Johnnies on the Florida Coast: In Camp with the Jeff Davis Rifles, Company B, 9th Mississippi Infantry

By MI Digital November 23, 2025November 23, 2025

By Phil Spaugy This well-known and often-published image of Company B, 9th Mississippi Volunteer Infantry, is of particular interest to me. It is one of approximately 40 images made in May 1861, by p

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