8th Battalion Consolidated Mississippi Infantry (Carmack’s)
(from Dunbar Rowland’s "Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898"; company listing courtesy of H. Grady Howell’s "For Dixie Land, I’ll Take My Stand’)
Company A -- Capt. Kennedy’s Company (county of origin not specified)
Company B -- company name and county of origin not specified
Company C -- Capt. McBeath’s Company (county of origin not specified)
Company D -- Capt. Carmack’s Company (county of origin not specified)
Company E -- Capt. Pace’s Company (county of origin not specified)
Company F -- Capt. Williams’ Company (county of origin not specified)
Captain [apparently commanding battalion] -- J.Y. Carmack.
This was the name given the consolidation of Lowrey’s Brigade -- the 5th, 8th, and 22nd Regiments and the Third Battalion of Mississippi Infantry -- April 9, 1865, in North Carolina.
Do you have an ancestor in this unit? If so, contact the Mississippi Department of Archives and History for his service record. Then contact us for a membership application.
