A List of Attala County Civil War Units as reported by Jim H. Wallace

"As near as I can remember the following is a list of the companies that went from this county:"

1. The "Minute Men" (Company I, [D first year] 13th Miss Infantry Reg.) under Captain L.D. Fletcher and subsequently under Captain C. H. Campbell, attached to 13th Miss.
2. The "Long Creek Rifles"(Company A, 15th Miss. Inf. Reg.) left in command of Captain L. S. Terry, who was subsequently promoted to Major of the Regiment, when Captain J. B. Love was elected Captain and remained in command of same until the end of the war-attached to the famous 15th Miss Infantry Regiment.
3. The "Rocky Point Rifles," (Company B, 2nd Infantry Battalion) under Captain T. J. Love, and composed a part of the 2nd Miss Battalion.
4. The "Yellow Jackets," (Company B, 4th Infantry Regiment) under Captain J. B. Moore, which I think belonged to the 4th Miss.
5. The "Center Marksmen,"(Company K, 4th Infantry Reg. ) under Captain Henry Jamison, 35th Miss.
6. Captain Duncan Patterson's Company (20th Regiment, Company K), which, after his death from wounds received, fell under the command of Captain J. J. Conway, was a part of the 20th Miss. S.T. Oldham, a member of this company, on the organization of the regiment, was elected its Major.
7. Captain J. A. P. Campbell's company belonged to the 40th Miss (Company K), and he having been promoted to the position of Judge Advocate of Gen. Bragg's army, the succeeding commander of the company was W. A. Robertson, I think, who was killed at the battle of Corinth, and from that time until the end of the war, the company's commander is not remembered by the writer.
8. Captain Sam Young's company composed a part of the 30th Miss. (Company G) This company was almost annihilated at the Battle of Murfreesboro, while skirmishing with a large force of Federals.
9. Captain W. V. Davis' company belonged to the 40th Miss, and there were no changes in the makeup of the company, Captain Davis remaining in command throughout the struggle. This company made quite a reputation for bravery displayed upon the battlefield and at the bloody fight at Franklin, Tenn., many of its brave men went down in death.
(Note: Capt. Davis' company was actually Company D, "Dixie Heros" of the 30th Miss Infantry Reg.)

There were also three cavalry companies from the county during the war under the following commanders: Capt. David Love, Capt. W. E. Meek, and Capt. G. P. M. Turner. They were all attached to Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's command, and under this dashing officer, they saw active and hard service.
There were perhaps other companies but I do not now remember any of them if there were. Thus it will seen that there were nine companies of infantry and three of cavalry in the regular service from this county during the war, besides a great many of her citizens belonged to companies made up in adjoining counties. A good portion of Captain Bain's artillery company from Vaiden was made up from citizens of Attala county. There were, therefore, but very few, if any, counties in the state that furnished more soldiers in the great struggle than Attala. The war raged with fury for four long years, and it will be the subject of my future articles to record the happenings in the county during that time.
J. H. Wallace

Note: Information in parenthesis are added for clarification. The source of the information is "Military History of Mississippi 1803-1898 by Dunbar Rowland.