1st Battalion, Mississippi Sharpshooters
1st Battalion Sharpshooters [also called 10th and 20th Battalion] was organized
during the fall of 1862 with three Mississippi companies from the 2nd Confederate
Infantry Regiment. Surrendered on April 26, 1865. It was commanded by
Majors William A. Rayburn and James M. Stigler. [1]
The 1st Battalion, Mississippi Sharpshooters Web site has a longer history taken
from Dunbar Rowland's Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898.
Company A - (Coms Avengers) - raised in Carroll County
https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/1st_Battalion,_Mississippi_Sharpshooters
Battalion roster available at:
http://www.civilwardata.com/active/hdsquery.dll?Muster?1594&C
Officer’s List at:
https://www.fold3.com/image/271/68417546
Battalion at:
https://www.fold3.com/browse/271/hmq9-7TrijF8JSfzZ