1st Mississippi Infantry

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:active_years 1861-1865
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Confederate_Army_of_Tennessee
gptkbp:armament Springfield rifles
gptkbp:battle_honors gptkb:Mississippi_Campaign
gptkb:North_Carolina_Campaign
gptkb:Atlanta_Campaign
gptkb:Tennessee_Campaign
gptkbp:casualties High during Vicksburg Siege.
gptkbp:colors gptkb:Confederate_Flag
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:defeated May 1865
gptkbp:descendant Various modern reenactment groups.
gptkbp:disbanded 1865
gptkbp:engagement gptkb:Battle_of_Bentonville
gptkb:Battle_of_Shiloh
gptkbp:engagements gptkb:Battle_of_Gettysburg
gptkb:Battle_of_Shiloh
gptkb:Battle_of_Vicksburg
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Camp_Moore
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Jackson,_Mississippi
gptkbp:historical_significance First regiment raised in Mississippi for Confederate service.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1st Mississippi Infantry
gptkbp:is_countered_by gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:legacy Commemorated in Mississippi history.
gptkbp:motto “ Not for ourselves, but for our country.”
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_First_Mississippi
gptkbp:notable_commanders gptkb:Colonel_William_H._Moore
gptkbp:notable_members gptkb:Captain_William_H._Moore
gptkb:Colonel_John_C._Pemberton
gptkb:Lieutenant_John_W._Mc_Carty
gptkb:Major_William_H._Moore
gptkb:Lieutenant_Colonel_John_W._Mc_Gowan
gptkb:Captain_John_W._Mc_Gowan
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Confederate_States_Army
gptkbp:recruited_from gptkb:Governor_John_J._Pettus
gptkb:Mississippi
gptkbp:reformed 1862
gptkbp:released Merged into other units after surrender.
gptkbp:service_years 12 months
gptkbp:size gptkb:Regiment
gptkbp:state gptkb:Mississippi
gptkbp:strength gptkb:300
1000
gptkbp:uniform Gray wool uniforms
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_the_Biloxi_River
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5