Historical Sketch and Roster Of The Tennessee 9th Cavalry Battalion

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 H.B. Davidson's Humes' and H. M. Ashby's Brigade. The battalion skirmished the Federals in Mississippi and Louisiana was involved in the Atlanta Campaign.The battalion served in the defense of Savannah then part served with Wheeler in Georgia and part in Tennessee. After various engagements in the Carolinas including Broxton Bridge Rivers Bridge the Battle of Aiken Columbia and Bentonville it surrendered with the Army of Tennessee.Companies Of The TN 9th Cavalry BattalionCompany A - Maury CountyCompany B - Maury CountyCompany C - Hickman CountyCompany D - Hickman CountyCompany E - Maury CountyCompany F - Wayne County