Archie Patterson
Col Robert O. Perrin
Mon Mar 26 20:39:51 2001


Colonel Robert O. Perrin was commander of the 11th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment also known as Perrin's Regiment.His regiment was assigned to General S.D. Lee's Calvary West of Alabama during Sherman's Meridian Expedition in Feb 1864. When Sherman abandoned his march toward Demopolis and Selma, Perrin's Regiment was the only Confederate unit between Sherman and Mongomery. See Official Record of War of Rebellion, Series 1, Vol 32, Pt 2, pages 753-786.