(Front):
Davis' Brigade - Heth's Division
A.P. Hill's Corps
Army of Northern Virginia
Confederate States of America
Afternoon July 2 - July 4, 1863
(Back):The 11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, under the command of Col. Francis M. Green and Maj. Ruben O. Reynolds, formed west of the tree line on Seminary Ridge behind Maj. William Pegram's Battalion of artillery and immediately south of McMillan's Woods on July 3, 1863. Shortly after 3:00 p.m., Color Sgt. William O'Brien of Company C, memorialized on this monument, raised the colors and the regimented stepped forward. Although clusters of men reached the stone wall near Brian's Barn, the attack was driven back with heavy loss, and the remnants of the Regiment reformed in this vicinity.
(Left):Combatants - 393
Killed in Action / Died of Wounds - 110
Wounded / Wounded Captured - 193
Captured unwounded -37
Non-casualty - 53
(Right):11th Mississippi Regiment
Company A - University Greys
Lafayette County - 1st Lt. Johnathan V. Moore
Company B - Coahoma Invincibles
Coahoma County - Capt. William D. Nunn
Company C - Prairie Rifles
Chickasaw County - Capt. George W. Shannon
Company D - Neshoba Rifles
Neshoba County - Capt. Jonathan R. Prince
Company E - Prairie Rifles
Lowndes County - Capt. Henry P. Halbert
Company F - Noxubee Rifles
Noxubee County - Capt. Thomas J. Stokes
Company G - Lamar Rifles
Lafayette County - Capt. William O. Nelms
Company H - Chickasaw Guards
Chickasaw County - Capt. Jamison H. Moore
Company I - Van Dorn Reserves
Monroe County - Capt. Stephen C. Moore
Company K - Carroll County Rifles
Carroll County - Capt. George W. Bird, Jr.
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