Confederate Regiment

18th Mississippi Infantry

Organized: Corinth, Mississippi; mustered in 6/7/1861

Commanding Officers on the Sharpsburg Campaign:
Maj. J. C. Campbell
LCol. William H. Luse

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

On the Sharpsburg Campaign

"With McLaw's division they co-operated with Jackson's Corps in the movement against Harpers Ferry, the task of McLaws being the capture of the Federal garrison in fortified camp on the Maryland Heights. They scaled the mountain September 12 and 13, with some active fighting, but the enemy escaped. Being ordered thence to Brownsville, they did not reach the field of Sharpsburg until after the battle had been a few hours in progress. The men were worn out with hunger and night marching, and only 186 officers and men went into the battle. The loss was 11 killed and 69 wounded. Major Campbell, commanding the regiment, was seriously wounded while nobly leading his men. Lieut.Col. Luse and Colonel Humphreys reached the field just as the battle was closing and their presence cheered and animated the whole brigade."
(from Rowland)

Statistics

Initial Strength: 186; Killed in Action (KIA): 11; Wounded (WIA): 69;
Losses, % of Initial Strength: 43%

Maps Showing this Unit

Detail Map #4: Greene's High-Water Mark in the West Woods (9am-noon)
Detail Map #5: Sedgwick is Flanked in the West Woods (9-10am)

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

Tablet #357: McLaws' Division, Longstreet's Command - 16 Sep, 11 AM to 18 Sep, 9 PM
Tablet #358: Barksdale's Brigade, McLaws' Division - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 18 Sep, 9 PM

References & Notes

Source: Rowland, Dunbar, Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898, Nashville TN: 1908.

We have 24 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
A	Pvt	Anderson, John D.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Hays, John G.	WIA/POW 09/17
A	Pvt	Rainwater, Jesse G.	MWIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Waggoner, Russell A.	MWIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Waggoner, Sylvester G.	POW 09/19
D	Pvt	Clark, Charles H.	MWIA 09/17
D	Sgt	Dyer, James O.	WIA/POW 09/17
D	Capt	Vaughan, Hugh Rees	WIA 09/17
E	Corp	Dunn, Thomas J.	MWIA 09/17
E	Corp	Haley, Richard T.	WIA/POW 09/17
F	Pvt	Cambell, Oliver	MWIA 09/17
F	Lt	Ellison, William	KIA 09/17
G	Lt	Stinson, William Baxter	WIA/POW 09/17
G	Pvt	Walker, Wiley Thompson	MWIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Butler, Emmet A.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Bryant, William R.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Burke, J. T.	WIA 09/17
K	Sgt	Goodloe, Marshall	MWIA 09/17
K	Lt	Patton, Matthew T.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Roache, L. F.	WIA/POW 09/17
K	Corp	Sanders, William C.	WIA/POW 09/17
F&S	Maj	Campbell, James C.	WIA 09/17
F&S	LCol	Luse, William Henry
Unk	Pvt	Lence, R.	MWIA 09/17

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