However, four companies reorganized at Camp Moore in May 1862 and traveled to Vicksburg, Mississippi where they manned the river batteries.

The soldiers went to Fort Pemberton where they helped drive off the Yazoo Pass expedition.

The regiment was part of the garrison during the Siege of Vicksburg and was captured and paroled when the city fell in July 1863.

This unit fought at Spanish Fort in March and April 1865 and surrendered at Meridian, Mississippi in May 1865.

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