Confederate Regiment

16th Mississippi Infantry

Organized: Corinth, MS; mustered in 6/17/1861

Commanding Officer on the Sharpsburg Campaign:
Capt. A.M. Feltus

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of Northern Virginia
  Corps - Longstreet's Command
  Division - Anderson's Division
  Brigade - Featherston's Brigade

Unit history

Various companies of militia at Corinth were organized and mustered into the Confederate States service as the 16th Mississippi Infantry on June 17, 1861. Captain Carnot Posey, Wilkinson Rifles, formerly a Lieutenant in Colonel Jefferson Davis' regiment, Mexican War, was elected Colonel.

When the main part of Johnston's army was moved to meet McClellan before Richmond, Ewell's division, including the Sixteenth Regiment, remained on guard on the Rappahannock until ordered to join Stonewall Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley. They crossed the Blue Ridge Mountains to Luray Valley in May. Under the command of Colonel Posey, and in Trimble's brigade of Ewell's division, this regiment was the only Mississippi command that participated in the famous Valley campaign of Stonewall Jackson in May and June, 1862.

They were in the Penninsular Campaign, noted for a particularly brave and effective charge at Malvern Hill. After this campaign the regiment was transferred to Featherston's brigade, and served at 2nd Manassas.

Statistics

Initial Strength: 228; Killed in Action (KIA): 27; Wounded (WIA): 117;
Losses, % of Initial Strength: 63.2%

Map Showing this Unit

Detail Map #9: Richardson's Division Attacks the Sunken Road (10-11 am)

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

Tablet #386: Anderson's Division, Longstreet's Command - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 1 PM
Tablet #344: Anderson's Division, Longstreet's Command - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 5 PM

After the Sharpsburg Campaign

The Regiment was at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and on the Wilderness Campaign - they were particularly badly damaged at the Bloody Angle at Spottsylvania. They were in the lines at Petersburg to the Spring of 1865, when the last of them were captured or killed at Battery Gregg in April.

References & Notes

Sources: Howell, H. Grady, For Dixie Land I'll Take My Stand; and
Rowland, Dunbar, Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898 - compiled online at the Civil War in Mississippi site.

We have 140 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
A	Capt	Austin, Louis Reid	MWIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Delaney, Edward	WIA 09/17
A	Corp	Denman, W. C.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Ernest, George	WIA 09/17
A	Lt	Gatlin, Ebenezer H.	WIA 09/17
A	Corp	Gerald, A. George	MWIA 09/17
A	Sgt	Louden, Andrew	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Matzenburg, Joseph	WIA 09/18
B	Pvt	Alexander, Isaac F.	WIA/POW 09/17
B	Pvt	Berry, Washington Jefferson	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Bishop, James D.	WIA/POW 09/17
B	Pvt	Bridges, John Russell	KIA 09/17
B	Corp	Buckley, John M.	MWIA 09/17
B	Corp	Chandler, Vincent P.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Dear, James F.	KIA 09/17
B	Lt	Drummonds, John R.	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Henagan, Samuel A.	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Riley, Franklin Lafayette	WIA 09/17
B	Capt	Smith, Harry	WIA/POW 09/17
B	Pvt	Spurlock, John	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Turner, William H.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Waltman, Daniel J.	POW 09/17
B	Pvt	Ware, Joseph Campbell	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Yelverton, Elam Tullos	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Yelverton, Richard C.	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Alford, Roderick	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Bolls, Jr., James	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Bostick, Jr., William Littleberry	WIA/POW 09/17
C	Pvt	Bridges, Henry P.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Broome, Alonzo Robert	WIA/POW 09/17
C	Corp	Broome, Cyrus Lafayette	WIA/POW 09/17
C	Pvt	Broome, John Matthew	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Catchings, William Seymour	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Daniels, Robert W.	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Ellis, Daniel M.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Ford, John Prentice	MWIA 09/17
C	Sgt	Hennington, Benjamin David	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Howell, Daniel Yates	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Kirkpatrick, James Johnson	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Lewis, Forbes W.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Lewis, Hardy W.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	McIntosh, David M.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Morris, James J.	WIA 09/17
C	Sgt	Myers, Francis Marion	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Porter, Benjamin Franklin	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Redden, William L.	WIA 09/17
C	Lt	Rumph, James C.	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Saunier, Jr., Armand A.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Shirley, Robert Alexander	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Slay, Alfred F.	KIA 09/17
C	Corp	Slay, William E.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Wilson, Jefferson Jasper
D	Lt	Arrighi, Francis J.	WIA 09/17
D	Capt	Councell, Edward C.	WIA 09/17
D	Sgt	Hernichel, Frank C.	MWIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Lahart, Joseph	MWIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Mack, Michael	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Styles, William H.	WIA 09/17
E	Sgt	Andrews, Elisha C.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Ard, Allen E.	WIA/POW 09/17
E	Sgt	Barr, Thomas Mellard	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Conerly, Luke Ward	WIA 09/17
E	Lt	Coney, Van Crawford	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Guy, Jesse Willis	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Leonard, David	WIA 09/17
E	Sgt	McCusker, William	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Rhodus, Zachariah Reeves	WIA 09/17
E	Corp	Tarbutton, Andrew Jackson	WIA 09/17
E	Lt	Wilson, Colden	MWIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Bridges, William	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Byrd, Ross A.	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Cain, Hugh F.	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Caldwell, William John	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Clark, James B.	MWIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Everett, Benjamin Franklin	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Fatheree, John F.P.	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Fewox, John McC.	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Gibson, John Allison	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Grayson, Charles Claiborne	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Green, Thomas Henry	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Hudson, Eli	WIA 09/17
F	Sgt	Jones, Daniel McKendree	MWIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Kidd, William	WIA/POW 09/17
F	Sgt	Markham, John Garland	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Pearce, George William	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Rambo, James Robert	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Reynolds, John P.	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Rogers, Seth F.	KIA 09/17
F	Corp	Selby, George W.	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Smith, Augustus B.	MWIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Stillman, Charles H.	KIA 09/17
F	Sgt	Taylor, Jacob Alexander	WIA 09/17
F	Corp	Ulmer, John Wesley	KIA 09/17
F	Lt	Wilson, Charles Henry	WIA/POW 09/17
G	Sgt	Allen, Charles	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Bethea, Henry	KIA 09/17
G	Mus	Smith, William H.	POW 09/00
G	Pvt	Wylie, James	WIA/POW 09/17
H	Pvt	Adams, Francis Marion	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Ainsworth, John Thomas	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Bowling, William R.	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Boykin, John Franklin	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Griffith, Richard W.	KIA 09/17
H	Lt	Hardy, Thomas Judson	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	McCraw, William Thomas	WIA 09/17
H	Corp	Noblin, Cephas Hardy	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Summer, David Oscar	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Turnipseed, Henry William	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Vansant, James P.	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Whittington, John T.	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Williams, John F.	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Bates, James	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Battles, John	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Dillon, Humphrey	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Eagan, Michael	WIA/POW 09/17
I	Lt	Hanlon, Patrick	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Jones, Hugh C. F.	MWIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Leonard, James	WIA 09/17
I	Sgt	Mackie, James	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Ward, Dennis	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Allgeier, George Philip	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Barkley, Gabriel C.	MWIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Confer, George W.	KIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Cory, Thomas Ellis Hill	KIA 09/17
K	Sgt	Coyle, Henry W.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Dunbar, George G.	WIA/POW 09/17
K	Lt	Feltus, Peter Gassner	WIA 09/17
K	Capt	Feltus, Jr., Abram Morell
K	Pvt	Haynes, Francis Christopher B.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Higgins, James M.	WIA/POW 09/17
K	Pvt	Kann, Gustavus	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Leatherman, Frank Manuel	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Patterson, John L. G.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Phipps, Jesse	KIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Phipps, William H.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Pilant, George S.	POW 09/17
K	Pvt	Varnell, Richard A.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Wall, William D.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	York, John H.	MWIA 09/17
F&S	ASrg	Groves, James Alston

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