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Organized
circa May 5,
1861, at
Shieldsboro
(now Bay
St.
Louis), Hancock
County, Mississippi.
For a brief history of the 3rd MS Infantry (and most other Mississippi Confederate units), please refer to the unit histories section at
http://www.mississippiscv.org
A full history of the 3rd (“To Live and Die in Dixie”) is available from its author, Hon. H. Grady Howell, Jr., at 103 Trace Harbor Road, Madison, Mississippi 39110.
(Officers
and
soldiers
are listed
in alphabetical order; all ranks are “private” unless otherwise specified).
Officers
Coakley, William L. -- Commissary Sgt., 1st Lt., & Adjutant
Colly, John G. -- 2nd Lt.
Cowan, A. S. -- 3rd & 1st Lt.
Eager, Robert --Capt. & Lieut. Col.
Joyner, Redding A. -- 4th Cpl., AQM Sgt., 1st Lt., & Capt.
Raymond, Peter -- 3rd Sgt., 2nd & 1st Lt.
Saucier, John -- 1st Lt. & Capt.
Sones, Lott M. -- 2nd & 1st Lt., Adjutant
Spence, William F. -- 4th & 1st Sgt., 3rd & 2nd Lt.
Toulme, John V. -- 1st Lt. & Capt.
Wilkinson, Howard -- 1st Cpl., Ord. Sgt., 3rd & 2nd Lt.
*Source: Muster Roll courtesy of Hon. H. Grady Howell, Jr., from his history of the 3rd MS Infantry, “To Live And Die In Dixie” |
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