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18th (Newsom's) Tennessee Cavalry
aka 19th Tenn Cav Regiment.
Col John F. Newsom, Lt-Col Dew Moore Wisdom
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Col. Robert McCulloch and Lt-Col. Robert A. McCulloch were not same person. Col. Robert "Black Bob" McCulloch commanded a cavalry brigade at this date that included the 2nd…
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7th Tenn Cavalry also known Duckworth's Cavlary under Colonel Leonidas Duckworth and had combined with 6 Tenn Cavalry and 7 Tenn Cavalry. During Forrest's West Tennessee Raid,…
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Willis' Texas Battalion was orginally part of Waul's Texas Legion; consisting of infantry, 6 companies of cavarly and artillery. Later the cavalry were seperated and identified…
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This card records that Private Major Williams of 2nd Light Artillery was among the few wounded Union soldiers from the Battle of Fort Pillow. These wounded soldiers were paroled…
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Pvt John C. (Jack) Simmons is mentioned in "River Run Red" page 260 as being badly wounded in his back and loaded on board the ship that carried wounded back to Mound City, IL.
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In the book "River Run Red", the author described Charles Macklin (or Mackley) as 6 Foot in height with cinnamon complexion and a white patch of hair on his temple. His body was…
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Samuel Ray also used the alias of Samuel Wray and Samuel Read according to references. See cards in this file; some have name struck out and "Ray" written over it.
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The Engineers of the 9th Tactical Air Command had their own unit (or shoulder) patch. It was similar to the 9th Air Force patch as it was shaped like a shield with a "9" and Air…
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Why don't you pick one specific topic. WWII is so broad. I assume you are interested in WWII Air Forces and air combat.
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Pvt David Carll was great-great-grandfather to Actress & ex-Miss America Vanessa Williams. See NBC-TV "Who do you think you are".
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In "River Run Red" page 297, it states that Philip Young of Company A, 6 USCHA, was captured during the Battle of Fort Pillow. It states that on the 13th day he escaped while at…
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Pvt. Ransom Parks' mother, Rachel F. Parks, was at Fort Pillow on the day of the Battle. She fled to safety aboard the gunboat "New Era". She was among a few of the women who…
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"River Run Red" on page 167 says a Charles Jackson was shot in the head during the Battle of Fort Pillow on April 12, 1864.
There is some confusion on how it is written as it says…
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Correction to above. Re-checked records for both 6 US Colored Heavy Artillery and the 11 US Colored Troops and Elber/Albert Ingraham is not in those files.
My confusion was…
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The heading of this identifies Albert Ingraham's unit as 6 US Colored Artillery, Company D. These files are for 2 US Colored Light Artillery.
There is some confusion as a soldier…
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A section of 40 men of the 2nd US Colored Light Artillery were posted at Fort Pillow during the Battle on April 12, 1864. Most accounts report only 2 survivors.
This record says…
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1-Sgt Henry F. Weaver was present at the Battle of Fort Pillow on April 12, 1864. He escaped captured by jumping into the Mississippi River. He was later promoted to Lieutenant.
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The NPS National Park Service site for Soldiers and Sailors includes a Prisoner data base for Andersonville. A search for a soldier named Rice found a James T. Rice.
NPS…
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