Scott W.Owens
6th Alabama Cavalry
Tue May 1 23:27:50 2001


My GGuncle was a trooper in Co K, 6th Alabama Cav. I have a copy from the National Archives of the original bounty muster roll when the company was formed, and it specifies the county of residence of each man. While formed in Coffee County, there were men from Walton (my GGuncle), Escambia, and Santa Rosa counties in FL as well as Coffee County, AL. It would stand to reason that other companies of the 6th Ala Cav might have this diversity. Not all companies were recruited from only a single county. Even in many infantry companies, listed as being from one particular county, there were men who wee from a closely adjacent county.