CONFEDERATE TENNESSEE TROOPS
6th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Wheeler's)
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6th Cavalry Regiment, formerly Wheeler's 1st Tennessee Cavalry, was organized in May, 1862.
It was assigned to F.C. Armstrong's, H.B. Davidson's, Humes', and H.M. Ashby's Brigade. 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. The field officers were Colonels Jacob B. Biffle and James T. Wheeler,
Lieutenant Colonels W.W. Gordon and James H. Lewis, and Majors Joseph J. Dobbins and
William S. Hawkins.
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