Hill, Miss.
Feb. 4, 1864 - Skirmish near Bolton's Depot, Miss. (11)
Feb. 4, 1864 - Skirmish, Baker's Creek, Miss.
Feb. 5, 1864 - Skirmish, Clinton, Miss. (20)
Feb. 5, 1864 - Skirmish, Jackson, Miss. (21)
Feb. 9-13, 1864 - Skirmishes, Meridian, Miss. (18)
Feb. 13-14, 1864 - Skirmishes, Meridian, Miss. (18)
Feb. 24, 1864 - Skirmish, Canton, Miss. (15)
Feb. 26, 1864 - Skirmish near Canton, Miss. (15)
Feb. 27, 1864 - Skirmish, Canton, Miss. (15)
Feb. 27-28, 1864 - Skirmishes near Canton, Miss. (15) Feb. 28, 1864 - Action, Pearl River, Miss.
Feb. 28, 1864 - Action, Canton, Miss. (15)
Feb. 29, 1864 - Skirmish, Canton, Miss. (15)
March 2, 1864 - Skirmish, Canton, Miss. (15)
May 4-21, 1864 - Operations against the Expedition from Vicksburg (8) to Yazoo City (9), Miss.
June 10, 1864 - Battle, Brice's Crossroads (Tishomingo Creek) near Guntown (22), Miss.
June 11, 1864 - Action, Ripley, Miss. (23)
July 2-10, 1864 - Operations against the Expedition from Vicksburg (8) to the Pearl River, Miss.
July 7, 1864 - Engagement, Jackson, Miss. (21)
July 13, 1864 - Action near Camargo's Crossroads, Harrisburg, Miss. (24)
July 14-15, 1864 - Engagement, Harrisburg (24) near Tupelo (25), Miss.
July 15, 1864 - Action, Old Town (Tishomingo Creek), Miss. (26)
Aug. 7-9, 1864 - Skirmishes, Tallahatchie River, Miss.
Aug. 9, 1864 - Skirmish, Oxford, Miss. (27)
Aug. 13-14, 1864 - Skirmishes, Hurricane Creek, Miss.
Aug. 19, 1864 - Skirmish, Hurricane Creek, Miss.
Sep. 29 - Oct. 3, 1864 - Operations against the Expedition from Vicksburg (8) to Rodney (28) and Fayette (29), Miss.
Oct. 20, 1864 - Skirmish near Memphis, Tenn. (30)
Oct. 25, 1864 - Skirmish near Memphis, Tenn. (30)
Nov. 23-Dec. 4, 1864 - Operations against the Expedition from Vicksburg (8) to Yazoo City (9), Miss.
Dec. 1, 1864 - Skirmish, twelve miles from Yazoo City (9), Miss.
Dec. 2, 1864 - Skirmish, Yazoo City, Miss. (9)
Dec 28, 1864 - Action, Egypt Station, Miss. (31)
Rosters:
The roster of this unit contains the names of 1466 men.

COMPANY A - Organized January 19, 1862, at Pass Christian, Harrison County, Mississippi; also recruited from Crystal Springs, Copiah County and other places.

COMPANY B - "Copiah Horse Guards", mustered in at Hazelhurst, Copiah County on March 1, 1861. Also known as "Norman's Company of Partisan Rangers."

COMPANY C - Known as "Magruder's Partisans", it was enlisted into service at Port Gibson, Claiborne County on June 14, 1862.

COMPANY D

COMPANY E

COMPANY F

COMPANY G

COMPANY H - Comprised of men from Jefferson County.

COMPANY I - Known as "Stockdale's Rangers" and comprised of men from Wilkinson, Amite, Pike, and Franklin counties. It was organized at Liberty, Amite County in the fall of 1862.

COMPANY K – MISSISSIPPI SCOUTS - Organized on December 1, 1861

TERRALL'S DRAGOONS -

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