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2nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment
Crute, Joseph H., Jr. Units of the Confederate States Army. Midlothian, VA: Derwent Books, 1987.
p. 166. E546.C78. (Concise summary of the regiment's service).
Love, William A. "Mississippi at Gettysburg." Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society,
In Gettysburg Sources, Vol. 1. Baltimore: Butternut & Blue, 1986. pp. 122-49. E475.53.G47.1986v1.
Rietti, John C. Military Annals of Mississippi.... Spartanburg, SC: Reprint Co., 1976. pp. 30-40.
E568.R53. (Very brief unit history & incomplete roster).
Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Mississippi. NY: Facts on File, 1995.
pp. 71-72. E568.S5. (Unit organizational history).
Swank, Walbrook D. Confederate Letters and Diaries, l86l-l865. Charlottesville, VA: Papercraft,
1988. pp. 117-19. E605.C66. (Letter of Jimmie L. Lewis).
Williams, T.P. The Mississippi Brigade of Brig. Gen. Joseph R. Davis: A Geographical Account of
its Campaigns and a Biographical Account of Its Personalities, 1861-1865. Dayton, OH: Morningside, 1999. 291 p. E568.4.D3.W55.
Winschel, Terrence J. "The Colors are Shrouded in Mystery." Gettysburg Magazine No .6 (Jan 1992):
pp. 76-86. E475.53.G482no6.
Loss of regimentalt colors during Battle of Gettysburg.
The following pertinent personal papers are in the Institute's Manuscript Archive:
Claybrooks, W.L. (Letter) - LeighColl Book 41: 33
Gilmer, James - John R. Hunt Papers, Northwest Corner CWRT Coll (Pvt’s letter, Oct. 4, 1862)
Murphy, W.B. (Letter) - BrakeColl