Alan J. Pitts
Re: 15th Conf. Cav.
Sat Jul 21 07:45:27 2001


Here's a little more information on this company. 'DAB' is a reference to Dictionary of Alabama Biography.

Company “E” of Santa Rosa County, Florida “Simpson Mounted Rangers”

Norvelle Roberts Leigh. Formerly Captain of Company “C”, 3rd Florida Cavalry Battalion. [DAB4: 1035]

Organized by Captain E. S. Amos at Milton, Florida, September 17, 1861, as a twelve-month command, the company was assigned to Villepigue’s 36th Georgia Infantry Regiment as Company “K” on October 19, 1861. That command disbanded a few months later. Officers and men reenlisted for two years or the war on May 6, 1862, and later became Company “C”, 3rd Florida Cavalry Battalion. Service records from the battalion are found Microcopy M251(Florida), reels 14-15.