Alan PittsConscript BureauTue Jan 23 16:42:35 2001 If I understand, Morehead was a Kentucky officer who found himself without a command. The Conscript Bureau needed commissioned officers like Morehead to coordinate its efforts at the county level. And former officers like Morehead needed a regular paycheck. You start seeing indications officers like Morehead working for the Conscript Bureau in late 1862. At some point in 1863 we also begin seeing cavalry companies acting under orders of the Conscript Bureau. Love's was one of these. Due to the nature of their business -- looking for white men to send to the army -- they would not have operated with other companies, who were combing the woods elsewhere. After passage of the military law in Feb. 1864 most of these units were themselves collected and assigned to a front-line unit. I've never counted them, but there may have been as many as forty of these companies. Let's see: three in Love's Battalion, seven in Livingston's Regiment, eight or more in Barbiere's Battalion, six plus in Hardie's Battalion, several in Armistead's Regiment, and the five in Lewis' Battalion. McDonald's Company of the 11th Alabama had been acting under orders of the Conscript Bureau out of Decatur, perhaps others. There may have been Conscript Bureau companies in Hatch's Regiment, and several mounted companies (Gachet's for instance) remained unattached for the duration. Then there's all the companies raised as reserves in 1864-65, but that's another story and does not concern you now. Morehead — Chris Nelson, Tue Jan 23 18:31 Morehead — Homer Jones, Wed Jan 24 01:29 Morehead — Chris Nelson, Wed Jan 24 10:51