Alan Pitts
Units in the area
Wed Dec 27 13:55:06 2000


John D. Martin's 1st Miss. Valley, a motley crew indeed:

Co. Captain State later assigned to
A - D. J. Red MS B - 1st MS Inf. Battn. S.S.
B - John Snodgrass Jr. AL F - 16th AL Inf. Battn.
C - C. P. Ray KY 2K - 7th KY Inf. Regt.
D - F. M. Taylor AL G - 16th AL Inf. Regt.
E - James M. Day SC E - 2nd SC Art. Regt.
F - Ben O'Haver MO 2C - 1st MO Inf. Regt. (part)
G - Charles Bowen AR 2I - 9th AR Inf. Regt.
H - W. H. Rayburn MS D - 1st MS Inf. Battn. S.S.
I - Thos. H. Branham MS A - 1st MS Inf. Battn. S.S.
K - D. F. Jackson MO 2C - 1st MO Inf. Regt. (part)

AKA 25th MS Inf. Regt. & designated 2nd CSA Inf. Regt. by the War Dept., it was broken up on May 8, 1862.

Miller's 1st MS Cav. Battn. was assigned to Cheatham, Logwood's 6th TN Cav. Battn. to Pillow, both at Columbus but operating independently of one another. Biffle led a company in the 1st TN Cav. Battn., AKA Jones' or Cox's Battn., assigned to Buckner at Bowling Green. Biffle later was colonel of the 19th (9th) TN Cav. Regt. & led this unit during Forrest's West Tennessee raid; N. N. Cox led another battalion known by his name in the same raid.

Charles Wickliffe was colonel of the 7th Kentucky, mortally wounded at Shiloh on the afternoon of April 7th. He was probably the officer mentioned in Bowen correspondence. I'm at work now and have to guess that the OR volume you need for Shiloh is XI part 1.

Brewer's Cav. Battn. info at home; will reply later.