As of 08/08/2006

5th Mississippi (Infantry)
(Previously identified as RG 9, v. 3)

Description Box #
Property return of ordnance and ordnance stores, December 31, 1864;
Final statement, listing members who died in service, 1862-1864;
General Order No. 3, appointing Captain D.B. Lattimore assistant Adjutant General, May 28, 1862;
Abstract of payments made to discharged soldiers, October-December, 1862;
Return showing number of conscripts required for the Fifth Regiment, May 8, 1862;
Roll of members who died in service, 1862-1864.
8033
List of companies comprising the 5th and 8th Regiments, 4th Brigade (Infantry), undated. 271
Company A (Red Rovers of Monroe County):
   Muster rolls, April 27 and September 1, 1861 (2 copies).
271
   Pay receipt roll, October 16, 1861 (5 pages);
   Letter, Brigadier General Erie C. Scales to Dr. Dunbar Rowland, September 21, 1918;
   Letter, James B. Johnston, Chicago, Illinois, to Adjutant General of Mississippi, September 19, 1918;
   Certificate, election of officers, April 29, 1861;
   Monthly return of present, absent, and alterations, February 1864;
   Roster of officers and men compiled by Robert E. Houston, Aberdeen, Mississippi, undated.
   List of officers and men, undated.
   Certified copy of pay receipt of 2nd Lt. T. B. Crump, November 6, 1861.
8033
Company B (Bogue Chitto Rangers of Neshoba County):
   Muster roll, August 5, 1861.
271
   Letter, Robert C. Miller, Assistant Adjutant General, to Colonel W.H. Brown, stating the results of an election, September 9, 1861;
   Return, election of officers, August 3, 1861;
   Pay receipt rolls, October 16, 1861 (3 pages);
   List of the Bogue Chitto Rangers with statement verifying their mustering in by Captain Zack Booth of the Scotland Guards, August 12, 1861.
8033
Company C (Lauderdale Springs Greys of Lauderdale County):
   Muster roll, August 6, 1861 (2 copies) and September 2, 1861.
271
   Return, election of officers, August 6, 1861;
   Letter, Thomas J. Tolson, aide-de-camp to Brigadier General John W.O. Ferrall, to Colonel W.W. Brown, Lauderdale County, Mississippi, August 6, 1861;
   Roll of officers and privates, undated;
   Pay receipts rolls, October 16, 1861 (3 pages)
8033
Company D (New Prospect Greys of Winston County):
   Muster roll, October 18, 1861 (copied from original roll on August 18, 1903);
   Muster rolls, August 12(2 copies), August 26, and August 27, 1861;
   Letter, William Pilcher, McCool, Mississippi, to Dr. Dunbar Rowland, August 18, 1903, with accompanying list of recruits.
271
   Letter of Certification, Captain James A. Comfort to Captain James Weir, forwarded to Governor Pettus, certifying the mustering in of the New Prospect Grays, August 12, 1861;
   List of officers and privates, undated;
   Return, election of officers with list of voters, August 12, 1861;
   MDAH veterans' survey form of William Pilcher, completed ca. 1902;
   Pay receipt roll, October 16, 1861 (4 pages).
8033
Company E (Pettus Rebels of Winston County):
   Muster rolls, July 31, 1861(2 copies) and September 1, 1861.
271
   Pay receipt roll, October 16, 1861 (3 pages). 8033
Company F (Winston Rifles of Winston County):
   Muster rolls, undated, August 26, 1861 - August 26, 1862, and September 1 - October 1, 1861.
271
   Muster roll, undated;
   Letter, Robert C. Miller, Assistant Adjutant General, to Colonel W.H. Brown, Adjutant and Inspector General, Enterprise, Mississippi, September 14, 1861;
   Election return, officers, August 1 and September 30, 1861;
   Pay receipt roll, October 16, 1861 (3 pages);
   History of Company F compiled by John F. Sharp, undated.
8033
Company G (Barry Guards of Chickasaw and Choctaw Counties):
   Muster rolls, August 31 and September 1, 1861 (1 photographic copy).
271
   Pay receipt roll, October 16, 1861 (3 pages);
   Special Order # 43, Captain Thomas J. Tolson reassigned by order of Brigadier General O'Ferrall, Fourth Brigade, Enterprise, Mississippi, August 31, 1861;
   Election return, officers, August 30, 1861;
   MDAH veterans' survey form of Lieutenant Owen C. Davis, undated.
8033
Company H (Noxubee Blues of Noxubee County):
   Muster rolls, August 29 and 30, 1861 (2 copies).
271
   Election return, officers, near Warrington, Florida, November 25, 1861;
   Pay receipt roll, October 15, 1861 (3 pages).
8033
Company I (Stennis' Company/Kemper Rebels of Kemper County):
   Muster roll, August 3 and 27, 1861.
271
   Pay receipt roll, October 15, 1861 (3 pages). 8033
Company K (Scotland Guards of Neshoba County):
   Muster rolls, undated, July 23 (2 copies) and October 1, 1861.
271
   List of men, undated;
   Election return, officers, July 16, 1861;
   Letter, Robert C. Miller, aide-de-camp to General O'Ferrell, Enterprise, Mississippi, to Governor Pettus reporting the mustering in of the Scotland Guards, July 23, 1861;
   Election return, officers, Camp Pettus (near Enterprise), October 19, 1861;
   List of officers and men, undated;
   Memorandum, regarding correction on muster roll, Camp Carolina, August 15, 1861;
   MDAH veterans' survey form of Joe F. Williams, undated;
   MDAH veterans' survey form of A.N. McMillan, undated.
270

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