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42nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment
Crute, Joseph H., Jr. Units of the Confederate States Army. Midlothian, VA: Derwent Books, 1987.
E546C78. See pp. 187 88 (2 photocopied pages) for a concise summary of the regiment's service.
Himmer, Robert. “Col. Hugh Reid Miller, 42nd Mississippi Volunteers, and the Pickett-Pettigrew-
Trimble Assault.” Gettysburg Magazine No. 35: pp. 54-67 14 photocopied pages). E475.53G482no35.
Love, William A. "Mississippi at Gettysburg." Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society, In
Gettysburg Sources, Vol. 1. Baltimore: Butternut & Blue, 1986. pp. 122 49 (14 photocopied pages). E475.53G47.1986v1.
Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Mississippi. NY: Facts on File, 1995.
pp. 133-34 (2 photocopied pages). E568S53.
Long, Roger. "A Mississippian in the Railroad Cut." Gettysburg Magazine No. 4 (Jan 1991): pp. 22 24
(3 photocopied pages). E475.53G482no4.
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, 1961-1865. Dayton, OH: Morningside, 1999. 291 p. E568.4D3W55.
Wilson, LeGrande J. The Confederate Soldier. [Ed by James W. Silver] Memphis, TN: Memphis
State, 1973. 213 p. E605W752. Also served with 1st MS.
[Enlisted on 5/14/1862 as a Asst Surgeon.On 5/14/1862 he was commissioned into Field & Staff MS 42nd Infantry
He was discharged for promotion on 4/18/1863 and commissioned into Field & Staff CS Medical Staff -Historical Data Systems]
Witherspoon, Thomas D. "Prison Life at Fort McHenry." Southern Hist Soc Papers 8 (1880):
pp. 77 82, 111 19 & 163 68 (17 photocopied pages). E483.7S76v8. [Chaplain, capture date not stated]
Our Photo Archive includes images of individuals of this unit.
The following pertinent personal papers are in the Institute's Manuscript Archive:
Jones, B. (Letter to John Bachelder) BrakeColl
Witherspoon, T.D. (Letter) BrakeColl