HISTORICAL NOTES: (Organized Oct. 24, 1861 at Manassas, VA, as 2nd Cav. Bn. with 3 Miss. companies and 1 Ala. company, Maj. William T. Martin; designated Jeff Davis Legion late 1861 after adding 1 Georgia and 1 Ala. company; increased to regt. July 11, 1864 with addition of 4 more non-Mississippi companies; surrendered April 26, 1865) OFFICERS: ASSIGNMENTS: SERVICE: ROSTERS: BIBLIOGRAPHY: REFERENCES: REF: Crute - Units of the Confederate States Army Rowland, Dunbar - Military History of Mississippi 1803 - 1898 Sifakis - Compendium of the Confederate Armies Researching this unit? Here's what's available. Hooker, Col. Charles E. - Confederate Military History - Mississippi Volume - 288 pgs. Hardback $35.00 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