Spiller’s Tennessee Cavalry Battalion
No muster rolls, nor record of organization of this battalion were found. However, it is mentioned several times in the Official Records, with C. C. Spiller as lieutenant colonel, and Continue Reading →
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Davis’ Tennessee Cavalry Battalion
Organized as a battalion in Confederate service at Bardstown, Kentucky, September 27, 1862; merged into 8th, also called 4th, (Baxter Smith’s) Tennessee Cavalry Regiment at Shelbyville, Tennessee January 27, 1863. Continue Reading →
27th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion
Lieutenant Colonel James E. Daniel The only record of this organization was found in Special Order Number 52, Adjutant and Inspector Generals Office at Richmond, Virginia, dated March 3, 1865 Continue Reading →
12th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion
Also called Adrian’s Partisan Ranger Battalion; Phipps’ Battalion Organized September 1, 1862; consolidated with 16th Battalion, June, 1863 to March, 1864, in temporary field organization known as Rucker’s Legion; in Brigadier Continue Reading →
7th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion
Organized November 15, 1861 at Camp Jim Davis, Macon County; mustered into Confederate service at Camp Sandy Barnes, Gallatin, in December, 1861; reorganized June 13, 1862 and consolidated with 1st Continue Reading →
5th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion
Also called 1st Battalion; also 4th Battalion Organized August 29, 1861 at Knoxville, Tennessee; reorganized May 1862, and with the exception of two companies merged with 4th (Branner’s) Battalion to form Continue Reading →
4th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion
Also called 1st, also 2nd East Tennessee Cavalry Battalion Organized August 29, 1861; mustered into Confederate service October 4, 1861; reorganized May 24, 1862 and consolidated with the 5th Battalion to Continue Reading →
1st Tennessee Cavalry Battalion
Also called 1st West Tennessee Cavalry Battalion:1st Middle Tennessee Cavalry Battalion Organized early 1861; mustered into Confederate service September 19, 1861; reorganized May, 1862; consolidated into three companies June 13, Continue Reading →
Hardy’s Squadron
Captain Leslie T. Hardy This was a temporary organization, formed in December, 1862, by order of Major General John P. McCown, to serve as his escort. It was composed of Continue Reading →
Captain Champ Ferguson’s Calvary Company
No muster rolls were found of this organization, but it was organized in the first half of 1862 by Champ Ferguson, who was born just across the state line in Continue Reading →