42d Mississippi Infantry Regiment

The Forty-second Regiment of Mississippi Infantry was a Militia regiment of the Provisional Army of the Confederate States (P.A.C.S.).

History
The Forty-second Mississippi was organized 14 May 1862 in the Mississippi Militia at Oxford from new and existing companies of volunteer infantry. For a time, it served on picket and provost duty in Richmond, then was assigned to Davis' Brigade, Heth's Division, Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. The Regiment was active from Gettysburg to Cold Harbor, endured the hardships of the Petersburg, and saw action around Appomattox. It lost forty-six percent of the 575 engaged at Gettysburg, had eight disabled en route from Pennsylvania, and had six killed and twenty-five wounded during the Bristoe Campaign. The Regiment surrendered seven officers and men on 9 April 1865.