15th Mississippi Infantry
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- Spring 1861 - Organized
- September 26, 1861 - Laurel Bridge
- January 19, 1862 - Mill Springs
- April 6-7, 1862 - Shiloh
- April-June 1862 - Corinth Campaign
- August 5, 1862 - Baton Rouge [in reserve]
- October 3-4, 1862 - Corinth
- May 1-July 27, 1862 - Bombardments of Vicksburg
- May-July 1863 - Vicksburg Campaign
- May 16, 1863 - Champion Hill
- July 1863 - Siege of Jackson
- February-March 1864 - Meridian Campaign
- May-September 1864 - Atlanta Campaign
- May 25-June 4, 1864 - New Hope Church
- July 20, 1864 - Peach Tree Creek
- [[July 28, 1864[]] - Ezra Church
- July-September 1864 - Siege of Atlanta
- August 31-September 1, 1864 - Jonesboro
- November 30, 1864 - Franklin
- December 15-16, 1864 - Nashville
- February-April 1865 - Carolinas Campaign
- March 19-21, 1865 - Bentonville
- April 9, 1865 - Re-designated the 15th (Consolidated) Mississippi Infantry and consolidated at Smithfield, North Carolina with the:
DESIGNATIONS
- September 1861-January 1862 - District of East Tennessee / Department #2
- January-February 1862 - District of East Tennessee / Department #2 / Zollicoffer's Brigade
- February-March 1862 - Department #2 / Central Army of Kentucky / Crittenden's Division / Statham's Brigade
- March-June 1862 - Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / Reserve Corps / Statham's Brigade
- June-July 1862 - Department of Southern Mississippi and East Louisiana / Breckinridge's Division / Statham's Brigade
- July 1862 - Department #2 / District of the Mississippi / Breckinridge's Division / Statham's/Smith's Brigade
- July-August 1862 - Department #2 / District of the Mississippi / Breckinridge's Command / Clark's Division / Smith's Brigade
- September-October 1862 - Department #2 / District of the Mississippi / Lovell's Division / Bowen's Brigade
- October-December 1862 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Lovell's Division / Bowen's Brigade
- December 1862-January 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of North Mississippi / Rust's Division / Scott's Brigade
- January-February 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of North Mississippi / Price's Division / Bowen's Brigade
- March-April 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 3rd Military District / Rust's Brigade
- April-May 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Loring's Division / Tilghman's Brigade
- May-July 1863 - Department of the West / Loring's Division / Tilghman's/Reynolds'/Adams' Brigade
- July 1863-January 1864 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Loring's Division / Adams' Brigade
- January-May 1864 - Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / Loring's Division / Adams' Brigade
- May-July 1864 - Army of Mississippi / Loring's Division / Adams' Brigade
- July 1864-April 1865 - Army of Tennessee / 3rd Corps / Loring's Division / Adams' Brigade
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: Winfield S. Statham (Colonel)
- James R. Binford (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
- William F. Brantley (Major)
- Michael Farrell (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- J.W. Hemphill (Lieutenant Colonel)
- Russell G. Prewitt (Major)
- Lamkin S. Terry (Major)
- Edward C. Whitehall (Lieutenant Colonel)
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Notes
Sources
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Mississippi. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 82, 97-99, 106)