6th Mississippi Infantry

== Regimental History and Service Record ==
* Also referred to as the 7th Mississippi Infantry
* August 1861 - Organized
* April 6-7, 1862 - Shiloh
* April-June 1862 - Corinth Campaign
** May 23, 1862 - Reorganized
* May 18-July 27, 1862 - Vicksburg Bombardments
* October 3-4, 1862 - Corinth
* April 29, 1863 - Grand Gulf
* May-July 1863 - Vicksburg Campaign
** May 1, 1863 - Port Gibson
** May 16, 1863 - Champion Hill
** July 1863 - Siege of Jackson
* May-September 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
** May 25-June 4, 1864 - New Hope Church
** July-September 1864 - Siege of Atlanta
*** July 20, 1864 - Peach Tree Creek
*** July 28, 1864 - Ezra Church
*** August 31-September 1, 1864 - Jonesboro
* November 30, 1864 - Franklin
* December 15-16, 1864 - Nashville
* February-April 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
** April 9, 1865 - Re-designated the 15th (Consolidated) Mississippi Infantry and consolidated at Smithfield, North Carolina with the:
** 15th Mississippi Infantry
** 20th Mississippi Infantry
** 23rd Mississippi Infantry
DESIGNATIONS
* October 1861 - Department #2 / 1st Geographical Division / Hardee's Division / Cleburne's Brigade
* October 1861-March 1862 - Department #2 / Central Army of Kentucky / Hardee's Division / Cleburne's Brigade
* March-April 1862 - Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 3rd Corps / Cleburne's Brigade
* April 1862 - Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 3rd Corps / Martin's Brigade
* May-June 1862 - Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / Reserve Corps / Helm's Brigade
* June-July 1862 - Department of Southern Mississippi and East Louisiana
* July-October 1862 - Department #2 / District of the Mississippi / Lovell's Division / Bowen's Brigade
* October-December 1862 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Lovell's Division / Bowen's Brigade
* December 1862-January 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of North Mississippi / (Loring's) 1st Corps / Rust's Division / Scott's Brigade
* January-February 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of North Mississippi / Price's Division / Bowen's Brigade
* March-April 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 3rd Military District / Rust's Brigade
* April-May 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Loring's Division / Tilghman's Brigade
* May-July 1863 - Department of the West / Loring's Division / Tilghman's/Reynolds'/Adams' Brigade
* July 1863-January 1864 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Loring's Division / Adams' Brigade
* January-May 1864 - Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / Loring's Division / Adams' Brigade
* May-July 1864 - Army of Mississippi / Loring's Division / Adams' Brigade
* July 1864-April 1865 - Army of Tennessee / 3rd Corps / Loring's Division / Adams' Brigade
== Regimental Roster ==
* First Commander: John J. Thornton (Colonel) 
* Enoch R. Bennett (Lieutenant Colonel)
* Thomas J. Borden (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
* Alfred Y. Harper (Lieutenant Colonel)
* William T. Hendon (Major) 
* Robert Lowry (Major, Colonel)
* J.R. Stevens (Major) 
== Regiment Statistical Information ==
== Legacy ==
== Notes ==
== Sources == 
* Howell, H. Grady, Going to Meet the Yankees: A History of the "Bloody Sixth" Mississippi Infantry C.S.A.
* (Pages 81-82, 97, 98, 106)
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