The Fourth Alabama Painting by Don Troiani

Third Brigade, Army of the Potomac

Captain W H Luse, commanding Company B, 18th Mississippi Infantry

Captain W H Luse, commanding Company B, 18th Mississippi Infantry

Eighteenth Mississippi Infantry

Mustered in Confederate service on 7 June, 1861, and arrived at Manassas Junction in the evening on 16 June, 1861

COLONEL E R BURT
LIEUTENANT COLONEL T M GRIFFIN
MAJOR J W BALFOUR

Company A Confederate Rifles: CAPT. J M JAYNE
The company was mustered in state service at Rankin County, Mississippi, on 12 April, 1861.
Company B Benton Rifles: CAPT. W H LUSE
The company mustered in state service at Benton, Yazoo County, Mississippi, on 27 April, 1861.
Company C Confederates: CAPT. O R SINGLETON
The company was mustered in state service at Canton, Madison County, Mississippi, on 22 April, 1861, and was ordered to Camp Clark, near Corinth, Mississppi, on 1 June, 1861.
Company D Hamer Rifles: CAPT. C F HAMER
The company was mustered in state service at Yazoo City, Yazoo County, Mississippi, on 19 April, 1861.
Company E Mississippi College Rifles: CAPT. J W WELBORN
The company was mustered in state service at Clinton, Hinds County, Mississippi, on 20 April, 1861, and was ordered to Camp Clark, near Corinth, Mississppi, on 27 May, 1861.
Company F McClung Rifles: CAPT. G B GERALD
The company was mustered in state service at Yazoo County, Mississippi, on 27 April, 1861.
Company G Camden Rifles: CAPT. A MCWILLIE
The company was mustered in state service at Canton, Madison County, Mississippi, on 29 April, 1861.
Company H Brown Rebels: CAPT. A G BROWN
The company was mustered in state service at Hinds County, Mississippi, on 29 April, 1861.
Company I Beauregard Rifles: CAPT. J N BALFOUR
The company was mustered in state service at Madison County, Mississippi, on 18 April, 1861.
Company K Burt Rifles: CAPT. E D FONTAINE
The Mississippi Capital Dragoons, Mississippi State militia, was mustered in state service at Hinds County, Mississippi, as the Burt Rifles on 22 April, 1861, and arrived at Camp Clark, near Corinth, Mississppi, on 26 April, 1861.

Sources

"Both the Burt Rifles (CoK, 18th Mississippi) and the Smith-Quitman Rifles of the 3rd Regt, Alcorn's Brigade, wore grey woolen shirts trimmed with green braid, after the changed regulations of 14 March, 1861."

The Confederate Army 1861–65 No.1: South Carolina & Mississippi, text by R Field & illustrated by R Hook

1861 to 1865 by an Old Johnnie: Personal recollections and experiences in the Confederate Army, by Captain James Dinkin

Roster and sketches of the several military companies which were in regular service of the Confererate States during the Civil War from Yazoo County, Mississippi, collected from the muster rolls and authentic sources of reliable men and published by order of Yazoo Camp, 176, of Confederate veterans, Yazoo city, Mississippi

Military history of Mississippi, 1803–1898, taken from the official and statistical register of the State of Mississippi, 1908, by Dunbar Rowland

Notes

The 18th Mississippi Infantry was organised at Camp Clark, near Corinth, Mississippi, and mustered in Confederate service for twelve months on 7 June, 1861.

Lynchburg, Virginia, 12 June, 1861: The 18th Mississippi Infantry was ordered to proceeded Lynchburg, Virginia, at 10.30 AM on 10 June, 1861, and Companies B, C, and D arrived at Lynchburg, Virginia, in the morning on 12 June, 1861. Companies A, E, F, G, H, I, and K arrived at Lynchburg, Virginia, in the morning on 13 June, 1861.

Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, 18 June, 1861: The 18th Mississippi Infantry was ordered to Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, on 16 June, 1861, and arrived in the evening on 18 June, 1861. The regiment encamped at Camp Walker, near Manassas Junction, and was ordered to McLean's Ford, Virginia, on 17 July, 1861.

After the first battle of Manassas the 18th Mississippi Infantry was ordered to Fairfax Station, Virginia, on 23 July, 1861, and was ordered to Camp Pettus, between Centreville and Fairfax Station, Virginia, on 24 July, 1861.

Brevet Captain D R Jones, assistant adjutant general, United States Army, resigned his commission on 15 February, 1861, and was appointed major and chief of staff to Brigadier General P G T Beauregard at Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbour. Major D R Jones, Confederate States Army, was commissioned a brigadier general on 17 June, 1861.

On 25 July 1861, the Army of the Potomac was reorganised and the 18th Mississippi Infantry was assigned to the Seventh Brigade, First Corps, Army of the Potomac, under the command of Colonel N G Evans.

Report

OFFICIAL REPORT NO.98: Series I, Volume 2 (S# 2), Chapter IX, p. 541
Colonel E R Burt, Eighteenth Mississippi Infantry