Panola County Military Units

Panola County Mexican War (1846-1848) Unit

Men from Panola County served in the Second Regiment, Mississippi Infantry under Capt. A. A. Overton. The regiment was known as the Panola Boys and was raised in response to the governor's call for volunteers on November 26, 1846 and mustered at Vicksburg on January 1-5, 1847. A brief history of the unit and the battles in which it fought can be found in Military History of Mississippi 1803-1898 by Dunbar Rowland (Spartanburg, South Carolina, The Reprint Company, 1988.) on pages 29-30.

The National Archives and Records Administration has filmed an Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During The Mexican War (Microcopy M616, Rolls 1 through 41) and a Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the Mexican War in Organizations From the State of Mississippi (Microcopy M863, Rolls 1 through 9). These film series are widely available at state libraries and archives and larger genealogical libraries.

Panola County Confederate Units

Listed in the table below are the units raised from Panola County for service in the Confederate States Army and Mississippi State Troops. The information was extracted from :

Military History of Mississippi 1803-1898 by Dunbar Rowland. (Spartanburg, South Carolina, The Reprint Company, 1988.) This book lists the companies within each regiment, the officers of the regiment and company, and gives a brief history of the battles in which the regiment fought and also names some of the regiment's casualties.

The National Archives and Records Administration has filmed a Consolidated Index to Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers (Microcopy M253, Rolls 1 through 535) and an Index to Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Mississippi (Microcopy M232, Rolls 1 through 45.) These film series are widely available at state libraries and archives and larger genealogical libraries.

Company/Regiment	Company Name	Date/Place Raised	Rowland
Co. E, 1st Infantry Regiment, Army of Tennessee	Pleasant Mount Rifles	25 July 1861; Sardis	pp. 139-144
Co. I, 9th Infantry Regiment, Army of Tennessee¹	Senatobia Invincibles	4 Feb. 1861 (Officers commissioned)	pp. 196-206
Co. K, 9th Infantry Regiment, Army of Tennessee²	Panola Guards	28 Feb. 1861	pp. 196-206
Co. A, 14th Battalion Artillery	-	24 Feb. 1861	pp. 475-478
Co. H, 17th Infantry Regiment, Army of Northern Virginia	Panola Vindicators	27 April 1861; Panola	pp. 81-89
Co. C, 29th Infantry Regiment, Army of Tennessee	Panola Patriots	24 Feb. 1862 (Officers commissioned)	pp. 271-281
Co. I, 33rd Infantry Regiment, Army of Tennessee	Mississippi Defenders	7 March 1862	pp. 301-306
Co. B, 42nd Infantry Regiment, Army of Northern Virginia³	Senatobia Invincibles	May 1862	pp. 121-125
Co. I, 42nd Infantry Regiment, Army of Northern Virginia	Mississippi Reds	21 April 1862; Sardis	pp. 121-125
Pettus Flying Artillery, State Troops	-	4 May 1861	pp. 482-484
Co. A, Pettus' Battalion Cavalry, State Troops	-	7 Sept. 1864 (Pettus commissioned)	p. 549
Pope Guards, State Troops	-	13 April 1862	p . 554
Crump Avengers, Partisan Rangers, State Troops	-	18 Aug. 1862	p . 555

1. This company was mustered out at Cumberland Gap 27 March 1862 and reorganized at Senatobia as Co. B, 42nd Infantry Regiment.

2. Some of the men in this company were from Memphis.

3. Formerly Co. I, 9th Infantry Regiment.