1st Confederate States Cavalry

Regimental History and Service Record

• Also referred to as the:
  • 6th Confederate States Cavalry
  • 12th Confederate States Cavalry
  • 16th Confederate States Cavalry

• April 1, 1862 - Organized by the increase of (King's) 1st Kentucky Cavalry Battalion to a regiment by addition of 4 companies
• May 5, 1862 - Skirmish near Lockridge's Mill
• October 8, 1862 - Battle of Perryville, Kentucky
• December 31, 1862-January 3, 1863 - Murfreesboro
• January 28, 1863 - Reorganized
  • (Murray's) 4th Tennessee Cavalry / Companies D and A became Companies (II) C and (II) D, respectively
  • (Brewer's) 2nd Alabama and Mississippi Cavalry Battalion / Company B became Company L
    • This company later became (II) Company G
  • Companies H and (I) K became (Roddey's) 4th Alabama Cavalry / Companies L and K, respectively
• June-July 1863 - The Tullahoma Campaign
  • June 15, 1863 - Trenton
  • June 25, 1863 - Guy's Gap
  • June 27, 1863 - Guy's Gap
  • June 27, 1863 - Shelbyville
• September 13-14, 1863 - Skirmish at Lafayette
• September 19-20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
• September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
• May-September, 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
  • June 11, 1864 - McAfee's Crossroads
  • June 21, 1864 - Noonday Creek
  • July-September 1864 - Siege of Atlanta
• March 17-April 12, 1865 - Mobile
• May 4, 1865 - Surrendered at Gainesville, Alabama

DESIGNATIONS

• September-November 1862 - Department #2 / Amy of the Mississippi / Left Wing / Wheeler's Cavalry Brigade
• November 1862 - Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 2nd Corps / Wheeler's Cavalry Brigade
• November-December 1862 - Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Wharton's Cavalry Brigade
• December 1862-March 1863 - Army of Tennessee / Wheeler's Cavalry Division / Wharton's Brigade
• March-September 1863 - Army of Tennessee / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Martin's Division / Russell's Brigade
• October 1863-September 1864 - Army of Tennessee / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Kelly's Division / Wade's/Anderson's Brigade
• March-April 1865 - Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / District of the Gulf / Armistead's Cavalry Brigade
• April 1865 - Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / Maury's Command / Armistead's Cavalry Brigade

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Thomas Claiborne (Colonel)
• Henry C. Bate (Major)
• John T. Cox (Colonel)
• Henry C. King (Major, Colonel)
• James A. Pell (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Charles S. Robinson (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Moses J. Wicks (Major)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Alabama. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Page 32)
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, the Confederate Units, and the Indian Units. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 10, 166-167, 170, 174, 176)