11th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment

The 11th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment (also known as "Perrin's regiment") was a cavalry formation of the Confederate States Army in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. It was commanded by Colonel Robert O. Perrin from 1863 to March 1865, when he resigned, and Lieutenant Colonel Henry L. Muldrow until it was disbanded in May 1865.

11th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment
Active	1863–1865
Disbanded	May 1865
Country	Confederate States
Allegiance	Mississippi
Branch	Army
Type	Cavalry
Size	Regiment
Part of	Ferguson's Brigade
Nickname(s)	"Perrin's regiment"
Facings	Yellow
Battles	American Civil War Meridian Campaign Atlanta Campaign Battle of Ladiga Savannah Campaign Carolinas Campaign
Commanders
Commanding officers	Col. Robert O. Perrin (1863–65) Lieut. Col. Henry L. Muldrow (acting) (1865)

History

The regiment was organized and mustered into Confederate service on October 6, 1863, in North and Middle Mississippi from new and existing companies of mounted men as Perrin's Mississippi Cavalry Battalion, Mississippi State Troops. It was expanded, reorganized, and redesignated Perrin's Mississippi Cavalry Regiment on December 23, 1863. The regiment took part in the Atlanta Campaign and the Carolinas Campaign. It was redesignated 11th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment on March 20, 1865, and disbanded in May.^[1][2]

Regimental order of battle

Units of Perrin's regiment included:

• Company A
• Company B
• Company C
• Company D
• Company E
• Company F
• Company G
• Company H (Chickasaw Rangers)^[3]
• Company I (Barksdale Avengers)
• Company K^[1]

See also

• List of Confederate units from Mississippi

Notes

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the National Archives and Records Administration.