"New" 10th Mississippi
The regiment was reorganized at Corinth on March 15, 1862, for a term of two years. The new companies were:
- Company A - Horn Lake Volunteers (DeSoto County)
- Company B - Natchez Southrons (Adams County)
- Company C - Ben Bullard Rifles (Itawamba County)
- Company D - Mississippi Rifles (Hinds County)
- Company E - Lowndes Southrons (Lowndes County)
- Company F - Port Gibson Rifleman (Claiborne County)
- Company G - Fulton Guards (Itawamba County)
- Company H - Rankin Rifles (Rankin County)
- Company I - Bahala Rifles (Copiah County)
- Company K - Beauregard Relief (Tippah County)
- Company L - Capt. Finley’s Company
- Company M - Capt. Dobson’s Company
- Company N - Capt. Bell’s Company
- Company O - Capt. Inge’s Company
- Company P - Capt. Betts’ Company
In April, the new 10th, now under the command of Col. Robert A. Smith and numbering only 360 men, fought in the Battle of Shiloh in West Tennessee. It later participated in Braxton Bragg's Kentucky Campaign and suffered significant casualties at the Battle of Munfordville, including Colonel Smith. Chalmers' Brigade, including the 10th Mississippi, was part in the advance toward Louisville in September. Under Col. James Barr, Jr., the 10th fought in the Battle of Perryville before retreating with Bragg's beaten army across the Cumberland Gap on October 20. Marching through Tennessee, the regiment camped near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, in November. It fought in the subsequent Battle of Stones River in late December and early January 1863.
The 10th again was part of a general Confederate retreat, finally encamping near Tullahoma, Tennessee, until July 1863 when it advanced to Chattanooga and then on to Bridgeport, Alabama. It subsequently participated in the Chickamauga Campaign in September and in the attack on Missionary Ridge at Chattanooga in November before retreating to winter quarters near Dalton, Georgia.
In the spring and summer of 1864, the 10th participated in the Atlanta Campaign. Colonel Barr was mortally wounded in the Battle of Marietta and replaced by James M. Walker. The survivors were part of the Franklin-Nashville Campaign in November before wintering near Meridian, Mississippi. In the spring of 1865, the consolidated regiment took part in the Carolinas Campaign before surrendering with the army of Joseph E. Johnston at Bennett Place in North Carolina in April.
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