Mississippi Civil War
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Submit Mississippi Records
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American Local History Network
American History and Genealogy Project
USGenWeb MS Civil War Archives
A search of the USGenWeb MS Archives will yield over 148 files with the word "Civil War" in the file, however, a search of the "Military" directory does not include many other entries for the term, "Civil War".
MS AHGP Links
These links are offsite pertaining to Mississippi Civil War materials on the following subjects.
Mississippi Units by County of Origin
This site is wonderful in that the units are arranged by county and was created by Dan A. McCaskill.
The following list of units by county was compiled from the records
at the Mississippi State Department of Archives and History and
H. Grady Howell's "For Dixie Land I'll Take My Stand". Units in
blue are linked to sites with muster rolls. If you see any
errors, please email: Dan A. McCaskill danmccas@tecinfo.com .
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Counties in Mississippi
Links to county MS Civil War AHGP websites will become active, as each county in the MS Civil War American History and Genealogy Project is adopted.
Battles in Mississippi
Civil War Battles took place in the following counties: Warren, Hinds, Alcorn, Prentiss, Union, Tishmingo, Claiborne, Jackson, Lauderdale, Chickasaw, Lee
Alcorn - Cornith October 3-4 1862; Cornith April 29 - June 30, 1862
Chickasaw - Okolona
Claiborne - Grand Gulf, Port Gibson,
Hinds - Big Black, Bakers Creek, Raymond, Jackson, Champion Hill
Jackson - Jackson
Lauderdale - Meridian
Lee - Tupelo
Prentiss - Brices Crossroads
Tishmingo - Cornith April 29 - June 30, 1862
Union - Brices Crossroads
Warren - Big Black, Vicksburg, Snyders Bluff
16 Battles took place during the Civil War in Mississippi - and MS Troops were involved in over 700 skirmishes or military engagements.
Battle Map - Counties involved - WebRing created 7/10/2000 Mississippi Civil War hosted by Mississippi Heritage Resources Preservation and Education League,MsHRPEL; and Ms. ALHN.
Mississippi Unit Histories
- Mississippi Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans: Infantry, Calvary, Artillery.
History Sites Mississippi Civil War Message Board
Mississippi Researchers
The Civil War in Mississippi
The Civil War Index
The American Civil War Homepage
*MS Civil War Resources - Mississippi Libraries and Library resources specific to the Civil War in Mississippi.
Mississippi Soldiers and Sailors
Union and Confederate
According to the NPS Civil War Soldiers and Sailors summary, there were
903 persons serving the Union from Mississippi. 173,935 persons serving the Confederacy from Mississippi. And 887 Union African Americans or Colored Sailors from Mississippi. It has not been clarified IF the number of Colored Union Sailors from Mississippi is included in the number of persons serving the Union from Mississippi. Therefore, the total number of Union troops could possibly be increased to 1,710 in Total Union Mississippi Troops. OR the number of Union Troops given at 903 Total included the 887 Colored Union Sailors?
Freedmans Bureau and Slave Requirements for Conscription to the Confederacy
On March 3, 1864 the Freedman's Bureau was created. 10 days later on March 13th, 1864, President Jefferson Davis passed a bill which subjected slaves to military duty in the Confederacy.
Freedmans Bureau
Records of the Assistant Commissioner For the State of Mississippi
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865 - 1869 include
Registers of Marriages of Freedmen
Registers of Indentures of Colored Orphans Aug. 1865 - May 1866
Search - Freedmans Bureau Mississippi Records
Book results - 'Freedmans Bureau History' Google books
*Museum of the Confederacy - Index to Archives, with Mississippi details.
Welcome to The American History and Genealogy Project (AHGP), Mississippi Civil War website. Most counties listed below are adoptable. A few AHGP Mississippi Civil War County sites have been adopted. If you are a county organizer and your link does not appear here, please email: ahgpmscivilwar@gmail.com for your listing. For more information about our group, including how you can join us, please see our about page.
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| County
| Date
Created |
Parent County |
County
Seat |
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Adams |
1799 |
Natchez District |
Natchez |
| Alcorn |
1870 |
Tippah / Tishomingo |
Corinth |
| Amite |
1809 |
Wilkinson |
Liberty |
| Attala |
1833 |
Choctaw Cession of 1830 |
Kosciusko |
| Benton |
1870 |
Marshall / Tippah |
Ashland |
| Bolivar |
1836 |
Choctaw Cession Of 1830 |
Cleveland |
| Calhoun |
1852 |
Chickasaw / Lafayette / Yalobusha |
Pittsboro |
| Carroll |
1833 |
Choctaw Cession |
Carrollton |
| Chickasaw |
1836 |
Chickasaw Cession of 1830 |
Houston |
| Choctaw |
1833 |
Choctaw Cession |
Ackerman |
| Claiborne |
1802 |
Jefferson |
Port Gibson |
| Clarke |
1833 |
Choctaw Cession of 1830 |
Quitman |
| Clay |
1871 |
Chickasaw / Lowndes /Monroe / Oktibbeha |
West Point |
| Coahoma |
1836 |
Chickasaw Cession of 1836 |
Clarksdale |
| Copiah |
1823 |
Hinds |
Hazlehurst |
| Covington |
1819 |
Lawrence / Wayne |
Collins |
| DeSoto |
1836 |
Indian Lands |
Hernando |
| Forrest |
1906 |
Perry |
Hattiesburg |
| Franklin |
1809 |
Adams |
Meadville |
| George |
1910 |
Greene / Jackson |
Lucedale |
| Greene |
1811 |
Amite / Franklin / Wayne |
Leakesville |
| Grenada |
1870 |
Carroll/Yalobusha /Montgomery/Tallahatchie/Webster/Choctaw |
Grenada |
| Hancock |
1812 |
Mobile District |
Bay Saint Louis |
| Harrison |
1841 |
Hancock / Jackson |
Gulfport |
| Hinds |
1821 |
Choctaw Cession of 1820 |
Jackson |
| Holmes |
1833 |
Yazoo |
Lexington |
| Humphreys |
1918 |
Holmes / Washington /Yazoo / Sunflower |
Belzoni |
| Issaquena |
1844 |
Washington |
Mayersville |
| Itawamba |
1836 |
Chickasaw Cession of 1832 |
Fulton |
| Jackson |
1812 |
Mobile District |
Pascagoula |
| Jasper |
1833 |
Indian Lands |
Bay Springs |
| Jefferson |
1799 |
Natchez |
Fayette |
Jefferson Davis
|
1906 |
Covington / Lawrence |
Prentiss |
| Jones |
1826 |
Covington / Wayne |
Laurel / Ellisville |
| Kemper |
1833 |
Choctaw Cession of 1830 |
De Kalb |
| Lafayette |
1836 |
Chickasaw Cession |
Oxford |
| Lamar |
1904 |
Marion / Pearl River |
Purvis |
| Lauderdale |
1833 |
Choctaw Cession of 1833 |
Meridian |
| Lawrence |
1814 |
Marion |
Monticello |
| Leake |
1833 |
Choctaw Cession |
Carthage |
| Lee |
1866 |
Itawamba / Pontotoc |
Tupelo |
| Leflore |
1871 |
Carroll / Sunflower / Tallahatchie |
Greenwood |
| Lincoln |
1870 |
Franklin / Lawrence /Copiah / Pike / Amite |
Brookhaven |
| Lowndes |
1830 |
Monroe |
Columbus |
| Madison |
1828 |
Yazoo |
Canton |
| Marion |
1811 |
Amite / Wayne / Franklin |
Columbia |
| Marshall |
1836 |
Chickasaw Cession of 1832 |
Holly Springs |
| Monroe |
1821 |
Chickasaw Cession of 1821 |
Aberdeen |
| Montgomery |
1871 |
Carroll / Choctaw |
Winona |
| Neshoba |
1833 |
Choctaw Cession of 1830 |
Philadelphia |
| Newton |
1836 |
Neshoba |
Decatur |
| Noxubee |
1833 |
Choctaw Cession of 1830 |
Macon |
| Oktibbeha |
1833 |
Choctaw Cession of 1830 |
Starkville |
| Panola |
1836 |
Chickasaw Cession of 1830 |
Batesville |
| Pearl River |
1890 |
Hancock / Marion |
Poplarville |
| Perry |
1820 |
Greene |
New Augusta |
| Pike |
1815 |
Marion |
Magnolia |
| Pontotoc |
1836 |
Chickasaw Cession of 1832 |
Pontotoc |
| Prentiss |
1870 |
Tishomingo |
Booneville |
| Quitman |
1877 |
Panola / Coahoma |
Marks |
| Rankin |
1828 |
Hinds |
Brandon |
| Scott |
1833 |
Choctaw Cession of 1832 |
Forest |
| Sharkey |
1876 |
Warren / Washington / Issaquena |
Rolling Fork |
| Simpson |
1824 |
Choctaw Cession of 1820 |
Mendenhall |
| Smith |
1833 |
Choctaw Cession of 1830 |
Raleigh |
| Stone |
1916 |
Harrison |
Wiggins |
| Sunflower |
1844 |
Bolivar |
Indianola |
| Tallahatchie |
1833 |
Choctaw Cession of 1830 |
Charleston |
| Tate |
1873 |
Marshall / Tunica / DeSoto |
Senatobia |
| Tippah |
1836 |
Chickasaw Cession of 1832 |
Ripley |
| Tishomingo |
1836 |
Chickasaw Cession of 1832 |
Iuka |
| Tunica |
1836 |
Chickasaw Cession of 1832 |
Tunica |
| Union |
1870 |
Pontotoc /Tippah |
New Albany |
| Walthall |
1910 |
Marion / Pike |
Tylertown |
| Warren |
1809 |
Natchez District |
Vicksburg |
| Washington |
1827 |
Warren / Yazoo |
Greenville |
| Wayne |
1809 |
Mississippi Territory's "Old"Washington County |
Waynesboro |
| Webster |
1874 |
Montgomery / Chickasaw /Choctaw / Oktibbeha |
Walthall |
| Wilkinson |
1802 |
Adams |
Woodville |
| Winston |
1833 |
Choctaw Cession of 1830 |
Louisville |
| Yalobusha |
1833 |
Choctaw Cession of 1830 |
Water Valley |
| Yazoo |
1823 |
Hinds |
Yazoo City
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