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Embracing a reliable description of the country, climate, streams, scenery, etc., different routes from the Mississippi River to the mines, the best camping places on each route, and a reliable map of the same, and valuable information as regards a complete outfit for the journey, containing narratives of trips to and from the gold region in the years 1858-59.

The Mississippi 4th Infantry Regiment was organized at Grenada as the Fourth Regiment, Second Brigade, Army of Mississippi, and enlisted for twelve months. The Fourth was among the troops posted at Fort Henry on the Tennessee River, under General Lloyd Tilghman. The troops were transferred to Fort Donelson and there captured. Following exchange they were then surrendered at Vicksburg and continued throughout the remainder of the war in the Atlanta Campaign, Franklin, and Nashville, ending the war in the defense of Mobile.