8th / 13th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, CSA, Staff and Field Officers
Compiler only identified by e-mail address “mbar@jagunet.”
Also known as 13th Tennessee (Dibrell’s) Cavalry
Colonel
George Dibrell
George G. Dibrell; elected Sep 4, 1862; promoted to Brigadier General on Jul 26, 1864
Mounce L. Gore; Captain of Co. G; to Colonel in March 1865
Lieutenant Colonel
Ferdinand H. Dougherty; elected Sep 4, 1862; captured at home Feb 8, 1864; exchanged in Mar 1865
Major
Jeffrey E. Forrest; youngest brother of General Nathan B. Forrest; appointed Nov 12, 1862; resigned in 1863 to become Colonel of an Alabama regiment
William P. Chapin; acting Assistant Adjutant and Inspector General; to Major in Mar 1865
Adjutant
Montreville D. Smallman, Captain; appointed Sep 4, 1862; captured in Feb 1864; released on Jun 16, 1865
William H. Simpson, Sgt. Major; acting Adjutant during Smallman’s absence
Quartermaster
Andrew C. Dale
Andrew C. Dale, Captain; appointed Sep 4, 1862; resigned in 1863; moved into ranks and was elected Lieutenant
Jobe Morgan, Captain; assigned as Quartermaster in 1863
Commissary
Jasper N. Bailey; appointed Oct 8, 1863; served on brigade staff after position was abolished
Surgeon
F. W. Pendergrass
Assistant Surgeon
James H. Snodgrass; appointed Oct 8, 1862; resigned Dec 16, 1862
William H. McCord; appointed Dec 16, 1862
Sergeant Major
John M. Young
Ordnance Officer
Henry L. Close, Sergeant
Chaplain
C. W. Witt; resigned Apr 1863
William M. Baily; resigned Feb 18, 1864
Captains
Company A
Organized Jul 31, 1862 at Livingston, Overton County. Consolidated with Carter’s Company in Sep 1864 to form 2nd Co. “A”. Carter’s Company had been Co. A, 4th (Murray’s) Tennessee Cavalry and then 2nd Co. D, 1st Confederate Cavalry.
W. W. Windle; resigned Jul 15, 1863
George W. Carter; killed Oct 2, 1864 at Saltville, VA
O. I. York; from First Lieutenant to Captain after Carter’s death
Company B
Organized Aug 1, 1862 in Overton County
Hamilton McGinnis; badly wounded at Mossy Creek
Company C
Organized Aug 2, 1862 at Cookeville, Putnam County
Isaac G. Woolsey; wounded at Chickamauga; resigned
W. C. Wood; died Jun 15, 1864 in prison
C. J. Davis; appointed Sep 1, 1864
Company D
Organized Aug 2, 1862 at Sparta, White County
Jefferson Leftwich
Company E
Organized Aug 16, 1862 in Overton County
John S. Roberts; left in Tennessee in Aug 1863
Granville H. Swope; appointed Sep 1, 1864
Company F
Organized Aug 8, 1862 in Overton County
Joseph H. Bilbrey
Company G
Organized Aug 26, 1862 in Jackson County
Mounce L. Gore; appointed Colonel in March 1865
Company H
Organized Sep 15, 1862 in White County
James Marion Barnes
James M. Barnes; appointed to Major and division ordnance officer
John Hill
Company I
Organized Sep 15, 1862 in White County
James W. McReynolds
Company K
Organized Sep 15, 1862 at Sparta, White County
Bryant M. Swearingen; resigned in 1864
(2nd Lt. Elijah W. Terry commanded the company the last 18 months)
Company L
Attached to 8th from Jul 1863-Jan 1864
James M. Barton
Source: http://users.jagunet.com/~mbar/8tncav.htm — this page was dated 23 March 1999; now defunct but available via the Internet Archive.