5th Tennessee Partisan Ranger Battalion
Also called Black’s Battalion, Forrest’s Cavalry A muster roll of a Detachment of Exchanged Prisoners at Camp Lee, Virginia, dated July 15, 1863 showed a number of men as belonging to Continue Reading →
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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 →
16th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion
Also called Rucker’s Battalion Organized October, 1862; reorganized February, 1863; consolidated with 12th Battalion from June, 1863 to March, 1864 to form Rucker’s Legion; served balance of war in Brigadier 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 →
11th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion
Also called 10th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion Organized January 8, 1862; consolidated with 2nd (Biffle’s) Battalion May 1862 to form 6th, usually called 1st (Wheeler’s) Tennessee Cavalry Regiment. FIELD OFFICEBS Lieutenant Colonel-William Continue Reading →
9th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion
Organized November 28, 1861; into Confederate service December 23, 1861; surrendered Fort Donelson February 16, 1862; exchanged Vicksburg September, 1862; reorganized Jackson, Mississippi; paroled at Charlotte, North Carolina, May 3, 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 →
6th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion
Also called 1st Tennessee Cavalry Battalion Organized July 25, 1861; transferred to Confederate service August, 1861; merged into 7th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment April, 1862. FIELD OFFICERS Lieutenant Colonel-Thomas H. Logwood Major-Charles 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 →