19th Mississippi Infantry Regiment

Infantry regiment of the Confederate States Army January 2024 January 2024 19th Mississippi Infantry Regiment 19th Mississippi Infantry Regimental flag.png April 12, 1865 300 Regimental flag 1861–1865 Confederate States 1865 Mississippi 1861 Confederate States Army Infantry Regiment Harris' Brigade Light blue Facings Enfield rifled muskets Arms American Civil War Peninsula Campaign Northern Virginia Campaign Maryland Campaign Battle of Fredericksburg Battle of Chancellorsville Gettysburg campaign Battle of the Wilderness Battle of Spotsylvania Court House Battle of Cold Harbor Siege of Petersburg Appomattox Campaign Battles WilliamsburgSeven Pines Battle honors Col. Christopher Mott Col. Lucius Lamar Col. Nathaniel Harris Col. Thomas Hardin Col. Richard Phipps Commanding officers The 19th Mississippi Infantry Regiment was an infantry formation of the Confederate States Army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. It was successively commanded by Colonels Christopher Mott, Lucius Lamar, Nathaniel Harris, Thomas Hardin, and Richard Phipps.Sifakis 1995, pp. 104-105. History The Nineteenth Mississippi was organized on June 1, 1861, at Richmond, Virginia from volunteer companies organized from the counties of Noxubee, Lafayette, Warren, Jefferson, Tippah, Marshall, and Itawamba. The regiment was organized by law partners Lucius Q. C. Lamar, a professor at the University of Mississippi, and Christopher Mott, a veteran of the Mexican War.Rowland Dunbar. 1908 The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi, Volume 2 https://books.google.com/books?id=BCYLAAAAMAAJ Mississippi Department of Archives and History 484–494 Mott and Lamar were then elected as Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel of the regiment, respectively. thumb|left|Unidentified member of the "Jake Thompson Guards;" mustered into service as Company K, 19th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 1861 yes. As part of the Army of Northern Virginia, the 19th Mississippi first fought at the Battle of Williamsburg in May, 1862, where Colonel Mott was killed. The regiment then fought at Seven Pines, and shortly afterward Col. Lamar had to resign due to disability. During the Seven Days Battles, the 19th Regiment fought at Gaines' Mill and Glendale. Later in 1862 the Regiment was heavily engaged at the battles of Second Manassas, Harpers Ferry, Antietam, and Fredericksburg. In 1863, the 19th Regiment fought at the Battle of Chancellorsville, and was then assigned to A.P. Hill's corps prior to the Gettysburg campaign. Under General Carnot Posey, the Regiment arrived at Gettysburg to join the second day of the battle, participating in heavy fighting before retreating with the rest of Lee's army to Virginia. In the fall of 1863 the Regiment fought at Bristoe Station, where General Posey was killed. Col. Nathaniel H. Harris of the 19th Mississippi was then promoted to Brigadier General and Posey's former brigade, including the 19th, was placed under his command. In the spring of 1864, the 19th Mississippi was engaged at the Battle of the Wilderness and took part in heavy fighting at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House while opposing Ulysses S. Grant's advance into Virginia. The Regiment held a supporting position at the Battle of Cold Harbor and afterward they were moved to Petersburg, Virginia to join the defensive line there. During the 9-month long Siege of Petersburg, the Regiment participated in many actions against the Federal line, including heavy fighting during the Breakthrough at Petersburg on April 2nd. The regiment retreated with the remainder of the Confederate forces before surrendering at the conclusion of the Appomattox campaign. Overall, the 19th Regiment lost 15 killed and 85 wounded of the 501 engaged at Williamsburg, had 58 killed, 264 wounded, and three missing at Gaines' Mill and Frayser's Farm, and had six killed and 52 wounded in the Maryland Campaign. Its casualties were six killed and 40 wounded at Chancellorsville and seven percent of the 372 at Gettysburg disabled. On April 9, 1865, it surrendered with eight officers and 129 men.Crute 1987, p. 178. Regimental order of battle Companies of the Nineteenth Mississippi Regiment: Company A, "President Davis Guards" of Noxubee County. Company B, "Mott Guards" of Lafayette County. Company C, "Warren Rifles" of Vicksburg. Company D, "Thomas Hinds Guards" of Jefferson County. Company E, "McClung Riflemen" of Lafayette County. Company F, "Avant Southrons" of Lafayette County. Company G, "Springport Invincibles" of Panola County. Company H, "Salem Cavalry" of Benton County. Company I, of Marshall County. Company K, "Jake Thompson Guards" of Tishomingo and Itawamba counties. Commanding officers Col. Christopher H. Mott, killed at Williamsburg, Virginia, 1862. Col. L.Q.C. Lamar, resigned 1862 due to disability. Col. Nathaniel H. Harris Col. Thomas J. Hardin, killed at Spotsylvania, Virginia, 1864 Col. Richard W. Phipps Lt. Col. W.G. Vaughn Lt. Col. James H. Duncan See also List of Mississippi Civil War Confederate units Notes References Citations Sources 30em Crute Joseph H. Jr. 1987 Units of the Confederate States Army 2nd Gaithersburg, Md. Olde Soldier Books 0-942211-53-7 Rowland Dunbar. 1908 The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi, Volume 2 https://books.google.com/books?id=BCYLAAAAMAAJ Mississippi Department of Archives and History 484–494 Sifakis Stewart 1995 Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Mississippi New York Facts On File, Inc. 0-8160-2292-5 Bibliography 30em Allardice Bruce S. 2008 Confederate Colonels: A Biographical Register Columbia University of Missouri Press 978-0-8262-1809-4 registration https://archive.org/details/confederatecolon00alla Davis, Mathew Jack (1934). Reminiscence of the War for Secession and of Fort Delaware. Unpublished manuscript. Briscoe Center for American History. Gottfried Bradley M. 2002 Brigades of Gettysburg: The Union and Confederate Brigades at the Battle of Gettysburg New York Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. 978-1-61608-401-1 Roberts Bobby Moneyhon Carl 1993 Portraits of Conflict: A Photographic History of Mississippi in the Civil War Fayetteville The University of Arkansas Press 1-55728-260-9 http://www.history.army.mil/html/reference/army_flag/cw.html https://archive.today/20131220035251/http://www.history.army.mil/html/reference/army_flag/cw.html dead December 20, 2013 U.S. Army Campaigns: Civil War Center of Military History United States Army 18 January 2015 Wheeler Maj.-Gen. Joseph Joseph Wheeler Hooker Col. Charles E. 1899 Evans Brig.-Gen. Clement A. Charles E. Hooker Confederate Military History XII Atlanta Confederate Publishing External links American Civil War Mississippi Category:1861 establishments in Mississippi Category:1865 disestablishments in Virginia Category:Military units and formations established in 1861 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865 Category:Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Mississippi