1862-63 -- first half of the war. The most telling statement concerning these state troops reads, "The Second Regiment and Second and Fourth Battalions, State Troops, Major H.F. Cook, commanding, were reported as 96 present, 648 absent, Station Milldale; April 15, 1863, Maj. J.D. Fairley, commanding." After Vicksburg surrendered, the few who actually had been showing up for duty likely went home.