Alan J. Pitts
Jeffrey Forrest's Regiment....
Fri May 11 09:51:08 2001


There's very little on this command. Colonel Forrest was wounded (and reported to his brother as killed) near Tuscumbia, Ala., about October 20, 1863, and killed at Prairie Mound, near Okolona, Mississippi, Feb. 22, 1864.
Here are the few notes I have:

Forrest’s Confederate Cavalry Regiment formed on June 15, 1863, probably at Tuscumbia, Alabama, composed of the unorganized battalions of Major George L. Baxter and Captain William R. Julian. Most officers and men had enlisted for three years or the war. Evidently there were no formal letter designations for companies until after September 30, 1863. Actual letter designations of Alabama units are uncertain, and may have changed more than once.

Jeffrey E. Forrest Colonel
Dew Moore Wisdom Lieutenant Colonel
Lamar Fontaine Major

Company “A” of State of Tennessee
Company “B” of Morgan County
Company “C” of Franklin County
Company “D” of Limestone County
Company “E” of State of Tennessee
Company “F” of State of Tennessee
Company “G” of Franklin County
Company “H” of Lauderdale County
Company “I” of Lawrence County
Company “K” of Franklin and Lauderdale Counties

Colonel Forrest, the brother of General Nathan Bedford Forrest, was killed at Prairie Mound, Mississippi, February 22, 1864. His regiment was broken up by order of General Forrest on May 11, 1864. The Alabama companies were assigned to the cavalry battalion of Major William H. Warren, while Tennesseans transferred to Newsom’s 18th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment. Although it had never formally recognized Forrest’s Regiment, the Adjutant and Inspector General confirmed these changes on July 11, 1864. This organization should not be confused with Forrest’s Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, also know as the 3rd Tennessee Cavalry.

The roll of members which appear with the other URL provided show your ancestor in Company "D". It also gives the captain's name as Barner, whom I have as captain of Company "H". Identification of your ancestor would be easier if we knew where he lived in 1860.

Do you have that information?