HISTORICAL NOTES: 1st Choctaw Battalion Cavalry was organized at Jackson, Mississippi, during the summer of 1862. It contained Choctaw Indians from the region south of Jackson. The unit served in the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana and skirmished within the boundaries of Mississippi. On June 9, 1863, it disbanded. OFFICERS: Major J. W. Pierce ASSIGNMENTS: SERVICE: ROSTERS: BIBLIOGRAPHY: REFERENCES: REF: Crute - Units of the Confederate States Army Researching this unit? Here's what's available. Hooker, Col. Charles E. - Confederate Military History - Mississippi Volume - 288 pgs. Paperback $25.00 CD-ROM $15.00 Rigdon, John C. The Civil War in Mississippi   CD-ROM $35.00 Rigdon, John C. Mississippi Civil War Soldiers Index   CD-ROM $12.00 The Southern Historical Society Papers   CD-ROM $69.95 The Civil War in Mississippi © - 2001 Eastern Digital Resources   The Civil War in Mississippi Index