King – Tennessee & the Civil War

First Confederate Cavalry Regiment

Posted on November 25, 2016 by

Also called 12th Confederate Cavalry Regiment Organized April, 1862; surrendered at Gainesville, Alabama, May 12, 1865. FIELD OFFICERS Colonels-Thomas Claiborne, John T. Lay, H. Clay King, John T. Cox Lieutenant Continue Reading →

King’s Scouts

Posted on February 28, 2016 by

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 →