Captain Osborne’s Scouts
Later referred to as Captain Lafayette Jenkin’s Scouts This company is listed in Armstrong’s History of Hamilton County as an independent company, unattached to any regular organization. No muster roll, Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Cavalry
Captain John Nicks’ Cavalry Company
Spence’s History of Hickman County says this company was organized by Captain John Nicks, and Lieutenant David Moore Spence, both regularly commissioned officers in the Confederate service, in the early Continue Reading →
King’s Scouts
According to Marshal’s History of Obion County, Captain George King organized this company of about 40 men in early 1864 in the vicinity of Kenton, Tennessee, for the purpose of Continue Reading →
Captain Henry Gibson’s Company, Tennessee Volunteers (“Scott County Rangers”)
Yoseloff’s Personnel of the Civil War lists this organization in the chapter on Local Designations of Confederate Organizations. Henry Gibson was captain 2nd Company “L,” 13th (Dibrell’s) Tennessee Cavalry Regiment Continue Reading →
Forrest’s Escort (Little)
Also known as Forrest’s Guards, Tennessee Calvary Records filed under “Captain J.C. Jackson’s Company, Tennessee Calvary Organized September, 1862, at Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Paroled at Gainesville, Alabama, May 10, 1865. CAPTAINS Continue Reading →
George W. Carter’s Battalion of Mounted Scouts, Co. “B” (Glover)
Armstrong’s History of Hamilton County says Captain Samuel Glover raised this company in Hamilton County, was captured in January 1865, and sent to prison at Camp Chase, Ohio. No muster Continue Reading →
Captain Albert Hendon Cross’ Tennessee Calvary Company
Spence’s History of Hickman County says a number of men from Hickman County served in this company which was organized by Captain Cross, of Davidson County. A. Duval McNairy, also 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 →
Captain J. W. Clark’s Independent Cavalry Company
Enlisted August 31, 1862 at Chattanooga, Tennessee; last record April 30, 1864 at Abingdon, Virginia. Nothing is known of the activities of the company prior to June 1863. Company reports Continue Reading →
Confederate Calvary Company: Robert D. Anderson
Robert D. Anderson, formerly of the 20th Tennessee Infantry, having been discharged for disability, after recovering his health, raised a company of cavalry early in 1863 and reported to Colonel Continue Reading →