Homegrown Yankees: Tennessee's Union Cavalry in the Civil War

Appendix

Locations are in Tennessee unless otherwise specified. Most of the information for this listing was taken from the following sources: TICW, vol. 1; RAGT; OR; ORS; Carter, First Regiment; Andes and McTeer, Loyal Mountain Troopers; Eckel, Fourth Tennessee; Scott and Angel, Thirteenth Regiment ; BDTGA, vol. 2; Amann, Personnel of the Civil War, vol. 2; Humes, Loyal Mountaineers; and PAJ, vols. 4–7. APPENDIX Tennessee’s Union Cavalry Regiments, 1862–65 Units, Commanders, and Engagements 1st Tennessee Cavalry, April 1862–June 1865 Prior Designations: 4th East Tennessee Infantry, 1st East Tennessee Cavalry Commanders: Col. Robert Johnson of Greene County, April 1862–May 1863, resigned Col. James P. Brownlow of Knox County, May 1863–September 1864, severely wounded Lt. Col. Calvin M. Dyer of Grainger County, September 1864–April 1865, discharged Maj. Russell Thornburgh of Jefferson County, April–June 1865, discharged Engagements: Cumberland Gap, June 18, 1862 Rigg’s Crossroads, southwest of Murfreesboro, April 16, 1863 College Grove, southwest of Murfreesboro, May 8, 1863 Rover, southwest of Murfreesboro, June 23, 1863 Middletown, southwest of Murfreesboro, June 24, 1863 Shelbyville, June 27, 1863 Lafayette, Georgia, September 13, 1863 Chickamauga, Georgia, September 19–20, 1863 Sparta, November 30, 1863 398 Appendix Dandridge, December 24, 1863 Mossy Creek, northeast of Knoxville, December 29, 1863 Fair Gardens, southeast of Knoxville, January 27, 1864 Varnell’s Station, Georgia, May 9, 1864 Resaca, Georgia, May 14, 1864 Cassville, Georgia, May 19, 1864 Burnt Hickory, above Atlanta, Georgia, May 26, 1864 Acworth, Georgia, June 4, 1864 Lost Mountain, Georgia, June 16, 1864 Mayson’s Church, Georgia, June 23, 1864 Lovejoy’s Station, east of Newnan, Georgia, July 29, 1864 Newnan, Georgia, July 31, 1864 LaVergne, south of Nashville, September 1, 1864 Franklin, September 2, 1864 Campbellsville, north of Pulaski, September 5, 1864 Pulaski, September 27, 1864 Shoal Creek, east of Florence, Alabama, November 5, 1864 Hart’s Crossroads, northeast of Columbia, November 29, 1864 Franklin, November 30, 1864 Nashville, December 15–16, 1864 Lynnville, north of Pulaski, December 24, 1864 2nd Tennessee Cavalry, July 1862–July 1865 Prior Designation: 2nd East Tennessee Cavalry Commanders: Col. Daniel M. Ray of Sevier County, August 1862–September 1863, promoted to brigade commander Lt. Col. William R. Cook of Jessamine County, Kentucky, September 1863– March 1864, severely wounded Lt. Col. William F. Prosser, from the 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry, March–June 1864, promoted to brigade commander Maj. William R. McBath of Knox County, June–November 1864, replaced Lt. Col. William F. Prosser, November–December 1864, replaced Lt. Col. William R. Cook, December 1864–July 1865, discharged Engagements: Murfreesboro, December 26, 1862–January 5, 1863 Middleton, southwest of Murfreesboro, January 31, 1863 Tennessee’s Union Cavalry Regiments, 1862–65 399 Franklin, April 10, 1863 Chickamauga, Georgia, September 19–20, 1863 Okolona, Mississippi, February 22, 1864 Sulphur Branch trestle, below Elkmont, Alabama, September 2, 1864 Athens, Alabama, October 2, 1864 Decatur, Alabama, November 26, 1864 Nashville, December 15–16, 1864 Hollow Tree Gap, near Franklin, December 17, 1864 Anthony’s Hill, southwest of Pulaski, December 25, 1864 Sugar Creek, southwest of Pulaski, December 26, 1864 Courtland, Alabama, December 31, 1864 3rd Tennessee Cavalry, August 1862–September 1864 Prior Designations: Pickens’s Cavalry Regiment, 3rd East Tennessee Cavalry Commanders: Col. William C. Pickens of Sevier County, August 1862–November 1863, discharged Lt. Col. Duff G. Thornburgh of Jefferson County, November 1863–June 1864, resigned Maj. John B. Minnis of Jefferson County, June 1864–September 1864, captured Engagements: Murfreesboro, January 1–5, 1863 Middleton, southwest of Murfreesboro, January 31, 1863 Salem Pike, west of Murfreesboro, March 21, 1863 McMinnville, April 20, 1863 Okolona, Mississippi, February 22, 1864 Athens, Alabama, September 24, 1864 Sulphur Branch trestle, below Elkmont, Alabama, September 25, 1864 4th Tennessee Cavalry, July 1862–July 1865 Prior Designation: 4th East Tennessee Cavalry Commanders: Col. Richard M. Edwards of Bradley County, July 1862–June 1863, resigned Lt. Col. Jacob M. Thornburgh, of Jefferson County, June 1863–June 1864, promoted to brigade commander Maj. Meshack Stephens of Morgan County, June 1864–July 1865 400 Appendix Engagements: Okolona, Mississippi, February 22, 1864 Ten Islands at Greensport, Alabama, July 14, 1864 Beasley’s Station, east of Montgomery, Alabama, July 18, 1864 Lovejoy’s Station, east of Newnan, Georgia, July 29, 1864 Newnan, Georgia, July 31, 1864 Antioch Church, near Moulton, Alabama, August 18, 1864. Nashville, December 15–16, 1864 Hollow Tree Gap and Franklin, December 17, 1864 Anthony’s Hill, southwest of Pulaski, December 25, 1864 Sugar...