John C Rigdon

Historical Sketch and Roster Of The Tennessee 6th Cavalry Regiment John C Rigdon

The Tennessee 6th Cavalry Regiment, formerly Wheeler's 1st Tennessee Cavalry, was organized in May, 1862. The unit participated in the operations in North Mississippi during the balance of 1862 and in January, 1863, contained 430 officers and men. It went on to fight at Chickamauga, skirmished in Middle Tennessee, then was active in the Atlanta Campaign. Later the regiment saw action in various engagements in North Alabama and Middle Tennesee, moved to South Carolina, and in 1865 joined the Army of Tennessee. After fighting at Averysboro and Bentonville, it was included in the surrender on April 26. Company A - Captain George M. V. Kinzer - Formerly Company D, 2nd Battalion Company B - Captain James M. Minnis - Formerly Company F, 2nd Battalion Company C - Captain Edward E. Buchanan, Thomas B. Wilson - Formerly Company C, 11th Battalion Company D - Captain Edward L. Ensley, Leonard K. Hooper - Formerly Company D, 11th Battalion, plus some men from Company F, 11th Battalion. Company E - Captain James H. Polk - Formerly Company A, 2nd Battalion Company F - Captain Asa G. Freeman - Formerly Company F, 2nd Battalion Company G - Captain James M. Mitchell, William R. Duncan - Formerly Company B, 2nd Battalion Company H - Captain Robert N. Jones - Formerly Company B, 11th Battalion Company I - Captain James H. Lewis - Formerly Company C, 2nd Battalion Company K - Captain James T. Wheeler (to colonel), Wiliam O. Bennett, David C. Myers - Formerly Company A, 11th Battalion Company E (Captain W. C. Holt) of the Seventh Tennessee Infantry, became Company M of the Sixth Tennessee Cavalry