21st Mississippi Infantry
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- Mid-1861 - Organized for the war
- April-May 1862 - Siege of Yorktown
- May 31-June 1, 1862 - Seven Pines
- June 25-July 1, 1862 - Seven Days Battles
- June 29, 1862 - Allen's Farm
- June 29, 1862 - Savage's Station
- July 1, 1862 - Malvern Hill
- September 12-15, 1862 - Harpers Ferry
- September 13, 1862 - Maryland Heights
- September 14, 1862 - South Mountain
- September 17, 1862 - Antietam
- December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
- May 1-4, 1863 - Chancellorsville
- July 1-3, 1863 - Gettysburg
- September 19-20, 1863 - Chickamauga
- September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
- October 28-29, 1863 - Wauhatchie
- November-December 1863 - Siege of Knoxville
- November 29, 1863 - Fort Sanders
- January 17, 1864 - Dandridge
- January 27, 1864 - Fair Garden
- May 5-6, 1864 -The Wilderness
- May 8-21, 1864 - Spotsylvania Courthouse
- May 23-26, 1864 - North Anna River
- May 30, 1864 - Totopotomy River
- June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
- June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
- June 22, 1864 - Weldon Railroad
- July 27-29, 1864 - Deep Bottom, Strawberry Plains, Strawberry Plains, and New Market Road
- July 28, 1864 - Malvern Hill
- August 16, 1864 - Cedarville
- August 16, 1864 - Front Royal
- September 2-3, 1864 - Bunker Hill
- September 4, 1864 - Berryville
- October 9, 1864 - Cedar Creek
- June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg[1]
- February 5-7, 1865 - Hatcher's Run
- April 6, 1865 - Sayler's Creek
- April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
- Surrendered
DESIGNATIONS
- January-March 1862 - Department of Northern Virginia / Potomac District / Forces at Leesburg [D.H. Hill's Division] / Griffith's Brigade
- April-May 1862 - Department of Northern Virginia / McLaws'/Magruder's Division / Griffith's Brigade
- June-July 1862 - Army of Northern Virginia / Magruder's Division / Griffith's/Barksdale's Brigade
- July 1862-September 1863 - Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / McLaw's Division / Barksdale's/Humphreys' Brigade
- September-November 1863 - Army of Tennessee / Longstreet's Corps / McLaws' Division / Humphreys' Brigade
- November 1863-April 1864 - Department of East Tennessee / McLaws'/Kershaw's Division / Humphreys' Brigade
- April-August 1864 - Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Kershaw's Division / Humphreys' Brigade
- August-October 1864 - Department of Northern Virginia / Valley District / Kershaw's Division / Humphreys' Brigade
- November 1864-April 1865 - Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Kershaw's Division / Humphreys' Brigade
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: Benjamin G. Humphreys (Colonel)
- William L. Brandon (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- William H. Fitzgerald (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
- Daniel N. Moody (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- John Sims (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
- John Taylor (Major)
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Notes
- ↑ Listed a second time here, but the battles listed after the first entry are part of the Union's Army of the James sub-operations - did they return to the siege at this point?
Sources
- Dinkins, James, 1861 to 1865 by an "Old Johnny"
- McNeily, J.S., Barkdale's Mississippi Brigade
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Mississippi. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 107-109)