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Co. C: V. F. Bibb, Captain; W. B. Erwin, First Lieutenant; G. L. Grimes, Second Lieutenant; T. H. Church, Junior Second Lieutenant.
Co. D: R. N. Whitson, Captain; E. A. Hornbeak, First Lieutenant; B. Mc- Lanahan, Second Lieutenant; A. McCaleb, Junior Second Lieutenant.
Co. E: James H. Akin, Captain; A. B. Biffle, First Lieutenant; A. A. Kenne- dy, Second Lieutenant; A. J. Pugh, Junior Second Lieutenant.
Co. F: Thomas Whitehead, Captain; Samuel Burns, First Lieutenant; Dr. Crouch, Second Lieutenant; W. M. Biffle, Junior Second Lieutenant.
On the approach of the Federals to Forts Henry and Donelson the battalion was ordered to the latter place. The first attack being made on Fort Henry, it was ordered there two days before that place fell into the hands of the enemy, and on the evening before the fort was reduced by the United States flotilla experi- enced its first active field service, which consisted in reconnoitering the more- ments of the enemy. On the next day, Fort Henry having fallen, the battalion reported for duty at Fort Donelson, where, under Col. N. B. Forrest, it took part in the defense of our works until the 15th of February, 1862, when it was included in the surrender made on the morning of the 16th. The field officers of the battal- ion were imprisoned at Fort Warren; officers of the line first at Camp Chase, then on Johnson's Island; and the privates at Camp Morton. After a wearisome, resi- less, and unhappy period of seven months imprisonment, by the terms of the gen- eral exchange of prisoners the battalion was placed again on Southern soil at Vicksburg, and from thence was removed to Jackson, Miss., for the purpose of re- organization and equipment. After the reorganization, about the last of Septent- ber, 1862, the field and staff officers were as follows:
. George Gantt, Lieutenant-colonel; James II. Akin, Major; W. Vance Thomp- son, Adjutant; G. A. Pope, Quartermaster; II. C. Mack, Commissary; Thomas Hannah, Assistant Surgeon; Rev. John Grisham, Chaplain; T. N. Jones, Ser- geant-major; W. T. Porter, Quartermaster Sergeant; Eli E. Akin, Commissary Sergeant; G. B. Farrar, Ordnance Sergeant; W. H. Timmons, Hospital Steward. The companies were officered as follows:
Co. A: Frank J. McLean, Captain; H. L. Hendley, First Lieutenant; D. N. Estes, Second Lieutenant; Joe A. Irvine, Junior Second Lieutenant.
Co. B: R. N. Moore, Captain; J. B. Galloway, First Lieutenant; John J. Ste- phenson, Second Lieutenant; Thomas J. Perry, Junior Second Lieutenant.
Co. C: G. W. Mayberry, Captain; W. B. Erwin, First Lieutenant; Marion Bryant, Second Lieutenant; D. S. Johnson, Junior Second Lieutenant.
Co. D: Jerry Green, Captain; E. A. Hornbeak, First Lieutenant; Marsh Foster, Second Lieutenant; G. H. Broom, Junior Second Lieutenant.
Co. E: A. B. Biffle, Captain; George O. Kirk, First Lieutenant; Joe J. Pat- ton, Second Lieutenant; J. J. Curry, Junior Second Lieutenant.
Co. F: Wm. L. Bromley, Captain; Joe A. Clendenin, First Lientenant; J. E. Grimes, Second Lieutenant; J. I. Cotton, Junior Second Lieutenant.
Soon after the reorganization Col. Gantt, with a detail from the several compa- nies, was ordered to Middle Tennessee to get recruits for the battalion and secure horses upon which to remount his men. During his absence, and almost immedi- ately upon his departure, the battalion, under Maj. Akin, was ordered to- report to
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Col. Simonton, of the First Mississippi Infantry, commanding brigade, and with him joined the forces of Gens. Price and Van Dorn on their retreat from Corinth, Miss.
In a short time the brigade was ordered south to report to Gen. Villepigue, at Port Hudson, where they aided in the construction of the fortifications. Here the battalion was joined by Col. Gantt and the recruits he brought from Tennes- see, about the 1st of January, 1863, and was remounted. Col. Gantt was put in con- mand of all the cavalry at this point, and charged with the duty of covering Gen. Gardner's front, which he did with great success, his system of picketing being regarded as superior. About this time Gen. Gardner, with all his infantry, was besieged in Port Hudson. In the meantime Col. Gantt obtained leave of absence . and returned to Tennessee, which, soon after liis arrival, fell into the hands of the Federals. The Colorel in attempting to make his escape was wounded and taken prisoner, after which the command of the battalion devolved upon Maj. Akin, who continued in command till the close of the war.
During the first half of 1863 the battalion was brigaded with the Fourth Con- federate Cavalry, Wilbur's Mississippi regiment, the Eleventh and Seventeenth Arkansas Mounted Infantry. The brigade thus formed was placed under com- mand of Col. John L. Logan, of Arkansas. This body of troops operated up and down the Mississippi River, from Vicksburg to Baton Rouge, having many lively engagements with the enemy, who was trying to occupy the country. On one oc- casion the battalion surprised and captured the Fourteenth New York Metropol- itan Cavalry, with all their arms, equipments, etc. This body of troops was on outpost duty for the army of Gen. Banks, which at the time was investing Port Hudson, and of course its capture was effected in close proximity to Banks's whole army. In a short time after this, in the vicinity of Port IIndson, a train of one hundred wagons was sent out by Gen. Banks to forage upon the country. This train was escorted by quite a large body of the enemy, splendidly armed and equipped. Our brigade, nevertheless, dashed into them, and while a portion of the command was engaging them in the front the Ninth Battalion gained their rear, cut off the wagon-train, capturing every wagon, and brought them in safety to Jackson, Miss .- ninety-six splendid new wagons, with their teams, aggregat- ing near four hundred of the finest mules.
During the siege of Port Hudson the brigade made a raid on Springfield Land- ing, La., immediately on the Mississippi River, only four miles below Port Hud- son. It was the emporium for the landing and storage of supplies for Banks's army during the investment of Port Hudson. One evening while our brigade was quietly encamped near Gains's Mill, in Mississippi, the bugle sounded the signal to "mount horses, and then fall into line." This being done, the brigade moved off at a rapid pace in a south-easterly direction. The march continued all night through darkness. All main roads were avoided. Having traveled near seventy-five miles, the brigade was halted and a detail sent forward to capt- ure the pickets of the garrison stationed at the landing. This being done, the en- tire brigade charged in three columns through an open field. Some of the enemy threw down their arms and surrendered, others continued firing from out-houses and behind fences, and some from boats lying at the wharf, upon which they had taken refuge. The Ninth Battalion was sent forward on the road leading to Port Hudson to intercept any reinforcements from Banks's main army, only four miles
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distant. The rest of the brigade set fire to the buildings containing the commis- sary and quartermaster stores, and began destroying a large train of wagons. At this moment a command of Rhode Island cavalry, sent by Gen. Banks, came to the rescue. The Ninth Battalion met them with a deadly fire. They fell back, but soon re-formed and came again, but were again repulsed with heavy loss. By this time the destruction of the commissary and quartermaster stores and the wagons was completed; then the brigade was ordered to retire, which it did in safety; and after a circuitous and most wearisome march of two days, the battal- ion reached its old camp.
The result of this raid was the destruction of the garrison, the burning of over half a million of rations and a large quantity of quartermaster stores, together with a very large train of wagons. The loss of our command was small.
Soon after the surrender of Port Hudson the enemy sent a mixed brigade of colored and white troops, supported by artillery, to occupy Jackson, La., and when attacked by our brigade they made a most desperate resistance, fighting hand to hand. Finally, unable longer to withstand the onslaught of our men, the enemy took refuge in a large brick building-the Centenary College. Our com- mand still pursued them, under a most galling and fatal fire of the enemy from the many windows of this large building, charged on and stormed their castle, and soon gained a splendid but costly victory. The enemy was totally used up. All his artillery, baggage, small arms, etc., fell into our hands.
Gen. Wirt Adams was next placed in command of the brigade, bringing with him his old regiment, which was added to the brigade. The Ninth Battalion par- ticipated in many engagements under this gallant and beloved commander during the fall of 1863, serving with it in the campaign against McPherson on his fa- mous raid from Vicksburg to Livingston; also participating in the hard service of the campaign against Sherman on his march to Meridian, Miss. On this raid the battalion was ordered to hold a point and, if possible, develop the strength of the enemy, when by a flank movement the enemy gained the rear, and, securing a bridge, cut off all hope of escape with the horses. The members of the battalion have always held in grateful remembrance the gallantry of Gen. Wm. H. Jack- son and his escort in charging and repulsing a superior force of the enemy and holding a bridge for their safe retreat.
At Meridian the battalion was detached from the brigade with which it had acted so long and successfully, and was moved to Dalton, Ga., in March, 1864. Here it became a part of the army of Gen. Jos. E. Johnston, and was assigned to a brigade of Tennessee cavalry commanded by Col. Henry Ashby. It would be proper here to state that, owing to the death of Capt. R. N. Moore, of Co. B, and the refusal of any of that company's officers who were present to be promoted, the company elected R. Compton for its Captain, who served with signal ability and conrage from December, 1862, to June, 1863, when First Lieut. Galloway, who had been absent sick, returned, and was given the Captaincy.
At Dalton the battalion was rejoined by its old and much-esteented Surgeon. Dr. Joe E. Dixon, who, since the battalion was exchanged, had been assigned to duty in another field. The Ninth Battalion, with the other commands composing Col. Ashby's brigade, now became a part of Gen. Joe Wheeler's cavalry corps, and so remained until the close of the war.
The constant service required of all parts of Johnston's army may be said to
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have commenced with the retreat of the army from Dalton. Every backward step of the Confederates or forward step of the Federals was the signal for an en- gagement of some kind. The battalion, however, made quite a reputation for gallantry and efficiency under its present commander; was always assigned to a post of danger, and was engaged in active work almost daily. It performed its part with its usual courage and credit at the battle of Resaca, and was afterward assigned the duty of covering the retreat on one of the roads leading back to Chat- tahooche River. It is sufficient to say that on all this long and difficult retreat, and under the pressure of a hot pursuit, the officers and men performed their part. so well that no complaint was ever made; but, on the other hand, the praise due to courage and faithfulness to duty was freely accorded them. To attempt to say more of such a long-continued series of almost daily skirmishes and battles would go far beyond the purposes of this history. The services from this to the close of the war were almost entirely in the field, on the front, on the flank, or in the rear of the enemy. The success of this battalion in the attack on McCook and Brown- low near Newnan Station, Ga., was certainly one of the most brilliant of the war. Alone, with only two hundred men, it made the charge, and killed thirty-seven Federals and captured four hundred and fifty without loss.
Gen. Wheeler was next ordered to the rear of the Federal army for the pur- pose of breaking up communications and disturbing Sherman's supply resources. While passing through East Tennessee, the Ninth Battalion, with Baxter Smith's Fourth Tennessee Cavalry, was detached from the main body of Gen. Wheeler's forces for the purpose of operating on the Chattanooga railroad. A lively engage- ment occurred with the enemy in passing Tracy City, where the battalion suffered severely. After long marches, great privations, etc., the battalion tried to rejoin Gen. Wheeler, but was prevented from doing so by the fact that he had crossed the Tennessee River before the battalion reached it. The battalion then attached itself to the command of Gen. Forrest, and was with him on one of his famous raids in Tennessee, assisting in the capture of Sulphur Trestle and other points; then with Gen. Forrest crossed Tennessee River, rejoining Gen. Wheeler at Blue Mountain, Ala.
A large number of recruits having joined Co. C during the raid into Tennessee, it became necessary to form a new company, which was done. Lieut. A. A. Lips- comb was promoted to its Captaincy, Second Lieut. D. S. Johnson to the First Lieutenancy, and privates S. H. Bratton and John W. Kinzer were elected respect- ively as Second and Junior Second Lieutenants. The vacancies in Co. C were filled-Hal Wray and Richard Grimes Second and Junior Second Lieutenants. This new company became Co. G, giving Maury county another company in the battalion.
After rejoining Gen. Wheeler, this battalion participated in all the engagements with Gen. Sherman on his noted "march to the sea." It then followed him into North Carolina, where at Bentonville it fought its last fight.
When Gen. Hood made his incursion into Tennessee a number of the Ninth were sent in with him for the purpose of getting recruits for it. These nien, with the recruits and a few other soldiers who had been separated from this command, after crossing back over the Tennessee River with Hood's army, were assigned the duty of accompanying and guarding the wagon-train of the Army of Tennessee from a point in Mississippi to Salisbury, N. C. From this point this portion of
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the battalion was ordered northward to watch the movements of the Federal cav- alry, which was threatening the communications of our army. While this de- tachment, with a similar one from the First Tennessee Regiment of Cavalry, was encamped near Henry Court-house, Va., it was surprised and attacked by a large body of Federal cavalry. Their advance, however, was checked by the rapid fir- ing of a few of our men who happened to have their arms by them. This gave Col. Wheeler and Maj. Akin time to mount most of the men and form them, which was done, thus enabling the men to retreat in order. Every man of the advance-guard of the Federals was killed except one. This detachment joined the battalion near Salisbury, N. C., and all together were surrendered in the capit- ulation made by Gen. Johnston, and were paroled near Charlotte, N. C. The list of officers at the close of the war was: Maj. Jas. H. Akin, commanding the bat- talion; Adjt. Chas. V. Cyrus; Capt. Frank J. McLean, Co. A; Capt. John B. Gal- loway, Co. B; Capt. Geo. W. Mayberry, Co. C; Capt. Eli A. Hornbeak, Co. D; Capt. Ad. B. Biffle, Co. E; Capt. Wm. L. Bromley, Co. F; Capt. Arch. A. Lipscomb, Co. G. Under the head of promotions it is proper to state that Adjts. Hunter Nich- olson and Wm. Vance Thompson were promoted to the rank of Major upon Gen. Pillow's staff. H. C. Mack, Assistant Commissary Subsistence, was commissioned by Gen. Wheeler to raise a new company.
At the close of the war the battalion belonged to Ashby's brigade, Hume's di- vision, Wheeler's corps. It would not be proper in this narrative to call atten- tion to the names of any who might deserve individual mention in a more ex- tended account of the deeds done by this command. It is not amiss, however, to state that the example set by Maj. Akin in his gallant conduct upon every field of action was closely followed by all under him, both officers and men; and even at this late day each man of the "old Ninth Battalion" feels that he is honored in having been a member of so noble a band of those who followed the destiny of the Lost Cause to its final defeat.
Official.] NINTH BATTALION TENNESSEE CAVALRY.
COMPANY A.
Captains: Joseph N. Walker and Frank J. McLean.
Neal, Lee, k. near Murfreesboro, Tenn., Sept. | Cockrell, B. F., d. at Terre Haute, Ind., March 7, 1864. 23, 1862.
Foster, Lieut. E. A. H., d. at St. Louis, March 6, 1862.
Sellers, Isaac, d. at Indianapolis, Ind., May 6, 1862.
Foster, J. M., d. at Terre Haute, Ind., March 19, 1862.
Neely, S. W., d. some time in February, 1862.
Holcomb, J. R., d. at Terre Haute, Ind., March 6, 1862. Johnson, J. E., d. at Columbia, Tenn., April 12, 1862.
Johnson, J. L., d. at Terre Haute, Ind., March 10,1862.
COMPANY B.
Captains : R. M. Moore and John B. Galloway.
Weatherford, W. B, k. in a skirmish, Aug. 9, | MeLain, Monroe, k. in action, Aug. 3, 1863. 1864.
Davidson, T. S., d. at Terre Haute, Ind., some time in March, 1862.
Maxwell, R. II., d. at Terre Haute, Ind., March 7, 1862.
MoCono. il, A. C., d. at Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 10, 1862.
Zollicoffer, G. N., d. in prison at Terre Haute,
Ind., some time in March, 1862.
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COMPANY C. Captains : Vernon F. Bibb and George W. Mayberry.
Bibb, Leonidas, d. at Camp Maury, Jan. 17, ' Webb, W. T., d. at Camp Maury, Jan. 13, 1852. 1862.
Bryan, T. S., d. in prison at Terre Haute, Ind., March 10, 1862,
Bingham, William F., d. Feb. 24, 1863.
Anderson, David C., k. on the raid into Tennes- see, Sept., 1862.
Moore, William E., d. at Oxford, Miss., Nov. 20, 1862.
COMPANY D. Captains: Jeremiah Green and R. M. Whitson.
Green, Capt. Jeremiah, k. in action, July 27, | Knight, John, d. at Jackson, Miss., Sept. 18, 1864. 1862.
Ealey, E. D., d. at Vicksburg, Sept. 14, 1862.
Gilmer, W. T., d. at Vicksburg, Sept. 15, 1862.
Gill, W. E., d. in prison at Indianapolis, Ind., June 20, 1862.
Kelley, A. K., d. in prison.
COMPANY E. Captains : A. B. Biffle and James H. Akin.
Curry, Capt. William A., K. at Rice's Cross- ; Pruett, James P., K. at Jackson, Aug. 3, 1553. rcads, Dec. 2, 1864. Hines, Jesse, d. at Jackson, Sept. 20, 1862.
Gwinn, James B .. k. at Jackson, Aug. 3, 1863.
McBride, James F., d. in prison at Camp Mor- ton, Ind., April 20, 1862.
Holder, James, d. in prison at Camp Butler, July 20, 1862.
Irwin, Wesley W., d. at Jackson, Sept. 16, 1802.
COMPANY F. Captain, W. I. Bromley.
Cotton, Lient. J. F., k. in action, Dec. 2, 1861, at | Holloway, D., d. at St. Louis, March 1, 1962.
Cross-roads, Ga., near Waker Bridge, while nobly acting the part of a gallant officer. Burns, W. L., d. May 10.
Throckmorton. W. P., d. March 2, 1862.
Keeton, John, d. at St. Louis, March 1.
Belcher, Z., d. at Fort Donelson, March 23, 1862.
Choat, V. B., d. at home, March 7, 1862. Carter, George, d. on his way home, March 1. 1862.
Dickey, B. F., d. at Fort Donelson, Feb. 10, 1862.
Dickey, S. H., d. at Fort Donelson, March 20, 1862. Gibson, J. H., d. at St. Louis, March 3, 1862. Grigg, William, d. at Fort Donelson, Feb. 20, 1862.
Holloway, J., d. at Camp Douglass, Ang. 10. Harbison, B. A., d. at home, March 20, 1:02. Kyle, J. d. at home, Feb. 15, 1862.
MeClain, James, d. at Fort Donelson, Feb. 20, 1862.
Montague, J. W., d. at Camp Butler, III .. May 15, 1862.
Matheney, W. W., d. at St. Louis, March 5, 1862.
leyton, Henry, d. at Camp Morton, Ind., Ang. 28.
Parker, J., d. abont June 15.
Tait, John H., d. at St. Louis, Feb. 27, 1802. Viser, William. d. at Camp Douglass, July 1, 1862.
Weener, Lee, d. March 10, 1862.
FROM GEN. JOSEPH WHEELER.
The Ninth Battalion Tennessee Cavalry was organized at Nashville, Tenn., Dec., 1861 Number died from wounds, sickness, etc., 160; number of men and officers shot, 220.
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL.
Gantt, George, w. July 15, 1863, and dropped by order of the War Department. 1864
MAJORS.
Porter, B. W., resigned, 1862.
| Akin, James H.
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Shelvy, John, k. on the raid into Tennessee, Sept., 1862.
Smith, Harden, d. Jan. 20, 1862. Smith, Andrew, d. Jan. 25, 1802.
Garner, Samuel, k. July 2, 1803.
Hornbeak, Pleasant W., d. March 19, 1963.
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Nicholson, Hunter, promoted. Thompson, W. Vance, promoted.
ADJUTANTS. Cyrus, C. V. -
SURGEON. Dixon, Joe E.
Hatcher, B. M.
ASSISTANT QUARTERMASTER. Į Pope, G. A.
COMMISSARIAT. Mack, H. Clay.
CAPTAINS.
Gantt, George, promoted.
Porter, B. W., promoted.
Bibb, V. F., resigned from disability.
Whitson, R. N., resigned.
Akin, James H., promoted.
Whitehead, Thomas D., resigned, 1862.
Lipscomb, A. A.
Hornbeak, E. A., w. at Kennesaw Mountain 1864.
Compton, R., resigned and joined the ranks.
FIRST LIEUTENANTS ..
Foster, E. A. H., d. March, 1862.
Porter, T. L., resigned, 1862.
Erwin, W. B., w. near Newnan, 1864.
Kirk, G. O.
Hornbeak, E.A., promoted.
Biffle, A. B., promoted.
Biffle, W. M., resigned, 1862.
SECOND LIEUTENANTS.
McLean, Frank Jay, promoted.
Broom, G. H.
Galloway, John B., promoted.
Patton, J. J.
Grimes, G. L., resigned, 1862.
Grimes, J. E.
Hennedy, .1. A., resigned, 1862.
Burns, Samuel, d. May, 1862.
Couch, Dr., resigned, 1882.
Kinzer, I. W., w. at Resaca, Ga., 1864.
Estes, D. N.
Foster, Marshall, w. at Clinton, La., June 1. 1863, and resigned from disability, 1864.
Bryan, F. M., resigned from disability, 1863. Irvine, J. A.
Perry, Thomas J.
Lipscomb, A. A., promoted.
BREVET SECOND LIEUTENANTS.
McFall, W. H., resigned.
Church, E. H., resigned.
McCaleb, Alton, resigned.
m TWELFTH BATTALION TENNESSEE CAVALRY. Official.]
Majors: G. W. Day, F. L. Phipps, T. W. Adrian.
COMPANY A. Captain, Clinton J. Lyon.
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Davan. Daniel, k. in action near Monticello, ! als in ambush. (Catharine Powell, the wife,
May 1, 1863. and Malvina, the daughter of Gaston Powell,
Powell, Gaston, k. in Greene county by Feder- tesi le in Hawkins county, Tenn.)
Mayberry George W., w. at Fort Donelson, Feb., 1862. Green, Jerry, k. at Atlanta, July 26, 1864. Biffle, A. B., w. at Bentonville, N. C., 1865. Bromley, W. L.
Walker, Joe N., resigned, 1862.
Moore, Robert A., d. Nov., 1862.
MeLean, Frank Jay. Galloway, John B., w. in North Carolina, 1865.
Hendley, H. L., w. near Tunnel Hill, Ga., 1864. Stephenson, J. H
Clendenin, J. A. Johnson, D. S.
Bratton, S. H., w. at Bentonville, N. C., 1865. Wray, E. H.
Curry, J. J., w. at Clinton, La., and permanent- ly disabled. Cotton, I. I., k. near Waynesboro, Ga., 1804.
Pugh, A. J., resigned. Horn, G. J.
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COMPANY B. Captains: John Q. Arnold and John S. Fitzpatrick.
Parks, John, k. in action at Steubenville, Ky., ' Allen, James, k. in action at Chickamauga, June 9, 1863. Sept. 10, 1863.
Mynott, W. S., d. Feb. 13, 1863. Henshaw, John W., k. in action at Greenville, Luttrell, James, k. in action, March 14, 1$64. May 30, 1861.
Jones, Howard, k. in action at Chickamauga, | Sept. 19, 1863.
Scruggs, Richard D., d. from disease. Sawyers, William B., k. in action, May 30, 1864.
COMPANY C. Captain, L. J. Jennings.
Cope, Samuel, d. April 30. 1863. Sanders, Elbert, k. in action, Oct. 20, 1863.
Hurst, Levi, k. in action at Chickamauga, Sept. 21, 1863.
Hayes, J., k. in action at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1863.
Greer, William, k. by the Federalists, Jan. 20, 1865.
COMPANY D. Captain, D. C. Jackson.
Carson, S. S., k. at Knoxville in a skirmish, ! Christmas, A. J., d. of small.pox, Feb., 1863. June 20, 1865.
Jackson, J. M., k. in action, Oet. 19, 1853.
Arnott, B. W., k. Dec. 10, 1864. Cox. T., drowned March 1, 1865.
COMPANY E. Captain, Leslie T. Hardy.
Hardy, Lieut. W. B., k. in action at Philadel- | Warrell, John, k. at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, phia, Tenn., Oet. 20, 1863. 1863. Wance, Preston, k. at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, |Bennett, James, k. at Chickamauga, Sept. 1?, 1863. 1863.
Cawood, Thomas W., k. Dec. 1, 1862.
COMPANY F. Captain, William R. Neilson.
SIXTEENTH BATTALION TENNESSEE CAVALRY.
BY J. R. NEAL, RHEA SPRINGS, TENN.
THE companies constituting the Sixteenth Battalion Tennessee Cavalry were organized and mustered into the service in the winter of 1861 and the spring of 1862. From the time of their organization to October, 1862, they were under the orders of the department commander of East Tennessee on the outposts as scouts, etc., in Kentucky and East Tennessee.
In October, 1862, four of the companies-viz: Co. A, Capt. W. C. Eblen, of Roane county; Co. B, Capt. J. R. Neal, of MeMinn county; Co. C, Capt. W. P. Darwin, of Rhea county; and Co. D, Capt. B. T. Brown, of Roane county-as the Sixteenth Battalion Tennessee Cavalry, were ordered to report to Maj. E. W. Rucker. Afterward two other companies-Co. E, Capt. Thomas S. Rumbaugh, of Greene county; and Co. F, Capt. M. Staley, of Hawkins county-were assigned to the battalion. Maj. Rucker commanded the battalion with credit to himself and the command up to February 23, 1863. At this time the battalion, now num- bering about seven hundred men, was reorganized, with the following field, staff, and company officers, to wit:
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