11th Mississippi Cavalry, Co. A

Perrin's Company

This information was donated by Tom Neely. If you have additional information to add, please email Marsha. 

Co. A, or Perrin's Company, of the 11th Mississippi Cavalry was enlisted at Scooba for three months April 26, 1863, with Robert O. Perrin as Captain.
The 11th Mississippi Cavalry Battalion, State Troops, was the predecessor unit. This unit was transferred to Confederate service in early 1864. The regiment's first commander was Robert O. Perrin, promoted to Colonel.

First Lieutenant - T. W. Perrin
Second Lieutenant- James W. Hardin
Third Lieutenant- Benjamin A. Calhoun

Total roll 45. Captain Perrin went out in 1861 as Captain of the Southern
Guards.

The 11th Mississippi Cavalry fought in these battles:

Atlanta Campaign
Atlanta Siege
Savannah Campaign
Carolinas Campaign

Sources: Rowland, Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898, Brandon Printing, 1908
Sifakis, Compendium of the Confederate Armies-Mississippi,
Facts on File, NY, 1995

The following are men that served in this company.  If you have additional Civil War information about your ancestor in this company, please let me know, so I can add them to the "Soldiers" section.  These names came from the Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System.

Adams John A.
Adams Joseph R.
Askew, Joseph H.
Aust Jacob W.
Barrier Forrester
Brim W. B.
Brumer Alford
Buford James H.
Burien W.C.
Burton James A.
Caldwell, John Marion
Calvert George
Campbell Robert M.
Carpenter J.M.
Carpenter O.E.
Carter George W.
Carter William S.
Cole Jesse
Cole Robert M.
Cole William T.
Cottrell John Wesley
Crow Newton
Dale Bolivar E.
Darnall Samuel P.
Deiver G.T.
Driver W.I.
Duke James C.
Duke James H.
Edings Samuel
Garner Sturdy S.
Gentry Gus
Gibson Hyram
Gilley E. Slocum
Greenwood D. C.
Griffin James J.
Griffin Thomas
Gully E. Slocum
Hagan Robert A.
Hale John B.
Hale Stephenson P.
Hardy Andrew J.
Harrington Benjamin F.
Harrison Ansel T.
Henderson I.C.
Henly George W.
Hooper Johnson M.
Houston Jefferson J.
Hull George W.
Hull Philander S.
Jackson Albert E.
Jackson Edwin A.
Jackson Emet A.
Johnson J.S.
Jones S.W.
Jones W. Pinkney
Jones W.L.
Jones William P.
Land William
Lee Evan
Lloyd Benjamin F.
Locklier Lenard
Mann Joseph T.
McCaleb Patrick
McCrery James
McDonald Neal A.
McKinny I.H.
McMillan Duncan E.
McMurray Thomas W.
Mobley William B.
Mobly William B.
Moore James R.
Moore James Revel
Moore Richard
Moore Tiry G.
Moore William J.
Morehead Alford W.
Morehead Alfred W.
Moreton Everet G.
Murphy John
Myres Joseph W.
Newton Martin W.
Newton Moses W.
Norris T. R.
O'Farrell Newton D.
O'Farrell Newton D.
O'Ferrell Newton D.
Offarell Newton D.
Oliver Llewellyn
Oxford William E.
Peden David A.
Peden L. Franklin
Perrin A. Robert
Perrin Abner R.
Perrin Solomon C.
Perrin T.U.
Pettus W. W.
Phillips, Jerry
Pope John B.
Popenjohn B.
Rimle James
Robbins Winter H.
Robertson John M.
Rogers Jacob W.
Rushing Joseph L.
Shumate Jesse C. F.
Shumate John Mc.
Simmons John K.
Slayden Hartwell M.
Smith, Aaron
Spinks Peter E.
Stewart Rufus M. (the family states this is Rufus W. Stewart)
Stone B.W.
Stone I.D.
Stuart Rufus M. (the family states this is Rufus W. Stewart)
Thomas Ovando A.
Trapp Benjamin F.
Turnage B.
Vonn R.B.
Wallace E.J.
Watt William T.
White Louis H.
Wiggins T. Brown
Wiggins Theophilus B.
Williams T.O.
Williams Thomas A.
Wilson Alexander R.
Wilson J. Thomas
Brown Steven M.
Weatherall Samuel W.
Youngblood Thomas Fant, as noted on his tombstone