. History of Tennessee, from the earliest time to the present; together with an historical and a biographical sketch of Giles, Lincoln, Franklin and Moore counties;. er the supervision of Col. G. AY. A, B, C, D, E, H and I were organized during the fall of1863 and in the winter of 1864, and after having been organized into aregiment, were attached to the command of Col. George Spalding, Sec-ond Brigade, Fourth Division of Cavalry. During the summer and fallof 1864 it was engaged in arduous duty in Tennessee. About the closeof the year it was sent to northern Alabama to watch
. History of Tennessee, from the earliest time to the present; together with an historical and a biographical sketch of Giles, Lincoln, Franklin and Moore counties;. er the supervision of Col. G. AY. A, B, C, D, E, H and I were organized during the fall of1863 and in the winter of 1864, and after having been organized into aregiment, were attached to the command of Col. George Spalding, Sec-ond Brigade, Fourth Division of Cavalry. During the summer and fallof 1864 it was engaged in arduous duty in Tennessee. About the closeof the year it was sent to northern Alabama to watch the movements ofHoods army, and had an engagement with a largely superior force atFlorence. Overpowered by numbers it was compelled to fall back toNashville, where it was transferred to Gen. Hatchs command, and par-ticipated in the numerous engagements attending Hoods raid into Ten-nessee. On the first days battle before Nashville it lost seventy in offi-cers and men. The leader, Maj. William P. Story, was badly wounded,and the command devolved upon Maj. James T. Abernathy. At the close■of the campaign the regiment was sent to New Orleans, where it remained.
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