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1862), P. G. Pace, WILSON PACE (killed at Shi- loh on April 6, 1862), Ethelbert Parker, John Pick- ard, William Pinkerton, W. T. Peeler, ANDREW PARKER (died at Camp Trousdale on September 15, 1861), William Pinkerton, Jr. (wounded at Shi- loh), DAVID C. PINKERTON (died at Bowling Green on November 30, 1861), D. R. Rivers, Joel Rivers, J. M. REECE (killed at Shiloh on April 6, 1862), M. M. Rivers, J. M. Rivers, W. M. Sanders, (wounded at Shiloh), John Sisco, John E. Sisco, F. H. SISCO (died on July 8, 1862, at Tupelo, Miss. ), W. H. Stoops, Wiley Stuart (wounded at Shiloh), S. A. Tatum, W. A. Tibbs, Elias Turner, W. B. Thorn- ton, A. J. Turner, E. P. Twilley, J. T. WARREN (died in the service), George Wright, F. B. Wright, Robert Wright, W. P. Wofford (wounded at Shiloh), T. J. Walker (wounded at Shiloh and at Murfrees- boro), Richard Wilkins. The following additional names are given by survivors of this company: Jack Wright, James Jenkins, " Babe " Sisco (wounded at Shiloh), William Curl, THOMAS CURL (killed at Shiloh), William H. Thornton, Abe Bentley, George Groves, Jack Sims, John W. Nunnellee, John Climer, Charles Milam. On the death roll of this company are found these additional names: J. B. WOOTEN (or HOOTEN), died in the service on February 27, 1864; J. A. TURNBOW, died in the service on March 5, 1863.
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FORTY-SECOND TENNESSEE INFANTRY.
The Forty-second Tennessee Infantry was organ- ized about October 1, 1861, it responding to the second call for troops. Hickman County furnished two com- panies to this regiment. This regiment participated in the engagements at Fort Donelson and was sur- rendered at this place on February 16, 1862. The officers were carried as prisoners to Johnson's Island ; the privates, to Camp Douglas, Ill. At the lat- ter place many Hickman County soldiers died, far from home and unattended by sorrowful and sym- pathizing relatives. The officers were exchanged in Virginia ; and the privates were exchanged at Vicks- burg, Miss., on September 17, 1862. The regiment was reorganized at Clinton, Miss., on September 27, 1862. At Port Hudson, La., the regiment was ex- . posed to a heavy fire on March 14, 1863, when Com- modore Farragut passed up the Mississippi River. The Forty-second was on its way to the relief of General Pemberton when Vicksburg fell. It then re- treated to Jackson, Miss., where it was engaged, hold- ing the enemy in check. Transferred to the Army of Tennessee, it participated in the battles of New Hope Church, Pine Mountain, Kennesaw Mountain, Smyrna Depot, Peachtree Creek, Atlanta, Lick-skillet Road, Jonesboro, Big Shanty, the second battle at Dalton; the bloodiest of them all-Franklin, and Nashville.
The following roll of Company B, Forty-second Tennessee Infantry, is based upon information fur-
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nished by survivors of this company and the death roll of the regiment: Josiah R. Hubbard, captain (promoted to major in March, 1863) ; John Nunnel- lee, first lieutenant ; GEORGE A. LOWE,* second lieutenant (mortally wounded at Atlanta; died at Forsyth, Ga.) ; William Carothers, third lieutenant (wounded at New Hope Church and at Franklin) ; William W. Lyell, first sergeant (escaped from Fort Donelson, and joined Morgan's Cavalry) ; Richard Wills, second sergeant; Jack Christian, third ser- geant ; William Clark, first corporal; Samuel M. Carothers, second corporal (elected second lieuten- ant at reorganization ; wounded at Kennesaw Moun- tain and at Franklin) ; W. W. ASKINS (died in prison at Camp Douglas, Ill., on February 9, 1863), Thomas Armstrong, Samuel Armstrong, Nathaniel Armstrong, Riley Beasley, James Barnhill, Robert Booker, James Burch (wounded), WESLEY BOYD (died on February 9, 1863), James Booker, Alexan- der Barnhill, John Briggs, James Bryant, Hugh R. Carothers (wounded at Franklin), Stephen E. Ca- rothers (wounded at Kennesaw Mountain-eye shot out), James T. Carter, James Chappell, Wyatt J. Chappell, Jack Chappell, Hosea Chappell, DAVID CUFF (died in the service), FRANK CARTER (killed at Perryville, Ky.), Van Dougherty, Thomas
* Lowe, at the time he received his death-wound (July 28, 1864), was captain of his company, and was exposed to the enemy's fire while remonstrating with a private for exposing himself unnecessarily.
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Duncan, Dennis J. Easley (sharpshooter ; quarter- master), GEORGE FOX (died on October 27, 1863), T. Fergusson, Tillman Gray (wounded at Franklin), James Gossett, J. K. P. Gravitt, WEB- STER GILBERT (died in prison at Camp Douglas, Ill.), Spivey Gossett, Hiram W. Hassell (wounded at Perryville, Ky., and at Franklin), James Hubbs (wounded at New Hope Church), J. B. Hassell, Gus- tavus Hamer, James Hutson, THOMAS J. HAS- SELL (died at Columbus, Miss.), Carroll Hubbs, GEORGE W. HOWELL (died in prison), John Hudgens, William Hudgens, Dennis Jones, CAR- TER JEANES (died in prison), David Lowe, Will- iam Luther, William Lynn (wounded at Kennesaw Mountain), Robert Lyell, John Lewis, James Lewis, John W. Martin, E. Morrison, Oliver McMinn, Cal- vin McCord, Daniel K. McCord, OLIVER P. MIL- BURN (died in prison), B. Moore, John Moore, William Moore, Marshall Nicks, Douglass Nicks, FRANK OWENS (killed at Fort Donelson), Sam- uel Owens, George Petty, Tim. Petty, David Potter, Richard Phillips, Robert Redden, James Richardson, JOHN G. W. ROCHELL (died in March, 1862), Robert Reeves, Newton Reeves, John L. Temple (fifer), David Thornton (at one time first sergeant), Asa Totty, Zachariah Totty (veteran of both Semi- nole Wars and Mexican War), Benjamin Thornton, Thomas Vinyard, Reuben Wills, Epps Wills, James W. Warren, Neal Warren, C. Warren, FRANCIS M. WOODS (died in the service), MAJOR J. YATES
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(died on May 6, 1863), James Yates, John Yates, Thomas Yates. This roll, as well as all other rolls where the information has been obtained almost solely from the survivors, is necessarily incomplete and may contain errors. While errors and omissions are re- gretted, they are unavoidable. After the lapse of over one-third of a century, it is impossible to obtain all of the names and to secure the correct initials. The difficulty of this task shows its importance. Had it been left undone for another third of a century, many gallant soldiers whose names are here recorded would have been by that time forgotten.
The following comparatively correct roll of Com- pany F, Forty-second Tennessee Infantry, was fur- nished by Lieut. J. R. Brown: Levi McCollum, cap- tain (elected major ; promoted to lieutenant colonel) ; John W. Walker (elected captain at organization) ; Lewis Bates, first lieutenant; John H. Coleman, sec- ond lieutenant (wounded) ; Stephen Forrester, third lieutenant; BENJAMIN F. COLEMAN, first ser- geant (elected captain at reorganization at Clinton, Miss., on September 27, 1862; killed at New Hope Church on May 27, 1864-struck by a grapeshot) ; T. J. LANDERS, second sergeant (died in prison at Camp Douglas, Ill.) ; J. S. Forrester, third ser- geant; A. C. Dunagan, fourth sergeant (third lieu- tenant at reorganization; wounded at Franklin) ; William Peeler, first corporal; OSCAR M. SUT- TON, second corporal (died in prison at Camp Doug- las, Ill., on April 4, 1862) ; L. L. Bingham, third
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corporal; JAMES CAGLE, fourth corporal (killed in battle of Franklin) ; Gideon Arnold, David Arnold, LEWIS ASKINS (died at Trenton, Miss., on Octo- ber 7, 1862), J. J. BAKER (second sergeant at re- organization ; died at Mobile, Ala.), J. R. Brown (second lieutenant at reorganization; wounded at Atlanta on June 28, 1864), W. C. Bates (promoted to lieutenant), SEABORNE BLACKWELL (killed at Nashville on March 10, 1864), H. R. Barnhill, W. H. BASTIAN (died in prison at Camp Douglas on June 12, 1862), D. L. BASTIAN (died in prison at Camp Douglas on March 23, 1862), W. C. BAS- TIAN (died on June 12, 1862), James Blackwell (wounded at Atlanta on June 28, 1864), WILL- IAM BLACKWELL (died on November 12, 1861), Thomas Bates, GEORGE W. BAKER (died on April 14, 1862), RICHARD CUDE (killed at At- lanta on June 28, 1864), Duncan Campbell, Jesse Chesser, JOHN CUNNINGHAM (died in 1863), James Claiborne, Frank Claiborne, Benjamin Chan- dler (third sergeant at reorganization), J. N. CHAN- DLER (died in prison at Camp Douglas on March 9, 1862), J. M. CHANDLER (died in prison at Camp Douglas on March 17, 1862), J. G. CHAN- DLER (died in prison at Camp Douglas on April 12, 1862), ADAM CAGLE (died on April 7, 1863), S. M. CUNNINGHAM (died on June 14, 1863), L. C. Dunaway, S. W. Dunaway, F. M. Forrester, J. F. GRAY (first lieutenant at reorganization ; died at St. Louis, Mo., in 1864), DAVID GROVES (died
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on October 22, 1863), WILLIAM A. HUGHES (died on September 13, 1863), J. M. HUTCHISON (died in prison at Camp Douglas on August 25, 1862), E. Hutchison, JACK HINSON (killed in Hickman County), William Hinson, (Rev.) James Johnson, H. W. Jones, JOHN JONES (died at Camp Cheatham on November 18, 1861), THOMAS JOHNSON (died in Georgia.), Anon Lowe, CYRUS LOWE (died in prison at Camp Douglas on June 30, 1862), Thomas Lucas, James Lancaster, MILTON LANCASTER (died at Atlanta on June 28, 1864), George Morrison, T. B. MORRISON (died in prison at Camp Douglas on August 17, 1862), A. J. MOR- RISON (died in prison at Camp Douglas on May 15, 1862), Joseph Morrison, William McClanahan, James D. Murphree (fourth sergeant at reorganiza- tion; wounded at Atlanta on June 28, 1864; leg amputated), AMSEL MURPHREE (died at Camp Cheatham on November 3, 1861), Jesse Matthews, WILLIAM MITCHELL (died on May 15, 1862), J. E. McCollum, J. C. POORE (first sergeant at re- organization; died at home), Samuel Poore, ASA PELL (killed at Atlanta in July, 1864), D. S. Pot- ter (wounded at Fort Donelson), D. T. Pinkerton (wounded at Perryville, Ky.), RUFUS RICHARD- SON (died in October, 1862), JAMES SAWYERS (died at Port Hudson, La., on March 14, 1862), James Singleton, Frank Shipp, G. C. Sibley, JESSE SPARKS (died at St. Louis, Mo., on March 1, 1862), T. G. SANDERS (died on May 11, 1862), Willis
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Turner (wounded at Fort Donelson), JAMES VER- NON (died in some Northern prison), J. D. VER- NON (died in prison at Camp Douglas on April 11, 1862), THOMAS VICK (died in prison at Camp Douglas on June 2, 1862), J. T. Woolard, W. F. Woolard, James Wherry (sharpshooter; wounded twice at Atlanta), JAMES S. WALKER (died in Alabama in 1865), Pleasant Walker (wounded at Franklin on November 30, 1864), William Womack, JOHN WILKINS (wounded at Atlanta ; killed on November 30, 1864), R. C. Wilkins, Mark Williams, Nathan L. Williams, Albert Weatherspoon.
FORTY-EIGHTH TENNESSEE INFANTRY.
The Forty-eighth Tennessee Infantry was organ- ized about December 15, 1861, one mile from Nash- ville on the Gallatin turnpike. Milton Voorhees, of Maury County, was elected colonel. This regiment was first engaged with the enemy at Fort Henry. From this place it retreated to Fort Donelson, losing most of its baggage on the retreat. This caused a large number to be detailed to return home and collect clothing. Then the measles and mumps broke out and a large number were sent to the hospitals. So, as a result, when Fort Donelson fell, less than half the regiment was captured. The captured field offi- cers were sent to Fort Warren, Mass. ; the line officers, to Camp Chase, O., from which place they were trans- ferred on May 1, 1862, to Johnson's Island, in Lake Erie; and the privates were sent to Camp Douglas,
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Ill. While the official death roll of this regiment (which is the most incomplete and unintelligible of those examined in connection with the writing of this history) is silent as to this point, the dates indicate that many Hickman Countians, members of this regi- ment, died in Northern prisons. The uncaptured portion of the regiment made its way south, and, uniting with similar fragments from the Third and Forty-second, which had escaped capture at Fort Donelson, organized the new Forty-eighth Tennes- see Infantry. Of this regiment the late Chancellor George H. Nixon was elected colonel. About August 15, 1862, the privates of the original Forty-eighth in prison were sent to Vicksburg, Miss., and exchanged. The officers were exchanged at Akin's Landing, on the James River, in Virginia. The regiment was re- organized at Jackson, Miss., Milton Voorhees being again elected colonel. Members of Nixon's Forty- eighth, then at Shelbyville, nearly all returned to their original regiments. The existence of two Forty- eighth Regiments, one of them composed of fragments of several regiments, in addition to the obstacles al- ready mentioned, makes the task of compiling a roll of the Hickman County companies in the Forty- eighth Regiment one of particular difficulty. In the compilation of the following rolls the source of in- formation was almost solely the survivors of the companies ; and although they readily gave whatever assistance in their power, the following rolls are, however much it may be regretted, incomplete, and
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probably in some respects inaccurate. It is, how- ever, believed that they are as nearly accurate as they can now be made. After the reorganization this regi- ment was exposed to a heavy fire at Port Hudson, La., on March 14, 1863; was in the engagements around Jackson, Miss., from July 10 to July 16, 1863 ; and, then being transferred to the Army of Tennessee, was in the battles of New Hope Church, Pine Mountain, Kennesaw Mountain, Peachtree Creek, Atlanta, Lick- skillet Road, Lovejoy's Station, Nashville, Anthony's Hill (near Pulaski, Tenn.); Kingston, N. C., and Bentonville, N. C. It surrendered on March 19, 1865.
Company D: Solomon J. George, captain ; Elijah Cantrell, first lieutenant (elected captain at reor- ganization at Jackson, Miss., in 1862) ; John L. Griffin, second lieutenant (promoted to captain) ; Van Buren Shouse, third lieutenant; Richard Kendrick, first sergeant; Z. J. Waters, corporal (elected first lieutenant at reorganization) ; Armistead Allison, William Anderson, Washington Anderson, Ed. An- derson, Joseph Anderson, John Anderson, Samuel Anderson, Newton Anderson, Elijah Arnold, M. P. Aydelott, SAMUEL D. AYDELOTT (died in the service), William Bartley, Robert Bayles, William Baynes, WILLIAM BURCHAM (died on April 8, 1862), GREEN BURCHAM (died in the service), William Biddle, Joseph M. Bond (promoted to lieu- tenant), C. C. BARNES (died on August 1, 1862), R. Barnes, Wesley Burcham, M. Briggs, John Briggs,
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" Shanghai " Bates, Alvin Breece, Samuel Canada, Jesse Coble, William Cash, B. Cooper, Joseph Cooper, Alexander Coates, Griffin Coates, Green Clayton, HENRY DENTON (died on February 20, 1862), GEORGE W. EASLEY (died in the service), Jo. Easley, Thomas (" Green Tom ") Easley, Thomas Easley, J. T. EASLEY (killed at Richmond, Ky.), Ford George (elected second lieutenant at reorgani- zation), John V. Gray, John F. Gray, Pleasant Grif- fin, Sevier Griffin, T. J. GILL (died on May 14, 1862), Carroll Hubbs, Wiley Harper, Wiley Hop- per, PLEASANT HARDER (died in the service), William Johnson, Samuel Johnson, James Johnson, James King, Bliss Lewis, James Lewis, Pleasant Lewis, Richard Love (first sergeant), C. Meece, Mark Matthews, M. M'CALEB (died on February 20, 1862), D. M. M'COLLUM (killed at Perryville, Ky.), O. A. Nixon, Felix Nicks, John Oakley, Luther Peery, Henry Porter, Cave J. Peery, J. W. PEERY (died on February 2, 1862), Henry Pell, William Pell, Allan Plunkett, S. A. Plunkett, Isaac Prince, J. S. Prince, JAMES PRINCE (died in the service), Joseph Pruett, Tapley Rochell, " Tobe " Rodgers, Jack Rodgers, JOHN RATLIFF (corporal; died on July 1, 1862), J. H. Shipp, John Sharp, Claren- don Shouse, Marion Sullivan, Green Sharp, George Sharp, Henry Simmons, Levi Simmons, John Smith- son, F. C. SHOUSE (died on June 16, 1862), Will- iam Short (elected third lieutenant at reorganiza- tion), Asa Totty, William Totty, William Thornton,
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G. M. TATUM (died on February 4, 1862), " Sub." Tatum, John Thompson, William Thompson, Luther Whiteside, Lafayette Whiteside, Joseph Wheat, Eli- jah Watts, Robert Wright, John Warren, John Willis.
Company G: J. A. OLIVER, captain (died at St. Louis, Mo., on February 25, 1862) ; S. J. Easley, first lieutenant; Wilson Overbey, second lieutenant ; J. Wilson Pritchard, first sergeant; John A. Petty, second sergeant; Elijah Rushton, third sergeant; FRANCIS PETTY, fourth sergeant (died at Port Hudson, La., in 1863) ; Charles Allen, W. C. Anglin, SAMUEL BROWN (died at St. Louis on February 25, 1862). J. E. Brown (corporal), T. J. Brown, George Beale, John Beale, James Birch, - Betty, CALVIN BALLARD (killed at Lovejoy Station, Ga., on August 19, 1864), "Bale " Cooper, Frank Carter, Wesley Carter, Newton Carter, " General " Claiborne, EDWARD CAMPBELL (killed at Rich- mond, Ky.), B. E. Cooper, William Duke, (Dr.) J. G. Dinwiddie, Gabriel Davidson, John Dougherty, Wiley Erwin, Lytle Erwin, George Erwin, W. B. W. Easley (elected third lieutenant at reorganization at Jackson, Miss., in 1862), " Top " Easley, James Eas- ley, J. C. Frazier (first lieutenant at reorganization), MALFORD (" BRIGHT ") FORRESTER (died in prison at Camp Douglas, Ill., in 1862), James Madison Forrester, WILLIAM FRIZZELL (died on January 31, 1862), G. W. FINCH (died on May 13, 1862), " Bud " Forrester, William Forrester,
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Richard Forrester, S. F. FORRESTER (died on May 14, 1862), John Goins, J. G. Goins, W. Gossett, Lafayette Gossett, W. E. GRIMES (died in the service), L. C. GRIMES (died in the service), Polk Gravitt, S. George, Johnson Howell (wounded in Georgia in 1863), JOSEPH HERNDON (died in the service), A. J. HALE (died on April 24, 1862), JOHN T. HENDERSON (killed at Richmond, Ky.), Hiram Hassell, J. D. Hicks, T. J. HASSELL (died on July 13, 1862), A. J. HALL (died on April 12, 1862), M. M. Harbinson (second lieutenant at re- organization ; wounded on August 19, 1864), Thomas M. Hogan (first sergeant at reorganization), J. C. JENKINS (died on February 14, 1862), A. Jen- kins, J. M. Jenkins, William Lambert, George Lyell, John Lyell, Fielding D. Leathers, JOHN LINTZ (died on January 30, 1862), John McCoy (wounded in Georgia in 1863), J. J. McCoy, Calvin McCord, CALVIN MORRIS (died on March 5, 1862), N. McCord, Benjamin Martin, John Martin, Andrew Martin, N. J. Martin, T. G. N. McCord, Alexander Nash, C. A. Nash, DRURY OVERBEY (died on February 5, 1862), Edmond Overbey, G. T. Overbey, Clagett Primm, Columbus Potter, William Pruett, William Phillips, T. B. PRITCHARD (died on May 20, 1862), G. W. POPE (died on May 29, 1862), John Porter, B. Piland, Robert Reeves, H. Reeves, N. Reeves, B. Reeves, George Rial, John Rial, A. J. Rodgers, John Rainey, Robert Steele (ser- geant; wounded in Georgia in 1864), Dorey Smith,
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LEWIS SMITH (died in prison at Camp Douglas in 1862), T. B. Smith, W. T. STEELE (died on January 8, 1862), Mark A. Spence, Jack Thornton, Jonathan Tatum, A. J. Turbeville, ANDREW J. THOMPSON (died in the service), W. C. Thomp- son, JASPER TURNER (died on May 17, 1862), ABNER TURNER (died on May 30, 1862), J. W. A. Vaughn, Monroe Worley, M. J. Worley, (Rev.) HI. Rutherford Walker (captain at reorganization), ENOCH WARREN (died on February 20, 1862), John ("Bull") Warren, B. F. WYNN (died on Feb- ruary 6, 1862), " Dock " Wynn, T. J. WOOD (died on January 25, 1862), M. Woods, G. Washington Walker. One of the original companies of the Forty- eighth Regiment was commanded by Capt. Joel P. Morrison. Numerous attempts to obtain a roll of this company have been fruitless.
MISCELLANEOUS
John H. Moore, a cadet at West Point at the break- ing out of the Civil War, was commissioned as third lieutenant in Company B, Seventh Tennessee In- fantry, and was promoted to second lieutenant. He served in the Virginia campaigns with distinction.
Capt. John W. Cates, now of Obion County, was a gallant soldier in the Twentieth Tennessee Infantry. The following names appear upon the death roll of Company G (Shy's company), Twentieth Tennessee Infantry : J. M. Dean, William Rial, Green Woods, H. N. Lancaster, John Rossen, William H. Harris,
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John W. Cuff, John C. Bates, John Cook, Dallas Da- vidson, John Carothers, J. B. Forrest, James Gray, George Murray, and Daniel Murphree.
The following names appear upon the roll of Com- pany H, Third Tennessee Infantry: O. T. Plum- mer (first lieutenant), Robert T. Cooper (second lieu- tenant ; promoted to captain ; killed), W. J. Harder (promoted to first lieutenant ; promoted to captain), R. M. Plummer (promoted to second lieutenant), James A. Doyel (third lieutenant). The following names appear upon the death roll of this company : T. M. Cooper, A. D. Cooper, C. H. Goodman, J. C. Griner, E. B. Hensley, D. R. Pope, Alexander Pope, J. F. Sharp, W. F. Sims, George Sims, Samuel Lang- ford, Samuel G. Cooper, and Samuel Turner.
E. Kelley, of the Twelfth District, was a member of a Maury County company; W. G. W. Rochell, of this district, a member of Company C, Thirty-second Tennessee Infantry.
FIRST TENNESSEE CAVALRY.
A condensed account of the services of a Confed- erate cavalry command is almost impossible. Con- trolled by circumstances, rather than by strict orders from superiors, their movements were not outlined by a clear-cut plan, as were the movements of in- fantry. Making long and seemingly almost impossi- ble marches, engaging in fighting at close quarters with the enemy, some of their most serious engage- ments were often affairs which, as they did not mate-
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rially affect the general trend of events, are hardly dignified in histories of the Civil War by the title of " battle." That the First Tennessee Cavalry fought the invaders of Southern soil over all the territory embraced in the Southern Confederacy east of the Mississippi River is almost literally true. In May, 1861, the Second Battalion was mustered into service, the First Battalion having been mustered in one day earlier. A company for the Second Battalion, com- posed of citizens of Perry County and Cane Creek of Hickman County, was raised by N. N. Cox, who had married Miss Slayden, of Cane Creek. At the or- ganization Captain Cox was elected major, Lieut. James H. Lewis, a grandson of the pioneer, John C. Lewis, and a relative of General Forrest, succeeding him as captain. In October, 1861, in an engagement with the enemy near Hopkinsville, Ky., George W. Barham, of Lewis' company, was killed, he being the first soldier killed in the army later commanded by Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston. During the winter of 1861-62 the Second Battalion repeatedly engaged the enemy in Southern Kentucky, withdrawing, by way of Fort Donelson, Nashville, and Columbia, to Ala- bama. It participated in the battle of Shiloh, re- maining on the field for three days after the battle, at which time it voluntarily withdrew. At Corinth, Miss., it consolidated with the Eleventh Tennessee Battalion, forming the First Tennessee Cavalry. Here Major Cox resigned and proceeded to raise a battalion, which consolidated with Napier's battalion,
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forming the Tenth Tennessee Cavalry. In July, 1862, at the reorganization at Tupelo, Miss., Capt. James H. Lewis was elected lieutenant colonel. The First Cavalry was in the battle at Iuka, Miss., and in the stubbornly contested affair at Corinth on October 5 and 6, 1862. The regiment, which was with General Van Dorn's forces, retreated in front of General Grant. In the engagement at Holly Springs in December, 1862, Colonel Wheeler was wounded, and Lieutenant Colonel Lewis assumed command of the regiment. Connected with the command of Gen- eral Forrest, it participated in the engagements at Spring Hill, Thompson's Station, in and around Franklin, and at Brentwood. It then drove in every picket around Nashville, between the Franklin turn- pike and the Cumberland River. It then crossed the Cumberland Mountains, and, after much service here, took part in the battle of Chickamauga. After pur- suing a large detachment of Federal cavalry as far north as Philadelphia, in Rhea County, it went with the raid around McMinnville, Murfreesboro, and Wartrace. Returning by way of Decatur, Ala., it rejoined the army in time to take part in the battle of Missionary Ridge. It participated in the battles of Resaca, New Hope Church, Pine Mountain, Kenne- saw Mountain, and the battles around Atlanta. At New Hope Church this regiment and the Ninth Bat- talion opposed successfully for over an hour a much larger force of the enemy. These commands served as cavalry, and, in addition to this, repeatedly dis-
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