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Submitted: 9/4/20 • Approved: 9/4/20 • Last Updated: 9/7/20 • R280141-G0-S3
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Company I 31 Regiment Mississippi Infantry (Orr's Regiment)
Civil War Confederate
March 17, 1837 - August 11, 1920
He enlisted on May 9, 1862 at Saltillo, Mississippi, at the age of 25.
The 31 Regiment Mississippi Infantry was first organized as the 6 (Orr's) Battalion Mississippi Infantry. In February and March 1862, it was increased to ten companies and mustered into the Confederate service as Orr's Regiment Mississippi Infantry. Shortly afterward the designated was changed to the 31 Regiment Mississippi Infantry. About April 9, 1865, the regiment was consolidated with the 3 and 40 Regiments Mississippi Infantry and formed the 3 Consolidated Regiment Mississippi Infantry.
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, The National Archives, Publication M269
Confederate Pension Application Index Database, Reel CP1.23 - Microdex 3 - Sequence 22
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