42d Mississippi Infantry Regiment

42d Mississippi Infantry Regiment
Active1862–1865
DisbandedApril 12, 1865
Country Confederate States
Allegiance Mississippi
Branch Army
TypeInfantry
SizeRegiment
Part ofDavis' Brigade
Nickname(s)"Forty-second Mississippi"
FacingsLight blue
ArmsEnfield rifled muskets
Battles
Battle honorGettysburg
Commanders
Commanding officers

The 42d Mississippi Infantry Regiment, also known as the "Forty-second Mississippi", was an infantry formation of the Confederate States Army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. It was successively commanded by Colonels Hugh R. Miller, William A. Feeney, and Andrew M. Nelson.