. History of the Thirteenth Regiment, Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, [electronic resource]: including a narrative of the bridge burning, the Carter County rebellion, and the loyalty, heroism and suffering of the Union men and women of Carter and Johnson counties, Tennessee, during the Civil War : also a sketch of the adventures of Captain Daniel Ellis, the Union pilot, and the names of hundreds of brave men and women of these counties who performed brave deeds and noble acts of heroism for country and humanity . LIEUT. RICHARD L. WILSON, R. Q. M.(See page 279.). GEN. ALVIN C. GILLEM.(See
. History of the Thirteenth Regiment, Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, [electronic resource]: including a narrative of the bridge burning, the Carter County rebellion, and the loyalty, heroism and suffering of the Union men and women of Carter and Johnson counties, Tennessee, during the Civil War : also a sketch of the adventures of Captain Daniel Ellis, the Union pilot, and the names of hundreds of brave men and women of these counties who performed brave deeds and noble acts of heroism for country and humanity . LIEUT. RICHARD L. WILSON, R. Q. M.(See page 279.). GEN. ALVIN C. GILLEM.(See page 151.) TENNESSEE VOLUNTEER CAVALRY. 113 enlisting men for the army. It was not long until severalhundred men were enlisted. Among the men enlistedwere quite a number of loyal men from Western NorthCarolina, some of whom had done service in the CarterCounty rebellion, and now learning that Burnside hadoccupied East Tennessee came to join the Union stand-ard. The Federal forces, under Gen. Shackelford, Gen. S. PCarter, Col. Foster and others, had advanced as far eastas Abingdon, Virginia, driving in the rebel pickets at thatplace when they were ordered back to the defense ofKnoxville. The men who had been recruited for the 12th Ten-nessee Cavalry (afterwards changed to the Thirteenth)joined the retreating Federal forces at Johnsons Depotand Jonesboro and fell back with them to Greeneville,Tenn. Having drawn our first rations at the latter place fromthe United States Government, as well as frying pansand some old Springfield rifles, we date the beginning ofo
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