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词条 155th Infantry Regiment (United States)
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  1. History

     World War I and World War II  Modern 

  2. References

  3. External links

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The "Mississippi Rifles"[1] or the 155th Infantry Regiment, is Mississippi's oldest National Guard unit. Its history predates statehood, back to June 1799, and it is the seventh oldest infantry regiment in the United States Army.{{citation needed|date=May 2014}} They patrolled the frontiers of the Mississippi Territory, captured Aaron Burr, defended Fort Mims during the Indian Wars, and served under General Andrew Jackson in the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812.

History

The 155th Infantry is one of only nineteen Army National Guard units with campaign credit for the War of 1812, and the only one from a state west of the Appalachians.{{citation needed|date=May 2014}} It has credit for the Florida (1814) and New Orleans Campaigns.

They were known as the "Mississippi Rifles" under the command of Colonel Jefferson Davis in the war with Mexico. They acquired this nickname because the regiment was the first in American history to have an official issue rifle (M1841 Mississippi Rifle) instead of a smoothbore musket. It was at the Battle of Buena Vista when other American units began to be overrun by the Mexicans that Col. Davis gave the order, "Stand fast, Mississippians!" The regiment stood their ground and the battle was eventually won. Davis' order later became the regimental motto.

Instead of the standard US Army uniform, the regiment was outfitted in red shirts, white duck trousers, and black slouch hats.[2] The unit was instrumental in winning the Battle of Monterrey, and mustered for service in the Spanish–American War.

World War I and World War II

The Mississippi Rifles went with General Pershing's "Punitive Expedition" in Mexico and fought against Pancho Villa in 1916. In World War I under the Army's new federalization system, they were designated the 155th Infantry Regiment and served with the 39th Division. In World War II the regiment fought with the 31st Infantry Division in the Pacific Theater. They conducted training for Korea and many members went forward to fight. During the 1950s all but the 1st Battalion were deactivated.

Modern

First Bn (Combined Arms), 155th Infantry (Mechanized) is now a part of the 155th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, Mississippi Army National Guard. The unit served in Bosnia as "Task Force Rifles" and in Iraq in 2005–06 and again in 2009–10. The battalion is headquartered in McComb, MS and has infantry companies in Biloxi, MS (A Co), Poplarville, MS (B Co), as well as armor companies in Natchez, MS (C Co), Kiln, MS (D Co) and an engineer company in Columbia, MS (E Co).

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References

1. ^{{cite web| title=Special Designation Listing| url=http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/spdes-123-arng.html| publisher=United States Army Center of Military History| date=21 April 2010| accessdate=14 July 2010| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609010028/http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/spdes-123-arng.html| archivedate= 9 June 2010 }}
2. ^p.12 Patterson, Gerald A. From Blue to Grey: The Life of General Cadmus M. Wilcox 2001 Stackpole Books

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070513044046/http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Inf/155InfantryRegiment.htm Coat of Arms of the 155th Infantry Regiment {reference only}]
  • Mississippi Rifles Homepage
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