The following is a list of Confederate companies in which men from DeSoto County served during the war. Some were raised in DeSoto County, while others were raised in surrounding counties in either Mississippi or Tennessee. Yet others had DeSoto County men in them due to the need to bring these companies up to strength. This especially occurred late in the war. Unless noted otherwise, all regiments are Mississippi regiments.

Infantry:

1^st Regiment, Co. A (mostly Marshall)

1^st Regiment, Co. A Walker Reserves (Marshall)

1^st Regiment, Co. D DeSoto Greys (DeSoto)

1^st Regiment, Co. F Alcorn Rifles (Marshall)

9^th Regiment, New Co. A Capt Wallaces Company (DeSoto)

9^th Regiment, Old Co. D Jeff Davis Rifles (Marshall)

9^th Regiment, Old Co. E Horn Lake Volunteers (became New Co. A, 10^th Infantry) (DeSoto)

9^th Regiment, Old Co. G DeSoto Guards (DeSoto)

9^th Regiment, Old Co. I Senatobia Invincibles (DeSoto)

9^th Regiment, Old Co. K Irrepressibles (DeSoto)

9^th Battalion, Sharpshooters, Co. A. (Unknown)

10^th Regiment, New Co. A Horn Lake Volunteers (DeSoto)

17^th Regiment, Co. I Pettus Rifles (DeSoto)

19^th Regiment, Co. I Marshall Rifles (Marshall)

21^st Regiment, Co. A Volunteer Southrons (Warren)

22^nd Regiment, Co. F DeSoto Rebels (DeSoto)

29^th Regiment, Co. D Fishing Creek Avengers (Yalobusha)

29^th Regiment, Co. I DeSoto Brothers (DeSoto)

34^th Regiment, Co. E Coldwater Rebles (34^th AKA 37^th for a time) (Marshall)

36^th Regiment, Co. D Yankee Hunters (Newton)

42^nd Regiment, Co. B Senatobia Invincibles No.2 (DeSoto)

42^nd Regiment, Co. C Nelsons Avengers (DeSoto)

42^nd Regiment, Co. D Capt. Lockes Company (DeSoto)

44^th Regiment, Co. D DeSoto Beauregards (44^th AKA Blythes) (DeSoto)


Cavalry:

1^st Regiment (Adams/Woods), Co. B DeSoto Light Dragoons (AKA Wirt Adams) (DeSoto)

1^st Regiment (Adams/Woods), Co. G Warren Dragoons (AKA Wirt Adams)

2^nd Regiment, Co. D Senatobia Opposers (2^nd AKA 4^th and 42^nd) (DeSoto)

2^nd Regiment Partisan Rangers (Ballantines), Co. C Porters Company (Tennessee)

2^nd Regiment Partisan Rangers (Ballentines), Co. K Jernigans Company (Panola)

(Below also known as Blythes Battalion and 1^st Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry State Troops)

2^nd Regiment Partisan Rangers (Blythes), Co A DeSoto Partisans (DeSoto)

2^nd Regiment Partisan Rangers (Blythes), Co. B Bowens Rangers (DeSoto)

2^nd Regiment Partisan Rangers (Blythes), Co. C Wards Company (DeSoto)

2^nd Regiment Partisan Rangers (Blythes), Co. D Renfroes Company (DeSoto)

2^nd Regiment Partisan Rangers (Blythes), Co. F Hunt Rangers (DeSoto)

Blythes Battalion Cavalry, Co. A & B (DeSoto)

3^rd Regiment, Co. E Richmonds Company (Marshall)

3^rd TN Regiment, Co. F (Shelby Co., TN)

5^th Regiment, Co. B Trotters Company (Carroll)

5^th Regiment, Co. K Wards Company (5^th Regiment formerly 19^th Battalion (Georges) (DeSoto)

5^th Regiment, Co. L Saunders Company

7^th TN Regiment, Co. A (Shelby Co., TN)

8^th Regiment, Co. H Morris Company (8^th AKA 19^th Battalion) (DeSoto & Panola)

9^th Regiment

12^th Cavalry (local unofficial), Companies A K (DeSoto)

13^th TN Regiment, Co. A (Shelby Co., TN)

14/15 TN Regiment, Co. G

18^th Battalion/Regiment, Co. C Carrolls Company (18^th AKA Chalmers Battalion) (DeSoto and others)

18^th Battalion/Regiment, Co. D Smith Rangers (Tippah)

18^th Battalion/Regiment, Co. F Pettus Rangers (DeSoto & Panola)

18^th Battalion/Regiment, Co. G Perrys Company (Panola)

18^th Battalion/Regiment, Co. H Peach Creek Rangers (DeSoto & Panola)

18^th Battalion/Regiment, Co. K Raines Company (DeSoto)

28^th Regiment, Co. F Clantons Company (Yalobusha)

28^th Regiment, Co. L Morris Company (DeSoto)

38^th Regiment

Senatobia Rangers (State Troops) (DeSoto)

Hams Regiment, Co. F Gilstraps Company (Hams AKA 7^th Cav (Hams) (Itawamba)

Hughes Battalion, Co. F Wilbourns Company (Marshall)

Hunt Rangers (State Troops) (DeSoto)

Perrins Battalion, Co. I Bookters Company (Oktibbeha) (Perrins AKA 11^th Cav)


Artillery:

Barretts MO Battery (recruited in Memphis, TN)

Brookhaven Light Artillery (AKA Hoskins Battery)

Pettus Flying Artillery (AKA Hooles Company and Hudsons Battery) (Panola)

14^th Battalion, Mississippi Light Artillery (Panola)

Spanish American War

First Regiment, MS Volunteer Infantry, Field & Staff

First Regiment, MS Volunteer Infantry, Company A

First Regiment, MS Volunteer Infantry, Company B

First Regiment, MS Volunteer Infantry, Company C

DeSoto County and the Spanish American and Philippine American Wars

Alternate Designations - CSA Units

Captain Anderson’s Company: Co. C, 1st Battalion Mississippi Volunteers, Mexican War

Casualties of the 34th Mississippi Regiment at Perryville

Civil War Articles Index to “DeSoto Descendants”

Craven, Herman C., DeSoto County Hero of WWI

DeSoto Chaplains in Gray

DeSoto's Confederate Dead

DeSoto Deaths: Korea and Vietnam

DeSoto World War I Veterans

Lebauve, Col. Felix

Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1809

Military History of Mississippi, 1812-1836

Military History of Mississippi, 1846-1848

Military History of Mississippi, 1898

Military Tax List - 1863

Hughey, Samuel A. "Old Hughey"

Mississippi at Gettysburg

Mississippians in the Mexican War

Mississippians Killed at Gettysburg

Mississippians Paroled at Appomattox Court House, VA

The Last Full Measure - World War II Casualties/Wounded List

The Story of Ferdinand Schwamm, Union Soldier

Pension Applications (PDF Format - Get Adobe Reader)

Anderson, Bannister (servant)

Baker, James D.

Banks, R. M.

Barham, Mrs. N. S. (widow of N. S.)

Batie, Alfred (servant)

Birmingham, S. T.

Boggan, Mrs. J. H.

Boggan, T. D.

Boyd, C. M.

Brown, Daniel (servant)

Brumley, M.

Chalmers, Nat (servant)

Chamberlin, Bettie (widow of James)

Clifton, A. B.

Colbert, Jim (servant)

Collins, Mary A (widow of Hiram H)

Connally, Anna B (widow of George W)

Cooper, Richard H

Dalehite, Wm. A.

Dean, Mrs. T. J. (widow of Thomas J)

Dean, Thomas Jefferson, Jr.

Drane, Ben (servant)

Duke Perry (servant)

Dye, L. J. (widow of James M.)

Eason, E. E., Sr.

Eddins, J. B.

Elder, A. L.

Forrest, Ben (servant)

Gartrell, J. C.

Glenn, W. L.

Glover, Dan (servant)

Halbert, Mrs. Lucy E. (wife of George Calvin)

Ham, Mrs. Jim

Harrison, J. D.

Hobbs, Mrs. J. A.

Hudson, R. E.

Humphreys, Jim

Hurt, Alfred

Jackson, L. S.

Jackson, Mrs. L. S. (widow of Len S)

Janney, T.P.

Jones, Crawford

Jones, Ella (wife of L.L. Jones)

Jones, John T.

Key, Josephine

Knox, George (servant)

Lane, Sim (servant)

Lauderdale, A. M.

Lauderdale, E. B.

Laughter, Georgia A.

Laughter, W. E.

Lee, W. D.

McCandless, J. R.

McCargo, Robert Payne

McCracken, Mary F (widow of John P)

McGehee, Alex (servant)

McGehee, Cary (servant)

McGehee, George (servant)

McKenzie, Sallie

Miller, William Thomas

Mills, Sallie (wife of George W. Mills)

Mosby, M. W., Sr.

Myers, Asbury (servant)

Odom, James (servant)

Odom, Nat (servant)

Parsons, Dora (wife of William Parsons)

Robertson, A. T.

Rutland, Minnie D. (widow of John W.)

Sivley, Mary E. (wife of Andrew Sivley)

Smith, Marion (servant)

Solomon, Eliza (widow of Augustus Marian)

Stone, R. S.

Tate, John (servant)

Titus, Alex (servant)

Tribble, N. J.

Tribble, Nathaniel J

Turner, E.B.

Vinson, J. M.

Waldrop, Aldophus Pierce

Walker, Eli (servant)

Walton, S. A.

White, Jane Meridian (widow of John Brown Lafayett White)

Whitfield, Oliver (servant)

Wilcox, Mrs. Mary (wife of John B. Wilcox)

Winders, George