36th Mississippi Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• Early 1862 - Organized
• October 3-4, 1862 - Corinth
• May 1862 - Farmington
• September 19, 1862 - Iuka
• October 3-4, 1862 - Corinth
• May-July 1863 - Vicksburg Campaign
  • May-July 1863 - Siege of Vicksburg
  • July 4, 1863 - Surrendered at Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi
    • July 1863 - Paroled at Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi
    • September 12, 1863 - Declared exchanged
• May-September 1864 - Atlanta Campaign
  • May 19-22, 1864 - Cassville
  • May 25-June 4, 1864 - New Hope Church
  • June 20, 1864 - Lattimer's Mills
• June 27, 1864 - Kennesaw Mountain
  • July 4, 1864 - Smyrna Campground
  • July 5-17, 1864 - Chattahoochie River
  • July 20, 1864 - Peach Tree Creek
  • July 22, 1864 - Atlanta
  • July 28, 1864 - Ezra Church
  • July-September 1864 - Siege of Atlanta
  • August 31-September 1, 1864 - Jonesboro
  • September 2-5, 1864 - Lovejoy's Station
• October 5, 1864 - Allatoona
• November 30, 1864 - Franklin
• December 15-16, 1864 - Nashville
• March 17-April 12, 1865 - Mobile
• May 4, 1865 - Surrendered at Citronelle, Mobile County, Alabama by Lieutenant Richard Taylor (commanding the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana)

DESIGNATIONS

• April 1862 - Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / Withers' Division / Chalmers' Brigade
• May 1862 - Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 2nd Corps / Ruggles' Division / Anderson's Brigade
• May 1862 - Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 2nd Corps / Withers' Division / Chalmers' Brigade
• September-October 1862 - Department #2 / Army of West Tennessee / Price's Corps / Little's/Hébert's Division / Maury's/Moore's Brigade
• October 1862 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of West Tennessee / Price's Corps / Hébert's/Maury's Division / Martin's Brigade
• December 1862-January 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 2nd Military District / Maury's Division / Hébert's Brigade
• January-April 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 2nd Military District / Maury's Division / Hébert's Brigade
• April-July 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Maury's/Forney's Division / Hébert's Brigade
• February 1864 - Department of the Gulf / Mackall's Brigade
• March-May 1864 - Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / Baldwin's [old]/Sears' Brigade
• May 1864 - Army of Mississippi / Sears' Brigade
• May-July 1864 - Army of Mississippi / French's Division / Sears' Brigade
• July 1864-January 1865 - Army of Tennessee / 3rd Corps / French's Division / Sears' Brigade
• January-April 1865 - Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / District of the Gulf / French's Division / Sears' Brigade
• April-May 1865 - Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / French's Division / Sears' Brigade

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Drury J. Brown (Colonel)
• Edward Brown (Lieutenant Colonel)
• S.G. Harper (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Charles P. Partin (Major)
• William W. Witherspoon (Major)
• Alexander Yates (Major)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Mississippi. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 125-127)