1st Tennessee Cavalry

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Carter's First Tennessee Cavalry - my maternal great great grandfather

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aka N.B. Sowell, Served in Co. A, under Captain G.M.V. Kinzer of 6th TN Cavalry (Wheeler's,) later known as 1st TN Cavalry. Name appears on payroll records dtd Dec 1862, in TN state Archives. From Maury County, TN. Died/buried at Hillsboro City Cemetery - old section, Hillsboro, TX. Conferate Widow's Pension file 45191 to widow, Lizzie C. Sowell, in TX State Archives.

enlisted August 7, 1861 (Confederate) 1st Cavalry 2nd Battalion Capt. William Snow's Company subsequently became Company B, 1st (Carters) Regiment Tennessee Cavalry . Discharged from service on April 1, 1865 with the Rank of Private, Disability incurred: wounded in shoulder.

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William Thomas 'Tom' Cunningham was born 20 March 1838 in Trigg County, Kentucky, to William and Janot (Jennie) (Mitchell) Cunningham; died 20 May 1915 Trigg County, Kentucky. Enlisted in the fall of 1861; remained in service three years; was taken prisoner at Gallatin, Tennessee and was confined on Johnson's Island for seven months until exchanged. Records: Perrin's

enlisted Capt. Lytles Company Douglass Batt. Parisian Rangers which later became Holemans Co. D 11th Tn Reg which later merged into FIRTS TENNESSEE CAVALRY under James Carter. I believe he died dec 1862 Murfreesboro ( found record for this but has listed his brothers name) Cannot find any records of him after this so as of now he is still POW/MIA.

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Entered the Confederate army, enlisting in Company E, First Confederate Cavalry. He participated in the battles of Paris (Tenn.), Guotown (Miss.), Perryville (Ky.), Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, and was with the army on the retreat through Georgia. He was with Gen. Wheeler in his celebrated campaigns, and also with Gen. Forrest at Gainesville, Ala., at the time of the surrender.

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1st Regiment Confederate Cavalry (Also known as the 6th, 12th, and 16th Regiment and as Claiborne's and Lay's Regiment Confederate Cavalry) was formed about April 1, 1862, by the addition of four companies to the six companies of which the 1st (King's) Battalion Kentucky Cavalry, or Mounted Riflemen (a field organization) was composed. It surrendered at Gainesville, Alabama on May 12, 1865.

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He was captured and then given the oath of allegiance on 12/23/1863 by Union Capt R.M. Goodwin of the Dept. of the Cumberland in Louisville, Ky. Said to be headed in the direction of the Ohio River upon release. Not a direct descendant, not much else is known.

Captain John James Jarnagin was the Commanding Officer of Co.E, 1st Tennessee Cavalry, CSA. He was wounded @ Piedmont, Virginia on June 5, 1864 and died shortly there after. The location of his burial is unknown by the family. He was 26 years old.

Pvt. Solomon C. Wyrick enlisted with Co. E, 1st Tennessee Cavalry, CSA. He survived the war and returned to his family. He is buried in the Rowley Family Cemetery in Washburn, Missouri. His headstone reads... Solomon C. Wyrick Pvt. Co. E, 1st Tn Cal CSA

He is buried in Fielding Cemetery in Limestone, Co. Alabama.

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Samuel Neff moved to West Tennessee because of the anti Confederate feelings in the east--he had a brother killed after the War by three Lincolnites (April 1865). He was a prisoner of war when the fighting ended, and was paroled in May of 1865, at Asheville, NC.

Enlisted at Mossy Creek, Tenn July 20, 186?. Detailed as a hospital steward in June 1862. Roll for Sept & Oct 1862 absent on sick furlough at Tate Springs.

Son of Anson Hodges & Harriet Gray Regiment Name 1st (Carter's) Tennessee Cavalry : Organized November, 1862 by the addition of other companies to what was originally 3rd (Brazelton's), later 14th (Carter's) Tennessee Cavalry Battalion. Brazelton's Battalion was also called the 2nd Battalion and the 5th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion. Company M: Co. 'M' Organized September 3, 1863 at Jonesboro, Washington Co. from a number of conscripts enlisted within the enemy lines. Attached to this regiment by Brigadier General John C. Vaughn, March 11, 1864. Men from Washington, Sullivan, and Carter Counties. Not accounted for on regi mental roster dated February 1865. Captain Edward Gammon. Soldier's Rank_In Private Soldier's Rank_Out Private

Brother of George Kincheloe, Co.H 5th Cav. John Kincheloe : 1st (Carter's) Tennessee Cavalry, Confederate Company M : Co. 'M' Organized September 3, 1863 at Jonesboro, ( Washington County ) from a number of conscripts enlisted within Union lines. Attached to this regiment by Brigadier General John C. Vaughn, March 11, 1864. Men from Washington, Sullivan, and Carter Counties.