42d Mississippi Infantry Regiment

42d Mississippi Infantry Regiment
42d Mississippi Infantry Regiment
Active	1862–1865
Disbanded	April 12, 1865
Country	Confederate States
Allegiance	Mississippi
Branch	Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Regiment
Part of	Davis' Brigade
Nickname(s)	"Forty-second Mississippi"
Facings	Light blue
Arms	Enfield rifled muskets
Battles	American Civil War Siege of Suffolk; Gettysburg Campaign; Battle of the Wilderness; Battle of Spotsylvania Court House; Battle of Cold Harbor; Siege of Petersburg; Appomattox Campaign; ;
Battle honor	Gettysburg
Commanders
Commanding officers	Col. Hugh R. Miller (WIA) (POW); Col. William A. Feeney †; Col. Andrew M. Nelson;

The 42d Mississippi Infantry Regiment, also known as the "Forty-second Mississippi", was an infantry formation of the Confederate States Army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War, and was successively commanded by Colonels Hugh R. Miller, William A. Feeney, and Andrew M. Nelson.

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