Mississippi: 2nd Cavalry Battalion (State Troops)
(aka 2nd Cavalry Battalion, Minute Men/ Harris' Cavalry Battalion, State Troops)
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Unit History
Organized for six months in the fall of 1863.
Probably consolidated with the 3rd Cavalry Battalion and the 3rd Cavalry Battalion, State Troops and designated as Ashcroft's Cavalry Regiment in late 1864.
Field and Staff
- Commander: Thomas W. Harris (Major)
Assignments
- October 1863: Richardson's Brigade, Chalmer's Division, Lee's Cavalry Corps, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana
- May 1864: Gholson's Brigade, Forrest's Cavalry Corps, Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana
- May-June 1864: Gholson's Brigade, Buford's Division, Forrest's Cavalry Corps, Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana
- June-August 1864: Gholson's Brigade, W. Adams' Cavalry Division, Lee's Cavalry Corps, Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana
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