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I find it impossible to recall, with a few exceptions, the names of my comrades that were killed, wounded, or lived to return to their homes. I think there are only three of the company living here in Memphis now-viz .: Lieut. Hunsdon Cary, Sergt. E. C. Brookshire, and the writer. In conclusion, I will give the names of those I can recall that were killed or lost a limb in the service, begin-
ยท ning with the original officers -- viz .: (First Lieutenant) Capt. Wm. F. Bourne, brother of the writer, was killed on the 22d of July, 1864, in front of Atlanta, Ga., while leading the regiment upon the third line of the enemy's works, receiv- ing four wounds previous to the one that killed him. When he was first wounded
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-in the hand and arm-Color Sergt. Pixley, who was then carrying the colors, went to him to see how badly he was hurt, and tendered his services to have him cared for, to which he replied not to stop for him but to go forward with the col- ors-his last order-and both of them continued forward. Soon afterward he was shot in the side, then in both legs, and fell on top of the enemy's third line of works. While lying there he was shot in the head and killed. Thus perished a dutiful son, noble brother, and gallant soldier, in the bloom of youth and man- hood, aged twenty-four years. There were only six other men besides him and Sergt. Pixley that reached the place, and Sergt. Pixley was the only one of the eight that escaped. The others were all killed, and the colors he carried were riddled. After the fight, when the enemy had fallen back a few hundred yards, Sergt. Pixley and the writer went to the place where they fell, and found my brother only partly buried. We completed the mournful task, it being impossible then to remove his body. (Second Lieutenant) First Lieutenant Otis II. Smith was killed at Resaca Bridge-a brave, dashing soldier, beloved and lamented by all who knew him. Orderly Sergt. - Harney, killed; (Third Sergeant) Capt. Barna B. Blue, lost an arm; (Fifth Sergeant) Orderly Sergeant P. S. Powers, lost an arm; Color Sergt. Robt. Pixley, killed at Franklin, Tenn., in Hood's campaign -shot through the head while carrying the colors; John Lenox, lost a leg. Quite a number of the old company who escaped death by leaden messengers have since the close of the war died from disease caused by exposure during the war, and they deserve to have their names enrolled among its victims also. Among those I now recall are (Captain) Lieut .- col. John F. Cameron, died with consumption; (Private) Orderly Sergt. W. A. Redford, died with consumption; and (Private) First Lieutenant John F. Lovin, died with consumption. For a great part of the data I am indebted to Lieut. Hunsdon Cary and Orderly Sergt. E. C. Brook- shire.
TWENTY-SECOND BATTALION TENN. INFANTRY.
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Colonel, T. B. McMurray.
COMPANY A. Captain, Thomas E. Taylor.
Chisum, Preston, d. Feb. 1, 1863.
Hunter, L. F., d. March 26, 1863.
Anderson, William, d. April 6, 1863. Campbell, G. M., d. Feb. 1, 1863.
Wilson, J. L., d. Aug. 6, 1864. Narris, Bethel, d. June 27, 1864. Gambrell, John, d. July 20, 1864.
COMPANY B. Captain, James S. Gribble.
Allen, William, k. at Murfreesboro. Cantrell, L. D., k. at Murfreesboro. Wilkerson, L. H., k. May 27, 1864. Nuchols, J. E., d. Feb. 20, 1863.
Webb, Thomas. d. Feb. 1, 1863.
Tanner, William, d. April 10, 1863. Boren, James, d. | Jones, Martin, d. April 15, 1863.
COMPANY C. Captain, J. M. Freiley.
COMPANY D. Captain, John W. Bass.
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COMPANY E. Captain, M. B. Wood. West, Charles, d. April 15, 1863. | Simpson, Joel, d. Feb. 15, 1863. COMPANY F. Captain, O. P. Schoolfield. COMPANY G. Captain, E. Hixon. COMPANY H. Captain, M. A. Christian COMPANY K. Captain, Robert C. Gailbreth.
TWENTY-THIRD BATTALION TENN. INFANTRY.
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FIELD AND STAFF.
Colonel, T. W. Newman; Assistant Quartermaster, Miller Turney; Commissary, Walton Hiles; Surgeon, John Murphy; Adjutant, Wm. G. Newman.
COMPANY A. Captain, W. P. Simpson.
Gare, Edward, k. at Resnea, Ga.
Waggoner, David, d. March 2, 1864.
Wise, James, d. Dec. 17, 1863.
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Daniel, L. A., d. Aug. 12, 1963. Harper, Thomas, d. Aug. 16, 1862.
COMPANY B. Captain, W. T. Powers.
Houston, James H., k. at Chickamauga.
Forest, W. H., k. at Chickamauga.
Hane, J. A., d. Oct., 1862.
Rudd. B., d. Aug., 1862.
Sumers, N. S., d. June, 1862.
Terry, J. C., d. May, 1862.
Young, R. W., d. July 1, 1863. Barnett, W. S., d.
Wilson, J. S .. d. Dec .. 1862.
Rosenbaum, Timothy, d.
Everton, James, d. July, 1862.
Redd, D. T., d.
Mills, A. D., d. July, 1862.
Minton, Leonard, k. at Resaca. Walker, Benjamin L., k. at Resaca.
COMPANY C. Captain, Thomas J. Stanfield.
Shafner, M. D., k. at Chickamauga. Tribble, P. W., k. at Chickamauga.
Nott, J. P., k. at Chickamauga. Blankenship, W. D., d.
Gardner, M. F., k. at Resaca, Ga. Troxels, W. S., k. May 14, 1854. Koonce, James A., k. May 14, 1364.
COMPANY D. Captain, Joseph H. Baxter.
Arvalt, W. J., k at Atlanta, Ga. Ally, J. H., k. at Marietta, Ga.
Lunny, Francis, k. at Marietta, Ga.
COMPANY E. Captain, J. L. Moore.
Lock, W. C., k. at Resaca, Ga. Smith, J. M., k. at Resaca, Ga. Stephens, J. E., k. at Marietta, Ga. Eslick, William, d. Aug. 2, 1853.
Roughton, J. F., d. April 7, 1863. Ronghton, J. M., d. April 9, 1863. Claxton, Rush, d. Dec. 20, 1862.
McMurray, A. J., d. Jan. 24, 1863.
Williamson, J., d. March 10, 1863.
Hooper, J. H., d. March 26, 1803.
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CAVALRY.
FIRST CONFEDERATE CAVALRY. BY H. C. BATE, NASHVILLE, TENN.
THIS regiment was organized at Spring Creek, Madison county, Tenn., about the 1st of April, 1862, under an order from Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston. The original command from which the regiment was formed was known as the First Kentucky Battalion, composed of troops from the western portion of Kentucky, and commanded by Maj. H. C. King. The battalion was composed of four com- panies: Cos. A and B, Captains R. C. Grundy and James Pell, enlisted in and around Paducah; Co. C, Captain M. Swann, from Calloway county; and Co. D. Captain J. H. Guthrie, from Graves county. To these were added Co. E, Captain C. H. Conner, from Haywood and Lauderdale counties; Co. F, Captain M. V. Gray, from Shelby and Henry counties; Co. G, Captain C. S. Robertson, from Hardin county; Co. I, Captain M. J. Wicks, from Memphis; and Cos. H and K, composed of Alabama troops, and temporarily attached to the regiment. These two companies were subsequently transferred and their places supplied by two Tennessee companies, viz .: Co. H, Captain George Carter, from White count: ; and Co. K, Captain J. S. Tyner, from Hamilton county.
At the organization of the regiment Col. Thomas Claiborne, of Gen. Johnston's staff, was assigned to duty as Colonel; Capt. James Pell, of Co. B, was appointed Lieutenant-colonel; Capt. Moses J. Wicks, of Co. I, was appointed Major; private II. C. Bate, of Co. K, Second Tennessee Infantry (Bate's), was appointed Adjutant, with the rank of First Lieutenant; Dr. B. F. Lackey, of Ripley, was appointed Surgeon; and Dr. John H. Ware, of Brownsville, Assistant Surgeon.
During the Kentucky campaign of the fall of 1862, while the army was at Bardstown, an election was ordered to be held in the regiment to supply vacan- cies in the field and staff. At this election Maj. H. C. King was made Colonel; Capt. C. S. Robertson, of Co. G, was made Lieutenant-colonel; and Adjutant H. C. Bate was made Major. B. C. Brown, of Co. F, was appointed Adjutant, but being soon after assigned to other duty, private John F. Wilkerson, of Co. I, was appointed in his stead.
From its organization, just before the battle of Shiloh, the regiment was con- nected with the Army of Tennessee, doing outpost duty during the campaign suc- ceeding the battle of Shiloh and the retreat from Corinth. In the advance into Kentucky it was assigned to duty under Gen. Forrest, and soon after entering that State was transferred to Gen. Wheeler's command, where it remained until the close of the campaign, which culminated in the fall of Atlanta. On the advance of Gen. Hood into Tennessee the regiment was detached from Gen. Wheeler's corps and assigned to special service with the advancing army, and shared with it the fortunes and misfortunes of that eventful campaign; and when the torn and tat- tered remnant of that grand Army of the West recrossed the Tennessee River
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and returned to Corinth, the regiment was assigned to Gen. W. H. Jackson's di- vision of Gen. Forrest's corps, where it remained until the surrender of that great captain at Gainesville, Ala., on the 12th of May, 1865. It was in active service as a regiment over three years, and from over a thousand men on its rolls at the time of its organization it surrendered with less than two hundred men fit for duty. Its history is a part of the glorious history of the Army of Tennessee.
NOTE .- In the list of officers the following were inadvertently omitted: Sur- geons, Dr. B. F. Lackey (transferred), Dr. John H. Ware; Assistant Surgeons, John II. Ware (promoted), William Hoover; Adjutant, B. C. Brown, promoted to As- sistant Quartermaster; Captains, George Carter, J. H. Ammonett; Second Lieu- tenants, R. W. Reynolds, R. L. Mitchell, John Riley, J. W. Wheeler, J. L. Good- bar. Second Lieutenant Joseph Sevier should have been reported killed at Deca- tur, Ga. It is much regretted that the regimental books containing complete muster-rolls of the regiment from its organization were lost with Gen. Wheeler's train during the last campaign in North Carolina. Most of the record herewith published is from personal recollections.
FROM GEN. JOSEPH WHEELER.
List of officers killed or died of exposure or wounds, wounded in battle, promoted, trans- ferred, resigned, etc., during the war:
COLONELS.
Claiborne, Thomas F., transferred.
Lay, John T., transferred.
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King, H. Clay. Cox, John T.
Pell, James, resigned.
LIEUTENANT-COLONELS. | Robertson, C. S.
Wicks, M. J., transferred. Chalmers, A. H., resigned.
MAJORS.
Bate, H. C., wounded at Murfreesboro.
ADJUTANTS.
Bate, H. C., promoted September, 1862.
| Wilkerson, John F
King, H. Clay, promoted.
Grundy, R. C., resigned.
Boyd, Felix G.
Pell, James, promoted.
Husbands, J. H.
Swann, Minsah. k. at Perryville, Ky.
Bettis, A. C. Jackson. T. S., k. at Blackland, Miss. Tyner, J. S.
FIRST LIEUTENANTS.
Grundy, R. C., promoted.
Johnson, Robert.
Boyd, F. G., promoted.
Futrell, J. F., k. at Williamsburg, Ky. Plumlee. Wm. T. Husbands, J. H., promoted.
Hardin, R. H., wounded at Booneville, Miss. Wilkinson, F. M. McPherson, Arch. Nanny, W. J, promoted. Boydston, -, resigned. Allen, Robert.
CAPTAINS. Conner, Charles H. Gray, M. V., resigned. Robertson, C. S., promoted.
Irwin, James U. Wicks, M. J., promoted.
Guthrie, J. H., resigned. Nanny, W. J.
Johnson, -. Rogers, -. Irwin, James W.
Forrest. J. Jackson, T. S., promoted. Bettis, A. C., promoted. Estes, I. N., wounded at New Hope, Ga. Anderson, -, wounded at Pumpkin-vine Creek, Ga.
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SECOND LIEUTENANTS.
Boyd, F. G., promoted.
Allen, Robert, promoted.
Pell, Wmn. H., promoted.
Carson, T. B.
Plumlee, Wm. T., resigned.
Ricks, Robert.
Sinclair, Frank M.
Pillow, S. D.
Forrest, J., promoted.
Sevier, Jos.
Hardin,
Bettis, A. C., promoted.
Estes, L. N.
Douglass, J. E., transferred.
Noland, R. C., wounded at La Vergne, Tenn.
FIRST TENNESSEE CAVALRY. BY JAMES E. CARTER, KNOXVILLE, TENN.
THE Third Battalion Tennessee Cavalry was organized in 1S61: Wm. Brazel- ton, Lieutenant-colonel, commanding; James Bradford, Major. J. A. Goldy, Captain Co. A; Burt. Lenty, Captain Co. B; Wm. Snow, Captain Co. C; John Robertson, Captain Co. D; Tim Bradley, Captain Co. E; Charley Baker, Captain Co. F. Reorganized April, 1862: Jas. E. Carter, Lieutenant-colonel; Onslow Bean, Major. A. M. Goforth, Captain Co. A; G. B. Keys, Captain Co. B; John B. King, Captain Co. C; W. S. Greer, Captain Co. D; Elbert Hurst, Captain Co. E; Tim Bradly, Captain Co. F.
The First Regiment Tennessee Cavalry, C. S. A., was organized in October, 1862: Jas. E. Carter, Colonel; Onslow Bean, Lieutenant-colonel; A. M. Goforth, Major; W. W. Giddens, Captain and Assistant Quartermaster; H. C. Greer, Cap- tain and Assistant Commissary; J. D. Carter, Lieutenant and Adjutant. G. B. Keys, Captain Co. A; S. J. Wheeler, First Lieutenant; M. G. DeDonald, Second Lieutenant; E. S. Morrill, Third Lieutenant. John B. King, Captain Co. B; W. S. Montgomery, First Lieutenant; F. Gardenhire, Second Lieutenant; John Tur- ner, Third Lieutenant. R. S. Vandyke, Captain Co. C; J. A. Turley, First Lieu- tenant; A. J. Thompson, Second Lieutenant; W. T. Miller, Third Lieutenant. W. S. Greer, Captain Co. D; Floyd MeDonald, First Lieutenant. John Jarna- gin, Captain Co. E; D. C. Smart, First Lieutenant; Alex. Monroe, Second Lien- tenant; James Kitts, Third Lieutenant. Frank Fulkerson, Captain Co. F: L. W. Jennings, First Lieutenant; Wm. Latham, Second Lieutenant; Wm. Lewis Third Lieutenant. A. R. Wiggs, Captain Co. G; C. Cate, First Lieutenant; Wm. Hutton, Second Lieutenant; J. M. Kidd, Third Lieutenant. David Neff, Captain Co. H; T. Coursey, First Lieutenant; D. C. Tolly, Second Lieutenant; J. T. Thomas, Third Lieutenant. William Wallace, Captain Co. I; --- Carnes, First Lieutenant. R. M. Swearingen, Captain Co. K; Pryor Gammon, First Lieuten- ant; S. M. Inman, Second Lieutenant; T. D. Fox, Third Lieutenant. The fol- lowing two companies were added to the regiment in the latter part of 1863, and did efficient service: Co. L-William Blackburn, Captain; William Gibson, First Lieutenant; - Shoemaker, Second Lieutenant. Co. M-Ed. Gammon, Captain; D. D. Anderson, First Lieutenant; David Taylor, Second Lieutenant; John Tay- lor, Third Lieutenant.
Jones, J. K., wounded at Resaca, Ga. Clarke, W. C.
MeCune, Alex.
Hardin, R. H., promoted.
Jones, James, k. accidentally .;
Kelly, J. F. West, James H.
Yow, J. B., kyat Paris, Tenn. McPherson, Archibald, promoted.
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After the death of Major Goforth, Capt. John B. King was Major of the regi- ment. After Major King was killed, Captain R. S. Vandyke became Major of the regiment. After Major Vandyke was killed, the office was vacant until the close of the war. After the promotion of Capt. King to the Majority of the reg- inent, Lieut. W. S. Montgomery became Captain of Co. B. After the promotion of Capt. Vandyke to the Majority of the regiment, - - was Captain of Co. C. D. C. Smart became Captain of Co. E after Capt. Jarnagin was killed. J. M. Kidd was Captain of Co. G at the close of the war. T. Coursey was Captain of Co. H at the close of the war.
The death-roll of the regiment is as follows:
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Miller, Lieut. W. T., k. at Baker's Creek, Miss., ; McDonald, Lieut. Floyd, k. in the Valley of May 16. 1863. Virginia, 1864.
Goforth, Maj. A. M., k. at Mossy Creek, Tenn-, | Gammon, Capt. Ed., k. at Morristown, Tunn., Dec., 1863. Oct. 28, 1864. Bean. Lieut .. col. Onslow, k. at Marion, Va., Dec .. 1864. King, Maj. J. B., k. at Piedmont, Va., June 5, 1864.
Jarnagin, Capt. John, k. at Piedmont, Va., June 5, 1864.
Vandyke, Maj. R. S., k. at White Post, Va., Aug., 1864.
COMPANY A.
Caper, Willis, k. at Murfreesboro, Tenn., Dec. | Hoback, Will, k. at Piedmont, Va., June 5. 1864. 29, 1862. Geist, John, k. at Morristown, Tenn., 1864. Finn, John H., k. at Piedmont, Va., June 5, 1864. Barton, Oscar, k. at Marion, Va., Dec., 1804.
COMPANY B.
Roberts, David. k. at South Fork of Cumber- land River (Ky.), 1861.
Boyd, Hiram, k. at South Fork of Cumberland River (Ky.), 1861.
Potter, Silas, k. at Blue Springs, Tenn., Sept., 1863.
Trew, Tom, k. at Somerset, Ky., 1862.
Adams, A., k. at Piedmont, Va., June 5, 1864. Luttrell, Jo., k. near Dalton, Ga., 1864.
Rhea, Jas .. k. near Chattanooga, Oct., 1803. Winset, Wm., k. at Murfreesboro, Tenn., Dec., 1862.
Reinhart, -, k. at Piedmont, Va., June 5, 1804.
COMPANY C.
Coats, Newton, k. at Tazewell, Tenn .. 1862. Smith, Hezekiah, k. at Strawberry Plains, -
Lane, W. P., K. at White Post, Va., Aug., 1864. Tenn., Nov., 1863.
COMPANY D.
Platt, Henry D, k. at Big Creek Gap, Tenn., | Henderson, Harvy, regimental bugler, k. at Ang. 30, 1862. - Piedmont, Va., June 5, 1864.
COMPANY E.
Beeler, Isaac, k. at Cumberland Gap, 1863. Blackwell, Jake, K. at Marion, Va .. Dee., 1804.
McBee, John. k. at Newtown, Va .. Aug. 11, 1864. Hankins, John, k. at Piedmont, Va., June 5,
Graham, Sam, k. at Piedmont, Va., June 5, 1864.
: 1864.
COMPANY G. Fron, R., k. at Somerset, Ky., March 31, 1863.
COMPANY K.
Culpepper. D. H., k. on picket (Ky.), Jan., 1862. | Watkins, Carlow, k. at Murfreesboro, Dec. 27, 1362.
The regiment was in some severe fighting in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Vir- ginia. Was on the campaign in Kentucky with Gen. E. K. Smith, in 1862. Was
Thomas, Lient. J. T., k. in Green county, Tenn .. Jan., 1805.
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in the main battle of Murfreesboro, under the gallant Gen. John Pegram. Was detached from the brigade and sent with Gen. Wheeler in rear of the enemy's lines, where it did some very effective work. Co. C, Capt. Vandyke's, was in the siege of Vicksburg, where it did valuable service. Co. K, Capt. Swearin- gen, was with Geu. Johnston on his memorable march from Dalton, Ga., to At- lanta, and did some hard fighting. The regiment also fought gallantly while in the Valley of Virginia, beginning with Piedmont-or, as the Federals call it, New Hope Church. In this battle the regiment suffered heavy loss in officers and men. Then we were in the memorable campaign under Gen. Early against Washington. and afterward with him all through his valley campaign. There was no better fighting material in the Confederate army than this regiment.
Co. A was made up in Rhea county; Co. B, in Hamilton county; Co. C, in Me- Minn county; Co. D, in Rhea and Bledsoe counties; Co. E, in Union and Knox counties; Co. F, in Claiborne county; Co. G, in Blount county ; Co. H, in Jefferson county; Co. I, in Blount county; Co. K, in Jefferson county; Co. L, in Claiborne county; Co. M, in Washington, Sullivan, and Carter counties.
Official.]
FIRST TENNESSEE CAVALRY. Colonel, James E. Carter.
COMPANY A. Captain, A. M. Goforth.
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Duncan, Robert. d. March 8, 1862. Taylor, J. T., d. at Cumberland Gap.
Holmes, George W., d. July 3, 1862, at Bean's |Wilson, William, d. April 20, 1862.
Rogers, W. L., d. March 9, 1862.
Station. White, William, d. at Wallace's Cross- roads, Aug. 16, 1862.
COMPANY B. Captains : Burt. Lenty and John B. King.
Harmer, D. W., d. Ang. 15, 1862. Dillahunty, James, k. in action, Sept. 1, 1802.
Ward, J. H., accidentally shot. Patterson, William, d. March 26, 1862, at Fin-
Bunn, T. H., d. Aug. 28, 1862, at Fincastle, castle, Tenn.
Tenn.
COMPANY C. Captains : Richard S. Vandyke and William F. Gass.
Denton, A., d. June 8, 1863, at Vicksburg.
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Henry, Addison, d. Jan. 24, 1362, at Livingston,
Colter, Alexander A., d. April 12, 1862. Tenn. COMPANY D. Captain, John Robertson.
Norris, W. D., d. March, 1862, at Cumberland | Smith, Jacob, d. March 18, 1862. Gap.
COMPANY F. Captain, W. S. Greer.
Platt, Henry D., k. by bush-whackers, Aug. 30, [ Foust, W. T., d. June 5, 1862, at Kingston. 1862, at Big Creek Gap. Bassett, W. W., d. July 14, 1862, at Wallace's
Henry, A. L., d. at Livingston, Tenn., Feb. 25, | Cross-roads, Tenn.
1862.
COMPANY F. Captain, F. Fulkerson. Tucker, J. P., d. June 28, 1862.
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COMPANY G. Captain, A. R. Wiggs. Trow, R., k. March 31, 1863, at Somerset, Ky.
COMPANY H. Captain, David Neff.
Higgs, J. N. B., d. March 26, 1862, at Henry | Willson, John, d. Feb. 28, 1862, at Paris, Tenn. Station. Freeman, W. . 1., d. April 1, 1962, at home.
COMPANY I. Captain, William Wallace. Jones, A. W. B., d. Sept. 1, 1862. COMPANY K. Captain, R. M. Swearingen.
MeKenzie, J. C., d. April 30, 1862.
Delashunt, G. B., d. Aug. 4, 1802. Loyd, J. C., d. April 27, 1802.
FIRST TENNESSEE CAVALRY .*
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Colonel, James T. Wheeler. COMPANY A. Captain, G. M. V. Kinzer. COMPANY B. Lieutenant, W. P. Wagoner. COMPANY C. Captain, Thomas B. Wilson.
COMPANY D. Captain, L. K. Hooper. White, W. R., k. near Columbia, Tenn., Oct. 12, 1864.
The following memoranda appear on one of the muster-rolls, under the heading of " Rec- ord of Events : "
"This company participated in all the different engagements along the line of the Chatta- hooche River and around Atlanta, Ga., up to the 10th of August, 1564. Moved thence with the regiment, under command of Gen. Wheeler, to rear of enemy in North Georgia, to Dalton; thence to East Tennessee about Knoxville, crossing the Hiawassee, Tennessee, French Broad. Holston, and Clinch rivers; thence across Cumberland Mountains to a point near Nashville. in Middle Tennessee; from thence to South Florence, Ala., crossing Tennessee River at Coi- bert Shoals; having marched a distance of hout eight hundred miles from August 10th to September 6th. The regiment, having been temporarily transferred to Gen. Forrest's com- mand, crossed Tennessee River in rear of the enemy's lines. participated in the various en- gagements and captures made by his command in North Alabama and Middle Tennessee. and recrossed the river Oet. 8, 1864, with orders to join Maj .- gen. Wheeler's command in North Georgia. Moved across Alabama, to Gadsden, Ala. Since August 10th the company has marched at least two thousand miles, been almost continuously in the saddle, participated in all of the various engagements of Wheeler's cavalry with Gen. Sherman's command, from Griffin to Savannah, Ga."
COMPANY E. Captain, James T. Polk.
Dandridge, A. B .. d. Oct. 18, 1863. Maxwell, W. M., k. June 28, 1864.
Shaddin, A. E., k. by bush-whackers. Nov. 14, 'Smith, J. F .. d. a prisoner. 1863. Turner, Ned, d. at hospital.
Davis, J. H., k. while on a raid, Sept. 25, 1863.
* For sketch of Whee.er's First Tennessee Cavalry see page SS3.
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COMPANY F. Captain, A. G. Freeman. Howser, L., k. by the enemy near New Hope Church, Ga., May 27, 1864. COMPANY G. Captains: J. M. Mitchell and W. R. Duncan.
Mitchell, Capt. J. M., d. Feb. 1, 1864.
Whittington, William J., d. near Davistown,
Kenteb, Daniel F., k. in action June 4, 1863.
Ala., Aug. 17, 1864.
Sparks, Thomas J., k. Dec. 4, Is6t.
COMPANY H. Captain, Robert K. Jones. Harris, Charles, d. at Atlanta, Ga., June 20, 1864. COMPANY I. Captain, Hartwell F. Barham. Hayden, Lieut. John C., k. in a diffienlty, in Perry county, Tenn., Oet. 25, 1863. COMPANY K. Captain, D. C. Myers.
Morris, R. F., d. March, 1864. Brunson, J. S. R., k. near Sandersville, Ga., Nov. 28, 1864.
Anderson, R. C., k. Nov. 28, 1864.
Webb, T. B., K. June 29, 1804.
FROM GEN. JOSEPH WHEELER.
List of officers killed or died of exposure or wounds, wounded in battle, promoted, trans- ferred, resigned, etc., during the war:
COLONEL. Wheeler, James T., wounded in battle at Holly Springs, Dec. 20, 1862.
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL. Lewis, James H. MAJOR. Dobbins, Joseph. ADJUTANT. Frierson, W. J., jr. CAPTAINS.
Wheeler, James T., promoted and wounded. Lewis, James H., promoted.
'Kinzer, G. W., wounded at Franklin, Tenn., April 1, 1863. Hooper, Lenn, wounded in Georgia, May 2, 1862. Polk, James.
Freeman, A. G., wounded at New Hope, Ga., May 27, 1863. Mitchell, J. M., d. in hospital at Augusta, Ga., , Feb. 1, 1864.
[ Barham, IT. F., wounded near Tenn. Hill. Myers, D. C. Jones, R. M. Caldwell, S. Y. Heiss, J. H.
Davis. Thomas, wounded at Henryville, Va .. April. 1865. Abernathy. James E. Bennett, O. Duncan, U. R.
FIRST LIEUTENANTS.
Fussell, Joe H.
Warfield, B.
Duncan, W. B.
. Burns, E. M.
Cochran. James.
Rains, B.
Dobbins, Joseph, promoted. Myers, D. C., promoted.
Nave, Doc. Caldwell, S. Y., promoted.
SECOND LIEUTENANTS.
Burns, E. M., promoted. Johnson, W. A. Heiss, J. H., promoted.
Aldison, W. H., d. in prison- ship off Charles- ton, 1363.
Wilson, James, wounded at Denmark, West Tenn., Sept. 3, 1862. Aldriek, M. C. Wall, James J. N. Gardner, C. R .. k. May, 1865.
Butler, John D. Vive, Doc .. promoted. Farmer, J. N. M. Dobbins, Newton Bryant. T. J. B.
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REGIMENTAL HISTORIES AND MEMORIAL ROLLS.
Alexander, Jess.
Kinzer, W. F., promoted and wounded. Johnson, G., wounded at Franklin, 1563. Gardner, C. R., promoted and k.
Webster, N. B., wounded July 13, 1864. Jones, R. M., promoted.
Stallings, G. W., wounded at New Hope, Ga., June 27, 1864.
SECOND TENNESSEE CAVALRY. BY GEO. F. HAGER, NASHVILLE, TENN.
ON the 7th of June, 1862, at Fulton, Miss., the First Battalion of Tennessee - Cavalry, consisting of five companies, and the Eighth Battalion, of seven compa- nies, were consolidated, and formed the Second Regiment of Tennessee Cavalry. and reenlisted for the war. The First Battalion had been organized at Nashville, May 23, 1861, and the Seventh Battalion at Epperson Springs, October 19, 1861. Both had been in active service in Kentucky and Tennessee, then in the battles of Shiloh, Farmington, Monterey, and Booneville, Miss., and other places in and around Corinth during the stay of our army there. By the consolidation seven companies of about one hundred men each were formed. Afterward three West Tennessee companies were added-companies II, I, and K. The regiment, when complete, was as follows:
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