As of 01/31/2011

10th Regiment (Infantry)
(Previously identified as RG 9, v. 129)

Description Box #
Muster rolls of field, staff and band, October 31 and December 31 1861, and March 27, 1862.
Returns, October 1861 (2 copies).
275
Purchase orders for paper supplies ordered from The Mississippian, Jackson, Mississippi, by Col. R.A. Smith, Warrington, FL, July 1, September 28, and November 20, 1861;
"Letter from Pensacola," published in the Vicksburg Whig, undated (ca. November 1861);
Guard and prisoner reports, June 6 and December 16, 1861, January 15, 1862, March 6 and 8, 1862, March 23, 1862, (?) 20 1862, December 24 [186-].
8035
Return showing number of conscripts required, May 5, 1862;
Invoice of tents, October 20, 1861;
Lists of extra and daily duty, undated (2 copies);
"The Record of the Tenth Mississippi Regiment" published in the Daily Appeal (Memphis), undated [1877];
Letter to Col. W. H. Brown, reporting names of officers with rank and date of election, from Adjutant Hob Powell, July 6, 1861;
Letter to Dunbar Rowland from S. R. Collier, with attached list of officers and companies, April 11, 1905;
Fragment of list of soldiers, with brief service records, undated;
Report of the Officer of the Guard on Duty, April 1, 1861 (photocopy);
Correspondence of Col. R. A. Smith, April 1861-April 1862;
Letter, faded to illegibility.
List of companies and commanders of the regiment at Pensacola, Fla, n.d.
Fragmentary report (pages 5-8) of the regiment’s actions at Battle of Shiloh, n.d.
Order from Major General Patton Anderson to Colonel Smith concerning military operations, n.d.
274
Daily guard mount record book, April 13 through November 16, 1861, and December 6, 1861 (loose sheet) 381
Record book of copies of general, special, and court martial orders promulgated by the regiment and the commands to which the regiment was assigned. 385
Record book of daily and monthly morning reports from May 1861 through Mar. 1862 (which include troop numbers by different categories and names of soldiers joining and leaving the regiment) 387
Company A (Mississippi Rifles of Hinds County - see also Company D):
   Muster roll, February 1, 1861 (2 copies).
275
   Extracts from published histories regarding the company ("Company Roll of the Mississippi Rifles"; "The Mississippi Rifles, A Volunteer Infantry Company"; "The Mississippi Rifles, Company A,
      Tenth Mississippi Regiment"; "History of the Organization, Military Service, and a Record of Battles and Marches, of the Mississippi Rifles, Companies A and D, Tenth Regiment Mississippi
      Volunteers"; "Mississippi Rifles, Killed and Wounded, During the Four Years Service"; "Roll of Company and the Record of Service of the Mississippi Rifles..."; "Recapitulation");
   Roll of the officers and privates belonging to the Mississippi Rifles, March 28, 1861;
   Captain Smith's correspondence, April-May, 1861, October, 1861;
   "Roll of Men Who Left Jackson on March 28, 1861, in the Mississippi Rifles" from unknown newspaper (2 copies);
   List of cooking equipment, undated;
   Guard detail and absentee book, July-November 1861.
274
"First Sergeant's Roll of Mississippi Rifles"; Morning report, undated 8035
Company A (Horn Lake Volunteers of DeSoto County following reorganization):
   MDAH veterans' survey form of J.M. McCorkle, undated.
274
Company B (Ben Bullard Rifles of Itawamba County before reorganization):
   Muster roll, February 18, 1861 (2 copies);
   Return, August 1861.
275
   Letter to Governor John J. Pettus advising him of the organization of the Ben Bullard Rifles, with list of members, February 4, 1861. 274
Company B (Natchez Southrons of Adams County following reorganization):
   Muster rolls, December 21, 1861-February 28, 1865;
   Muster roll, May 1, 1865 (as Co. E, 9th Consolidated Miss. Regiment).
275
Company C (Port Gibson Riflemen of Claiborne County):
   Muster rolls, March 23, 1861 (2 copies).
275
   Roster of the "Port Gibson Riflemen" transcribed from diary of C.H. Conklin with notes by brothers W.W. Conklin and E. Conklin, April 15 and 30, 1904;
   Monthly report of Captain William McKeever, December 1, 1862-January 1, 1862;
   Letter, Lt. Hawkins to Col. B. Matthews, with list of company members, March 23, 1861;
   MDAH veterans' survey form regarding the service of Charles H. Conklin, killed at Murfreesboro, undated.
274
Company D (Lowndes Southrons of Lowndes County before reorganization):
   Muster roll, January 11, 1861.
275
   Return of company votes cast in election of regimental major, April 12, 1861.
   List of officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates on detached service, n.d.
274
Company D (Mississippi Rifles of Hinds County following reorganization):
   Historic roll, Captain J.W. Fite, undated.
275
   Notification of death of Private E.F. Gesser, August 24, 1864;
   Prisoner of war parole of Lt. J.W. Clingan, May 14, 1865;
   Special order #38 promoting J.W. Clingan to 2nd Lt., July 22, 1863;
274
Company E (Southern Avengers of Lowndes County):
   Return, December 1861.
8035
   Muster roll, March 15, 1861 (2 copies). 8035
Company F (Hill City Cadets of Warren County/ Vicksburg Cadets):
   Letter, R.E. Paxton to Dunbar Rowland, enclosing list of company, April 1904;
   Newspaper extract "Departure of the Cadets," from the Vicksburg Whig, March 28, 1861.
274
Company G (Rankin Rifles of Rankin County):
   Muster roll, March 27, 1861 (2 copies).
275
   Report of the mustering in of the "Rankin Rifles," March 27, 1861;
   Report to Col. R.A. Smith from Camp Philips, October 10, 1861 (photocopy);
   MDAH veteran's survey form of Samuel B. Watts, undated;
   MDAH veteran's survey form of Samuel R. Collier (2 copies), with accompanying letter to Dunbar Rowland, April 10, 1905.
274
Company H (Bahala Rifles of Copiah County):
   Muster roll, March 23, 1861;
   Return, July 1861.
275
   Letter, W.H. Brown to Col. B. Matthews, enclosing muster roll, March 23, 1861;
   Muster roll, undated;
   List of men in company, undated;
   Report, March 29, 1861;
   Monthly report, December 1, 1861-January 1, 1862
274
Company I (Madison Rifles of Madison County):
   Muster roll, January 31, 1861 (3 copies).
275
   Organizational history (1 page), July 20, 1905;
   Newspaper article, "Members of the Madison Rifles," undated;
   Election returns, officers, May 14, 1861.
274
Company K (Yazoo Minute Rifles of Yazoo County):
   Muster roll, March 2, 1861 (2 copies);
   Monthly report, December 1861-January 1862;
   Returns of clothing, camp and garrison equipment received, issued and remaining on hand, September 30, 1861 (2 copies).
275
   Partial roster, undated;
   MDAH veterans' survey form regarding the service of Captain S.M. Phillips (completed by Robert Bowman), undated.
274

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