11th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment | |
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Active | 1863–1865 |
Country | Confederate States |
Allegiance | Mississippi |
Branch | Confederate States Army |
Type | Cavalry |
Size | Regiment |
Part of | Ferguson's Brigade |
Nickname(s) | "Perrin's regiment" |
Facings | Yellow |
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The 11th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment, also known as Perrin's regiment, was a cavalry formation in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, and was successively commanded by Colonel Robert O. Perrin and Lieutenant-Colonel Henry L. Muldrow.
The regiment was organized and mustered into Confederate service on October 6, 1863, in North and Middle Mississippi from new and existing companies of mounted men as Perrin's Battalion of Mississippi Cavalry. It was expanded, reorganized, and redesignated on December 23, 1863, as Perrin's Regiment of Mississippi Cavalry. Perrin's regiment was redesignated on March 20, 1865, as the 11th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment. It was disbanded in May 1865.
Units of Perrin's regiment included: