Ray Todd Knight : Receieved your notice on Officer Tilghman.Thanks. Loyd Tilghman is the officer I was thinking of. I observed his memorial at the site of the battle of Champion Hill. If I remember right, the 3rd Mounted Infantry was lost during the retreat and went on to join Johnstons forces at Jackson, under Loring and they were later in the Siege of Jackson and other defenses of Jackson. Pemberton went back to Vicksburg. Officer Tilghman protected the retreat from Champion Hill, I believe. I think this is the reason the 3rd was not caught at Vicksburg. Loring was the commander of the Third. After the Siege of Jackson, they went to Canton MS and the to the Meridian Campaign and then transferred to Forrest March of 1864.

I believe this is near correct.Let me know for sure.

Jim Bushart