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The North Carolina 41st Regiment Volunteers AKA the North Carolina 3rd Cavalry Regiment was organized at Kinston, NC, with men from New Hanover, Onslow, Caswell, Harnett, Lenoir, Burke, Halifax, Wake, Martin and Washington counties. Co. C was mustered in as part of Edmondston's Battalion N.C. Cavalry, a Battalion which was raised but never organized. Co. D appears to have been intended for the 63rd Regt. N.C.T., but did not serve there. The 3...

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Fowler's-Phelan's Battery was formed in January, 1862, at Tuscaloosa, Alabama, with men from the 5th Alabama Regiment. It was stationed at Mobile for about a year, then moved to Tennessee. The unit was assigned to C. Swett's, W. H. Fowler's, M. Smith's, and L Hoxton's Battalion, and fought with the Army of Tennessee from ChickamaugatoNashville. Later it was transferred back to Mobile and attached to J. T. Gee's command, Department of Alabama, ...

TheTennessee Thirty-first Infantry Regimentwas raised in Weakley, Haywood, Madison, McNairy and Decatur Counties, and was organized during the summer of 1861 with A. H. Bradford, colonel, and November 29 marched for Columbus, Ky., where it remained until the surrender of Fort Donelson in February, 1862. It then moved to Tiptonville, then to Fort Pillow, and, after the battle of Shiloh, to Corinth. Later it was moved to Chattanooga, and then mo...

The Indiana 53rd Infantry Regiment was organized at New Albany in January and February 1862. It participated in the Siege of Corinth, then Vicksburg. It joined Sherman for the Georgia Campaign and Acworth in the spring of 1864, then participated in the March to the Sea and the Carolina's Campaign. Following the surrender of the Confederate troops, the 53rd went to Washington, DC., and was mustered out in July of 1865. ¿ Companies Company A - ...

The Indiana 13th Cavalry Regiment was the 131st regiment formed and the last Cavalry Regiment formed for service in Indiana. It was mustered in April 29th, 1864. By this time the Atlanta Campaign was in full swing. The 13th Cavalry served primarily in a support mode on the western side of the war for the last year. They encountered Forrest's and Wheeler's Cavalry a number of times and guarded the railroads in Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississipp...

The Mississippi 2nd Cavalry Regiment [also called 4th and 42nd Regiment] was organized during the spring of 1863. It was formerly the 47th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, which never completed its organization. Its members were from the counties of Adams, Choctaw, Newton, Lee, Lauderdale, Pontotoc, Kemper, and Hinds. The unit was assigned to W. Adams', Mabry's, and F.C. Armstrong's Brigade. After skirmishing in Mississippi it saw action in vari...

The 2nd Regiment, Mississippi State Cavalry was organized for state service on April 1863 and transferred to confederate service April 30, 1864. It served under Nathan Bedford Forrest against Grierson's Raid, then was active at Brentwood and Nashville, Tennessee. It was consolidated March 20, 1865 with Ashcroft's, Ham's, and Lowry's Cavalry Regiment and surrendered at Gainesville, Alabama.Companies Company A -- Citizen Guards (Tippah County, M...

The Tennessee 9th Cavalry Battalion was organized and mustered into Confederate service at Camp Maury, near Nashville, Tennessee, in December, 1861. A seventh company, made up of transfers and Hickman County, was added in October, 1864. The unit was assigned to the Western Department, and all but Company C were captured in the fight at Fort Donelson. They were exchanged in September, 1862, remounted in January, 1863, and attached to Wirt Adams...

The North Carolina 7th Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Mason, near Graham, North Carolina, in August 1861. Its members were recruited in the counties of Iredell, Alexander, Cabarrus, Rowan, New Hanover, Mecklenburg, Nash, and Wake. The unit took an active part in the fight at New Bern, and then advanced to Virginia. It was assigned to General Branch's, Law's, and Lane's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. After fighting at Hanover Cour...

The North Carolina 5th Cavalry Regiment (AKA The 63rd Regiment North Carolina State Troops) was formed at Garysburg, North Carolina about Oct. l, 1862, by S.O. 216, Hdqrs. Dist. of N.C., dated Sept. 30, 1862. With more that 1000 men, the unit skirmished in North Carolina around Washington and Plymouth. Later it moved to Virginia and served under Generals Robertson, L. S. Baker, James B. Gordon, and Barringer. The 5th Cavalry fought at Brandy S...

Louis Wain was one of the most popular commercial illustrators in the history of England. Born in 1860, his portrayals of cats captured the imagination of the citizens, and his work helped to elevate the profile and popularity of cats to unprecedented heights.H.G. Wells once remarked. "He made the cat his own. He invented a cat style, a cat society, a whole cat world. Cats who do not live and look like Louis Wain cats are ashamed of themselves...

The New Jersey 28th Infantry Regiment was organized at Freehold and mustered in September 15, 1862. They fought in the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. They mustered out July 6, 1863.

The Third Alabama Cavalry Regiment was organized at Tupelo, MS, 1 July 1862. The companies were from Autauga, Calhoun, Choctaw, Dallas, Mobile, Monroe, and Perry counties. The 3rd Cavalry was brigaded with the 1st, 4th, 9th, 12th, and 51st Alabama cavalry regiments, commanded first by General William Wirt Allen of Montgomery, subsequently by General James Hagan of Mobile. The 3rd fought in many of the early battles prior to Chattanooga, then f...

The South Carolina 17th Infantry Regiment was formed early in 1862 with men from Barnwell, York, Chester, Lancaster, and Fairfield counties. It served on the coast of South Carolina, then moved to Virginia. During the war it was brigaded under Generals Evans, Elliott, and Wallace. The regiment saw action at Second Manassas, South Mountain, and Sharpsburg, and later fought at Kinston, North Carolina, and Jackson, Mississippi. Returning to South...

The story of the Georgia 4th Infantry Regiment Reserves - and also the 2nd Reserves, 3rd Reserves and the Georgia 55th Infantry Regiment is tied in with the story of Camp Sumter - generally referred to now as Andersonville Prison. Other units that served at the prison, at different times, included the Fifty seventh Georgia Confederate Infantry, local Georgia militia units, the Twenty seventh Alabama Confederate Infantry Regiment, Gamble's/Dyke...

The North Carolina 51st Infantry Regiment was organized at Wilmington, North Carolina, in April, 1862, with men recruited in the counties of Cumberland, Sampson, Duplin, Columbus, Robeson, and New Hanover.The 51st was brigaded with the 8th North Carolina under Gen. Thomas Lanier Clingman. Their first engagement was at Goldsborough in December of 1862.The 51st was transferred to Charleston where it participated in the defense of that city and w...

The 1st Battalion Mounted Rifles was organized in Eastern Kentucky during the winter of 1861-1862 and served in the Army of Eastern Kentucky and the Department of East Tennessee. The unit fought in Kentucky and Tennessee under Gen. John Morgan, then disbanded in August, 1863. Some of its members joined other Kentucky commands.

The North Carolina 38th Infantry Regiment completed its organization in January, 1862, at Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, North Carolina. Its members were recruited in the counties of Duplin, Yadkin, Sampson, Richmond, Catawba, Alexander, Randolph, Cleveland, and Cumberland. Ordered to Virginia, the unit was assigned to General Pender's and Scales' Brigade in the Army of Northern Virginia. It fought in many conflicts from the Seven Days' Battles to...

The Kentucky 3rd Battalion Mounted Rifles [also called the 1st or 10th Battalion] was organized during the late summer of 1862 and officially accepted into Confederate service on November 7, 1862. Apparently some of the men of Company E were from Virginia, and it is likely that others of this battalion were also from the western portion of Virginia which became West Virginia. Col. Clay and some of the men of this battalion had served earlier i...