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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

Variious companies of militia at Corinth were organized and mustered into the Confederate States service as the 16th Mississippi Infantry June 17, 1861. Captain Carnot Posey, Wilkinson Rifles, formerly a Lieutenant in Col. 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%

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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 14 individuals who were on the Maryland Campaign in the AotW database for this unit:

 

Co. Rank Name Casualty? Details*
BPvtBishop, James D.WIA/POW   09/17     We have some details for this person
BPvtBostick, William L.WIA/POW   09/17     We have some details for this person
BCorpBuckley, John M.MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
CCorpBroom, Cyrus LafayetteWIA/POW   09/17     We have some details for this person
DSgtHernichel, Frank C.MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
DPvtLahart, Joseph MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
ECorpArd, Allen E.WIA/POW   09/17     We have some details for this person
ESgtBarr, Thomas MelardWIA   09/17     We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
FPvtGrayson, Claiborne WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
FSgtJones, Daniel M.MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
FPvtKidd, William WIA/POW   09/17     We have some details for this person
GMusSmith, William H.POW   09/00     We have some details for this person
IPvtJones, Hugh C. F.MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
KCaptFeltus, Jr., Abram Morell        We have some details for this person

 

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