Josiah W. Markeen, Private, Company E, 14th Alabama Bat/Infantry,*, captured at Bradyville by the 4th Ohio Cavalry, March 1, 1863, forwarded to Provost Marshall, Nashville, Tenn.
* This Yankee POW record was incorrectly filed with the 14th Alabama Infantry. It should have been filed with the 14th Alabama Cavalry Battalion. The error occurred most likely by Josiah reporting his unit as the 14th Alabama Battalion, most likely omitting it as a Cavalry unit. Then, the War Department compilers did not investigate the reference on his card as to a Battalion. Why his enlistment and muster record is not found in the records is a mystery.
Inasmuch as Col. Malone’s 14th Alabama Cavalry Battalion was at Bradyville, it stands to reason this is the organization to which Josiah was attached.
M311: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama
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Report of Colonel James W. Paramore, Third Ohio Cavalry, commanding Second Cavalry Brigade.
CAMP STANLEY, NEAR MURFREESBOROUGH, March 3, 1863.
SIR: I have the honor to submit the following report of the engagement at Bradyville, Tenn., on the 1st instant, between the cavalry under my command, consisting of a portion of the First [Middle] Tennessee, and a detachment of the Second Brigade, consisting of about 100 men from the Third Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, under command of Captain W. M. Flanagan, and 150 men of the Fourth Ohio, under command of Colonel Eli Long, and the rebel force at that place, consisting of Colonel Duke's Second Kentucky Cavalry, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel [James W.] Bowles, and the Fourteenth Alabama [Battalion], belonging to Wharton's brigade, and commanded by Major [James C.] Malone, jr.: About 2 miles this side of Bradyville, the First [Middle] Tennessee, under command of Major Murphy, being in advance, encountered the rebel pickets and drove them in. When near the village, they found the enemy strongly posted behind the houses in the village and a high piece of ground. After a short skirmish, they (the First Tennessee) were driven back in some confusion. I then brought up the Third and Fourth Ohio, and formed them in line, the Fourth occupying the right and the Third the left. I also went a squadron of the Fourth Ohio, under command of Major [P.] Mathews, around to the extreme left of the rebel line, and a portion of the Third around to their right. I then stationed the First [Middle] Tennessee as a reserve, and advanced the remainder of the Third and Fourth Ohio to engage the enemy in front, when we found them strongly posted in a piece of woods, about one-fourth of a mile beyond the village, where they were dismounted and sheltered behind rocks and trees, and gave us stubborn resistance for about fifteen or twenty minutes, when the detachments I had sent around to their right and left flanks arrived in position and opened an enfilading fire on both flanks. The enemy gave way in confusion, when a charge was ordered with sabers and pistols. We pursued them for about 3 miles, during which we took about 100 prisoners, with their horses, arms, and equipments; wounded from 20 to 30, and found 5 dead bodies on the field; also a large quantity of commissary and quartermaster's stores fell into our hands. Their rout was complete, and they fled in great consternation, throwing away their guns, overcoats, blankets, and everything that would impede their progress. . . .
. . . . We bivouacked for the night about 1 mile beyond the village. Nothing occurred during the night worthy of record.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
J. W. PARAMORE,
Colonel, Commanding Second Cavalry Brigade.
OR V23 Pt. 1, pp. 66/7
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HEADQUARTERS WHARTON'S CAVALRY BRIGADE, March 17, 1863.
Lieutenant-General POLK, Commanding, &c.:
GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge your letter of March 16, relative to the matter of which I had the honor to speak to you in person on the 14th instant, and I beg leave to say that I approve, most heartily, the sentiments you have expressed therein. As to the point of which you speak, relative to taking the life or doing other violence to the person of General Rosecrans, I approve most fully your views. Far be it from my mind, general, to give this undertaking any appearance of a murderous character. My whole nature recoils from anything in this matter that looks toward assassination or murder. You may rest assured that, should the alternative of taking his life or abandoning the entire project be at any time presented me, I shall most assuredly choose the latter. Nothing short of an active effort upon his part to put my own life, or that of my command, in jeopardy would or could, in my opinion, authorize the taking of his life or injury to his person. This, I take it, we have no reasonable ground to apprehend.
I have the honor to be, general, with great respect, your obedient servant,
JAMES C. MALONE, JR.,
Lieutenant-Colonel, Commanding Fourteenth Alabama Cavalry.
OR V23 Pt. 2, pp. 701/2
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Organization of the troops Department Numbers 2, General Braxton Bragg, C. S. Army, commanding, July 31, 1863.
POLK'S ARMY CORPS.
Lieutenant General LEONIDAS POLK.
WHARTON'S DIVISION.
Brigadier General JOHN A. WHARTON.
First Brigade.
Colonel C. C. CREWS.
7th Alabama, Colonel J. C. Malone, jr.
2nd Georgia, Lieutenant Colonel F. M. Ison.
3rd Georgia, Lieutenant Colonel R. Thompson.
4th Georgia, Colonel I. W. Avery.
OR V23, Pt. 2, p. 943
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This old message board record may help explain the confusion re Unit IDs
9th Alabama (Malone's) Cavalry
This regiment was known in the field as the 7th Alabama Cavalry. It was formed when Malone�s 19th and Thomason�s 14th Alabama Partisan Ranger Battalions merged on April 15, 1863. However, the Adjutant and Inspector General did not recognize the new regiment until September 5, 1864. By that date another regiment had received this designation, so this command was numbered the 9th Alabama Cavalry.
Company �F� was recruited in DeKalb County by Capt. Robert R. Davenport, formerly Captain of Company �B�, 19th Alabama Partisan Ranger Battalion. He was appointed acting Assistant Quartermaster (A.A.Q.M.) of the regiment on March 1, 1864, and resigned January 27, 1865, due to ill health.
Officers and men mustered at Valley Head, Alabama, September 21, 1862, as Company �B� of the 19th Alabama Partisan Ranger Battalion. Malone's Battalion was usually referred to as the 2nd Alabama Battalion.
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