Company A
Sergeant
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12th Tennessee Cavalry
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Company B
Major
As a Captain, Major J.A. Bradshaw was in 'B' company. Upon his promotion he was advanced to a field grade of Major. Jason Allen was my great-great grandfather on my mother's side and he lived in Washington County, township of Telford. He is buried in the Presbyterian church yard of Washington College, Telford, TN. This regiment participated in a lot of battles with the C.S.A. in central TN and eastern Alabama. His regiment also participated in the battle of Shiloh, TN.
Company B
Private
William Gouge joined the union army on July 22, 1863 at Jonesboro, TN. He and others such as William Garland, and William Baker fought skirmishes on their way from Carter County, TN to join. He was injured from a horse falling on him resulting in a hip injury that plagued him throughout the rest of his days and fell from Lung Fever in the winter of 1864. He spend the remainder of his enlistment in 1965 after the end of the war in Ft. Leavenworth KS on detached assignment. He was mustered out Oct 7, 1965 and returned to Limestone, Cove, TN in Carter County which area later formed part of Unicoi County in the 1870's.
Company E
Private
POW under the 39th georgia infantry CSA. Released January 6 1864. Enlisted January 13 1864 in Nashville after swearing oath of allegiance. Mustered out in Fort Leavenworth Kansas October 8 1865.
Company H
Rank unknown
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Company M
Private
I believe Pvt.Whitehorn to be from the line in Tn. that produced Mary Whitehorn Blakely,paternal grandmother of my grandmother,Annie Blakely Land. Enlisted: Aug 4 64,Mustered: Aug 16 64, Age: 18. John A. Miller, Co. 'M'. Mustered August 23, 1864. 66 men enrolled at Decatur, Alabama, August 4, 1864, as re-enlistments from 1st Alabama Cavalry. Balance re-enlistments from 2nd West Tennessee (7th Tennessee) Cavalry.
Discharged October 7, 1865. He
took part in the fight at
Pulaski, and fought against Hood at the Battle of
Franklin. After the
battle he was in the hospital a short time, and was then sent to the
Kansas frontier, being
discharged at Fort Leavenworth.