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Stand Fast Mississippians----The 155th Infantry is one of only twenty-four currently active Army National Guard units with campaign credits for the War of 1812, and one of only two from a state west of the Appalachians.[2] It has credit for the Florida (1814) and New Orleans Campaigns.

155th Infantry Regiment fighting in Buena Vista, Mexico, February 23, 1847

They were known as the "Mississippi Rifles" under the command of Colonel Jefferson Davis in the war with Mexico. They acquired this nickname because the regiment was the first in American history to have an official issue rifle (M1841 Mississippi rifle) instead of a smoothbore musket. It was at the Battle of Buena Vista when other American units began to be overrun by the Mexicans that Col. Davis gave the order, "Stand fast, Mississippians!" The regiment stood their ground and the battle was eventually won. Davis' order later became the regimental motto.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/155th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)

I wonder what unit this became in the WBTS?

GP