by David Upton
Last Updated November 22, 2003
NEW! Muster Rolls now included below
The following information is dedicated to those soldiers that served and fought in the Southern Coast campaign against the British, Spanish and Creek military forces during the period known as the War of 1812. Although it is focused on the soldiers from the Mississippi Territory other units will be mentioned. This is a growing web site any additions to the information would be appreciated. Write to dupton@bak.rr.com
In the Works
Future additions to this site will be...
1. The addition of muster rolls to the below mentioned Militia units.
2. Unit Histories.
Mississippi Territory- Basically the area westward from the Chattahoochee River (Alabama, Georgia) to the Mississippi River (Mississippi, Louisiana), Southward from the Tennesse River Valley (Alabama, Tennessee) to the Gulf of Mexico. Bordered by Spanish Territory on the southeast on the Perdido River (Alabama, Florida). The heart of Spanish power in this area was the old city of Pensacola, Florida.
Counties mentioned below are those that existed during the period 1812-1815. Some were much larger than they are today. Also, many counties mentioned are now in the States of Alabama or Mississippi.
Sources:
The Creek War of 1813 and 1814, H.S. Halbert and T.H. Ball,1895, 1969, 1995 University Alabama Press.
The War of 1812, John K. Mahon, 1972 DA Capo Press.
Mississippi Territory in the War of 1812, Mrs. Dunbar Rowland, 1921, 1968,1969,1999 Clearfield Co. Inc.
New Orleans1815, Campaign Series 28, Tim Pickles, 1993, 1995,1998 Osprey Military.
The American War 1812-1814, Men-At-Arms Series, P. Katcher, B. Fosten, 1996 Osprey Military.
The Offical and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi, Rowland Dunbar, 1908, Brandon
Other Pages....
Go to the Battle Chronology of the War of 1812- Gulf Region
NEW! Go to Roll of Names Cross Reference List - takes a few minutes to load
NEW! Go to Forts and Stockades War of 1812- Gulf Region
SOLDIERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY In the WAR OF 1812
Lt Drury M. Allen's Company of Mounted Gunmen, Lt Drury M. Allen commanding.
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Captain Boyle's Company of Mounted Spies, Captain Thomas H. Boyle commanding.
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Captain Bradberry's Company of Mounted Spies, Captain James Bradberry commanding.
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Captain Calvitt's Company of Mounted Infantry, Captain Alexander Calvitt commanding.
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Captain Cassity's Company of Mounted Spies, Captain Hugh Cassity commanding.
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Captain Foster's Company of Mounted Infantry, Captain Arthur Foster commanding.
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Captain Wilkin's Rifle Company, Natchez Volunteer Riflemen, Captain James C. Wilkin's commanding.
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Major Swayze's Detachment of Mississippi Militia, Major Nathan Swayze commanding.
Captain John A. Allen's Company of Mississippi Militia, Captain John A. Allen commanding.
1st Regiment Mississippi Militia, Amite County, Lt. Colonel Neilson's Detachment of Mississippi Militia.
Lt. Colonel David Neilson commanding
Captain David T. W. Cook's Company
Captain John Joor's Company
Captain William A. Lucas' Company
Captain Nathan H. Luse's Company
Captain Samuel K. Sorsby's Company
Captain Francis Wood's Company
Captain Green's Company of Mississippi Militia (15th Regiment?), Captain James Green commanding.
1st Lt. James McDowell
2nd Lt. David M. Calliahan
3rd Lt. Thomas F. McCaleb
3rd Lt. Joshua Rundell
7th Regiment (Perkin's Battalion) of Mississippi Militia, Madison County, Alabama, Lt. Colonel Peter Perkins commanding.
Captain Joseph Acklen's Company
Captain Peter Barnett's Company
Captain Samuel Bullen's Company
Captain James Burleson's Company
Captain Thomas Eldridge's Company
Captain James Grafton's Company
Captain Jonathan Gray's Company
Captain James Hamilton's Company
Captain William Johnston's Company
Captain Elisha F. King's Company
Captain James Neelley's Company
Captain John T. Rather's Company
Captain Abraham Robert's Company
13th Regiment (Nixon's) of Mississippi Militia, Marion County, Lt. Colonel George Henry Nixon commanding.
Captain John Bond's Company
Lieutenant William Bond's Company
Captain David Cleveland's Company
Captain Moses Collin's Company
Captain Francis B. Lenoir's Company
Captain James McGowen's Company
Captain James Phillips' Company
Captain Henry Quin's Company
Captain Harmon M. Runnel's Company
Captain William Smith's Company
Captain William Spencer's Company
14th Regiment (McBoy's) of Mississippi Militia, Mobile County, Alabama, Major Diego McBoy commanding.
Captain Benj. Dubroca's Company
Captain Michael McKinsey's Company
Captain Samuel H. Garrow's Company
Captain Chas. Lalande's Company
15th Regiment (Johnson's) of Mississippi Militia, Clark County Alabama.
Captain Mott Lovelace's Company
1st Lt. Samuel Easley
2nd Lt. James Daffin
3rd Lt. James Green
16th Regiment (Burrus') of Mississippi Militia, Madison County, Lt. Colonel Charles Burrus commanding.
Captain Samuel A. Allen's Company
Captain Daniel Atkins' Company
Captain William Crawford's Company
Captain William Evan's Compnay
Captain Griffith's Company
Captain Greaf Johnston's Company
Captain Wm. Moseley's Company
Military units formed from the order of the Governor of the Mississippi Territory, David Holmes on June 14, 1812 to Colonel James Caller, Tombigbee-Alabama settlements and Major John Bowyer, Fort Stoddart.
Posted on an advanced point of the Frontier.
2nd Regiment U.S. Troops, Fort Stoddart, Major John Bowyer, one company.
Mounted Militia, Colonel Caller, one party.
Detail one major, six captains, six lieutenants, six ensigns, 360 privates, with competent number of noncommissioned officers to be held in readiness from the below militia regiments.
6th Regiment, Washington County
8th Regiment, Baldwin County
9th Regiment, Wayne County
12th Regiment, Green County
Militia units formed from the declaration of war from the Governor of the Mississippi Territory, David Holmes on July 14, 1812. (Six Months)
Colonel Claiborne's Regiment of Mississippi Militia, Sept. 6, 1812 to February 13, 1813.
The 1st Detachment of Mississippi Militia in service to the United States, under the command of Brigadier-General of Militia Ferdinand L. Claiborne. Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Total- about 900 men.
1st Regiment, Amite County, one company.
2nd Regiment, Wilkinson County, one company.
3rd Regiment, Adams County, three companies, including volunteer companies of Captains Becket and Painboeuff.
4th Regiment, Jefferson County, parts of a company.
5th Regiment, Claiborne County, parts of a company.
7th Regiment, Baldwin County?, one company.
10th Regiment, Warren County, parts of a company.
11th Regiment, Franklin County, parts of a company.
13th Regiment, Marion County, parts of a company.
Carson's Battalion of Mississippi Militia, formed under orders of the Governor, 1812, Colonel Joseph Carson, Commanding. Mobile region.
Carson's Regiment of Mississippi Militia. Colonel Joseph Carson, Commanding. Mobile region.
Captain Peter Cartwright's Company
Captain Charles H. Devereux's Company
Captain Josiah D. Lister's Company
Captain Reuben Saffold's Company
Captain Josiah Watts' Company
Natchez Volunteer Company, legally exempt from military duty, assigned to patrol duty, by order of the Governor, 1812. Natchez region.
Militia units formed after the six months enlistment of 1812
1st Regiment Mississippi Infantry United States Volunteers (Carson's), organized at Baton Rouge beginning in January, 1813 with the reenlisting members of the 1st Detachment of Mississippi Militia in service to the United States. Under the command of Colonel Cowles Mead and later Colonel Joseph Carson.
Captain Gerard C. Brandon's Company
Captain Samuel Dale's Company
Captain Benjamin Dent's Company
Captain Philip A. Engle's Company
Captain L. V. Foelckel's Company
Captain William Henry's Company
Captain William Jack's Company (at Fort Mims)
Captain Chas. G. Johnson's Company
Captain Randal Jones' Company
Captain Jos. P. Kennedy's Company
Captain William C. Mead's Company
Captain Hatton Middleton's Company (at Fort Mims)
Captain Hans Morrison's Company
Captain Lewis Paimboiuf's Company
Captain Thos. Posey's Company
Captain John Neilson's Company
Captain James Foster's Company
Captain Abraham M. Scott's Company
Captain Benj. S. Smoot's Company
Captain Archelaus Well's Company "Well's Dragoons"
Militia units formed after Fort Mims Massacre, August 30th, 1813.
Nixon's Regiment of Mississippi Militia in service to the United States, formed by order of the Governor, December 1813. Nine companies of infantry and two mounted rifle companies. Under the command of Lt. Colonel George H. Nixon, of Marion County.
One company below is from Colonel Nielson's Militia Regiment (1st Regiment, Amite County)
Captain Samuel Batchelder's company
Captain John Bond's company (Marion County)
Captain Parmenas Briscoe company (Amite County)
Captain Washington Darden's company
Captain Jeremiah Down's company (Amite County)
Captain Godfrey Glassburn's company
Captain John Lowry's company
Captain Daniel McGahey's company
Captain Issac Rapalje's company, (Washington)
Captain William Spencer's company (Marion County)
Captain James Thompson company
Captain Robert Twilley's company
Captain Ethan A.Wood's company
Mississippi Dragoons (Hind's Battalion of Cavalry, Mississippi Militia), this cavalry battalion was organized at Liberty, Natchez District in September, 1813, Lt. Colonel Thomas Hinds commanding.
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Adams Troop, formed 1803, Captain James Kempe.
Amite Troop, Captain Dunn
Jefferson Troop (this was Captain Thomas Hinds Troops until he was promoted to Major)
Madison (Ala.) Troop, Captain J. G. Richardson,
Captain John Doherty's Company
Captain Samuel Gerald's Company
Captain John J. W. Ross' Company
Captain Jedediah Smith's Company
Major Samuel Dale's Battalion of Mississippi Militia, Major Samuel Dale commanding, formed sometime after November 1813.
Captain Evan Austill's Company
Major Smoot's Battalion of Mississippi Militia, Major Benj. S. Smoot commanding, formed sometime around December, 1813.
Captain William Bate's Company
Captain Samuel Dale's Company
Captain John Jones' Company
Captain Josiah D. Lister's Company "Lister's Guard"
Lt. Colonel Pushmataha's Choctaw Battalion, raised in Neshoba County, early October, 1813.
Captain Mingo Hopaii's Company, 51 men
1st Lt. Slim King's Company, 22 men
Captain Edmond Flosum's Company, 40 men
Captain Thluko's Company, 12 men
Mississippi Territory Militia Organization, as of 1814
Brigadier General Ferdinand Lee Claiborne
Adjutant-General Andrew Marschalk
Aide-de-Camp to the Governor Joseph Sessions
Aide-de-Camp to the Governor Thomas Percy
Aide-de-Camp to the Governor John Haines
Aide-de-Camp to the Governor Charles K. Blanchard
Aide-de-Camp to General Claiborne John Wood
1st Regiment, Amite County, Lt. Col. David Nielson
2nd Regiment, Wilkinson County, Lt. Col. Samuel Stocket
3rd Regiment, Adams County, Lt. Col David Fleming
4th Regiment, Jefferson County, Lt. Col. David Carradine
5th Regiment, Claiborne County, Lt. Col Raymond Robinson
6th Regiment, Washington County (Ala.), Lt. Col. James Caller
7th Regiment, Madison County (Ala.), Lt. Col. Peter Perkins
8th Regiment, Baldwin County (Ala.), Lt. Col. James Powell
9th Regiment, Wayne County, Lt. Col. James Patton
10th Regiment, Warren County, Lt. Col. Henry Manadere
11th Regiment, Franklin County, Lt. Col. Robert Witherspoon
12th Regiment, Greene County, Lt. Col. Josiah Skinner
13th Regiment, Marion County, Lt. Col. George H. Nixon
14th Regiment, Mobile County (Ala.), Lt. Col. John Hinson
15th Regiment, Clarke County (Ala.), Lt. Col. Reuben Saffold
16th Regiment, Madison County, Lt. Col. Charles Burrus
17th Regiment, Jackson County, Lt. Col. William Bates
18th Regiment, Hancock County, Lt. Col Jordon Morgan
Mississippi Militia Formed 1814-1815
6th Regiment of Mississippi Militia (Washington County, Alabama)
Captain Bailey Heard
1st Lt. Alexander McLeod
2nd Lt. Ralph Sterrett
3rd Lt. Robert D. Potter
18th Regiment of Mississippi Militia, Captain Joseph Vellio's Company (Handcock County)
Captain Joseph Veillo
Lt. James Carragan
1st Lt. Duncan McCall, Quartermaster
Choctaw Detachment of Warriors in the service of the United States, March 1 to May 29th 1814.
Lt. Colonel Pushmataha
Lt. Colonel Humming Bird
Major Louis Leflore
1st Lt. and Quartermaster John Pitchlyn Jr.
Quartermaster-Sergeant Samuel Long
Extra Interpreter Middleton Mackey
U. S. Army Regulars Serving in the Mississippi Territory (made up of Mississippi Territory men)
1st Light Dragoons, U. S. Regulars, 2 troops.
1st Artillery Battalion, U. S. Regulars
2nd Infantry Regiment, U. S. Regulars 1799 Fort Stoddard, Alabama, Captain Shaumburg commanding; 1804 Fort Stoddard Captain Schuylar commanding, Lt. Edmund P. Gaines, Lt. Rueben Chamberlain, Paymaster, 80 men; 1814 Fort Bowyer Alabama, Major Lawrence Commanding, 5 companies.
3rd Infantry Regiment, U. S. Regulars, posted at New Orleans before 1813, recruited at Cantonment Washington, Adams County, Mississippi in 1813, Colonel Gilbert C. Russell, commanding.
7th Infantry Regiment, U. S. Regulars, recruited in Kentucky, Major Henry B. Petere commanding.
24th Infantry Regiment, U. S. Regulars, recruited in Eastern Tennessee
39th Infantry Regiment, U. S. Regulars, recruited in Eastern Tennessee, Col. Thomas H. Benton commanding.
44th Infantry Regiment, U. S. Regulars, Lt. Col. Ross commanding.
Links
Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Mississippi Civil War Information