1st Battalion Mississippi Cavalry
(Miller’s)
(from Dunbar Rowland’s "Military History of Mississippi,
1803-1898"; company listing courtesy of H. Grady Howell’s "For Dixie Land,
I’ll Take My Stand’)
Company A -- Bolivar Troops (raised in Bolivar County, MS)
Company B -- Pontotoc Dragoons (raised in Pontotoc County, MS)
Company C -- Carroll Rangers (raised in Carroll County, MS)
Noxubee Cavalry Company (raised in Noxubee County, MS) [also listed as Co. B]
Thompson Cavalry (raised in Lafayette County, MS)
Majors: John H. Miller; D.C. Herndon.
This battalion became the 1st MS Cavalry (Lindsay’s/Pinson’s), which see.
Do you have an ancestor in this unit? If so, contact the Mississippi Department of Archives and History for his service record. Then contact us for a membership application.
