10th Mississippi Infantry

10th Regiment, Mississippi Volunteer Infantry
Mississippi state flag, 1861-1894
Active	March 1861 to April 1865
Country	Confederate States of America
Allegiance	Mississippi
Branch	Confederate States Army
Role	Infantry
Equipment	Muskets
Engagements	American Civil War Battle of Santa Rosa Island Battle of Shiloh Siege of Corinth Kentucky Campaign Battle of Stones River Battle of Chickamauga Battle of Missionary Ridge Atlanta Campaign Franklin-Nashville Campaign Carolinas Campaign

American Civil War

The 10th Mississippi Infantry was a regiment of infantry in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought in several campaigns and battles in the Western Theater.

The 10th Mississippi Infantry was organized in March 1861 with an original enrollment of 841 officers and men for a term of one year. Among the officers was future Confederate general Joseph R. Davis, a nephew of President Jefferson Davis. The original companies, under the command of Col. Seaburne M. Phillips, were:

The troops assembled in Mobile, Alabama, and were transported to Pensacola, Florida, for garrison duty there to help man the coastal defenses. They encamped near Fort Barrancas, opposite Fort Pickens and Santa Rosa Island, both held by Union troops. Several companies engaged in building new fortifications or strengthening existing ones, as well as supporting the artillery crews during periodic bombardments over four months. Colonel Phillips and scores of other men died of disease while stationed near Pensacola. The depleted regiment fought in the Battle of Santa Rosa Island in October 1861.

In February 1862, the regiment was sent back to Mississippi, where it was brigaded with other Mississippi troops under the overall command of Col. James R. Chalmers. The term of enlistment expired in March.