The 11th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment, also known as Perrin's Mississippi Cavalry Regiment, was a cavalry formation of the Confederate States Army in the Western Theater of the American Civil War commanded by Colonel Robert O. Perrin from 1863 to March 1865, when he resigned, and Lieutenant Colonel Henry L. Muldrow until disbanded in May 1865.
History 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 Mississippi Cavalry Battalion, Mississippi State Troops. It was expanded, reorganized, and redesignated Perrin's Mississippi Cavalry Regiment on December 23, 1863. It took part in the battles of Rocky Face Ridge, Peachtree Creek, Atlanta, and Ladiga. It was redesignated the 11th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment on March 20, 1865, and disbanded on May 5, 1865.
Regimental order of battle Units of Perrin's regiment included:
Company A Company B Company C Company D Company E Company F Company G Company H (Chickasaw Rangers) Company I (Barksdale Avengers) Company K
See also List of Confederate units from Mississippi
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