Gainesville Volunteers
In 1860, Mark Deason, a Mexican War Veteran, organized a militia compnay here. The "Gainesville Volunteers" entered Confederate service in 1861 as Co. G. of the Third Mississippi Infantry. During the Civil War the unit served in the Gulf Coast region and fought in the Vicksburg, Atlanta, Middle Tennessee,and Carolina campaigns.
Marker is on Interstate 10 at milepost 2, 1 mile west of 607 (Mississippi Route 607), on the right when traveling east.
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