6th Mississippi Infantry Regiment

6th Mississippi Infantry Regiment
Active	August 1861 - April 1865
Country	Confederate States
Allegiance	Mississippi
Branch	Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Regiment
Nickname(s)	"The Bloody Sixth"[1]
Battles	American Civil War Battle of Shiloh Second Battle of Corinth Battle of Port Gibson Battle of Champion Hill Siege of Vicksburg Skirmishes with Knight Company Atlanta campaign Battle of Franklin (1864) Battle of Nashville Carolinas campaign
Commanders
Notable commanders	Robert Lowry

The 6th Mississippi Infantry Regiment was a unit of the Confederate States Army that fought in many battles of the Western theater of the American Civil War. After taking heavy casualties at the Battle of Shiloh, the 6th Regiment fought in the Vicksburg Campaign, operations against anti-Confederate guerillas in Jones County, Mississippi, the Atlanta campaign, and the Franklin-Nashville campaign.