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The 36th Mississippi Infantry Regiment (also known as the "Thirty-Sixth Mississippi") was an infantry formation of the Confederate States Army in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, and was successively commanded by Colonels Drury J. Brown, then William W. Witherspoon.

History
The Thirty-sixth was organized in May 1862. It was composed of volunteer companies organized under a call of the Governor to assemble at Meridian, where the companies were mustered into the Confederate service. Field officers were elected March 12, 1862. The regiment was in camp at Meridian during the battle of Shiloh. It soon was involved in the siege of Corinth and later taken prisoner after the siege of Vicksburg. Paroled, it then fought in the Atlanta Campaign and the Battle of Franklin and Nashville. It ended the war in the defense of Mobile.

Units of the Forty-second Mississippi included:

 * Company A -- Mount Zion Guards (raised in Copiah, Lawrence, & Franklin Counties, MS)
 * Company B -- Zollicoffer Avengers (raised in Copiah County, MS)
 * Company C -- Harper Reserves (raised in Lauderdale, Newton, & Smith Counties, MS)
 * Company D -- Yankee Hunters (raised in Newton County, MS)
 * Company E -- Hazlehurst Fencibles (raised in Copiah County, MS)
 * Company F -- Hillsboro Rebels (raised in Scott County, MS)
 * Company G -- Copiah Rebels (raised in Copiah County, MS)
 * Company H -- Edwards Tigers, aka Edwards Rebels (raised in Lauderdale County, MS)
 * Company I -- Stephens Guards (raised in Newton County, MS)
 * Company K -- Dixie Guards (raised in Copiah County, MS)