Newsom’s Tennessee Cavalry Regiment
Organized within Federal lines in West Tennessee in 1863; broken up and men distributed to other organizations May, 1864. This regiment is not to be confused with the 18th (usually Continue Reading →
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28th (Jourdan Hays’) Tennessee Cavalry Regiment
No record of authorization for this regiment was found except in parole records in 1865, most of them dated May 16, 1865, at Chattanooga, Tennessee. It was probably formed in Continue Reading →
22nd (Barteau’s) Tennessee Cavalry Regiment
Originally and usually called 2nd Tennessee Cavalry Regiment. Also 2nd Tennessee Cavalry Battalion Organized June, 1862; reorganized June, 1863; reorganized May 10, 1864; consolidated February, 1865 with 21st (Wilson’s) and paroled Continue Reading →
21st (Nathan W. Carter’s) Tennessee Cavalry Regiment
Also known as as Scouts, and as Wheeler’s Scouts Organized September, 1864; never officially numbered by Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office, but known in field as 21st; February, 1865, merged Continue Reading →
21st (Wilson’s) Tennessee Cavalry Regiment
Also called 16th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment Organized February 4, 1864 as a consolidation of various irregular organizations. The regiment was organized with eleven companies, “A” to “L”. FIELD OFFICERS Colonel-Andrew Continue Reading →
20th (Russell’s) Tennessee Cavalry Regiment
Also called 15th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment Organized February 5, 1864; consolidated March, 1865 with 18th, also called 1~h (Newsom’s) Regiment and paroled as 19th and 20th Consolidated Tennessee Cavalry Regiment Continue Reading →
19th (Biffle’s) Tennessee Cavalry Regiment
Known in field, mustered as, and paroled as 9th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment. Organized October 3, 1862; officially designated 19th; paroled at Gainesville, Alabama May 1865. Colonel Jacob B. Biffle was Continue Reading →
18th (Newsom’s) Tennessee Cavalry Regiment
Usually called 19th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment Organized May 11, 1864; consolidated March, 1865 with 20th (Russell’s) Regiment; paroled at Gainesville, Alabama May, 1865 as the 19th and 20th Tennessee Cavalry Continue Reading →
16th (Logwood’s) Tennessee Cavalry Regiment
Also called 15th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment Organized August 27, 1863 at Pikeville, Mississippi; reorganized November 16, 1863; consolidated with Street’s Mississippi Battalion, 15th (Stewart’s) Tennessee Regiment on February 5, 1864 to Continue Reading →
15th (Logwood’s) Tennessee Cavalry Regiment
Also called 2nd Organization, 15th Consolidated Tennessee Cavalry Regiment. Formed February 5, 1864 by consolidation of 15th (Stewart’s), 16th (Logwood’s) Regiments and Street’s Battalion Mississippi Cavalry; consolidated March, 1865 with Continue Reading →