8th Mississippi Cavalry
formerly 19 Batt,n. Miss. Cav.
also called Duff's Regt. Miss. Cav.

White, Thos. W., Col.
Duff, Wm. L., Lt. Col., Col.
Walter, W. L., Maj., Lt. Col.
Mitchell, Thos. A., Maj.

W. L. Duff, Col., 8th Regiment Mississippi Cavalry
. . . the 8th Mississippi Regiment of Cavalry, Miss. Volunteers, Col. R. McCulloch's Brigade, Brig. Gen. Chalmers' Division, Lieut. Gen. Forrest's Corps, Army of Miss., Ala and East La; organized February 15, 1864; mustered into Confederate Service September 10, 1863; term three years.

Appointed [Col.] Feb. 15, 1864

Col. Duff was appointed and assigned to command of Reg't. by Lt. Gen'l. Polk

The 8th Regiment Mississippi Cavalry was organized September 10, 1863, as the 19th Battalion Mississippi Cavalry. It was increased to a regiment February 15, 1864, and known as Duff's Regiment Mississippi Cavalry until designated the 8th Regiment Mississippi Cavalry . . . July 19, 1864.

Paroled at Oxford, Miss. July 8, 1865

M269: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Mississippi