Private J.A./A.J. Gardner was a member of Captain John Minor's Company(Napier's Tennessee Cavalry) and later Company "E"
(Demoss') 10th Tennessee Cavalry

Three of my ancestors(cousins of my 3rd Great Grandfather who was executed in Dickson County(1864) as a guerrila) were enlisted
with Captain D.F. Alexanders Company (Napier's Tennessee Cavalry) at Waverly,Humphreys County (December 1862) as 1st Lieut,Brevet 2nd Lieut, and Private.

They were members of Company "I" & "E" (DeMoss') 10th Tenn. Cavalry. At the time of their capture there ranks were 1st Lieut,and two were 2nd Lieut. two were captured near their home in Dickson Count (May/July '63),one of them was sent to Johnson's Island where he died months later;the third was captured during a skirmish at Waverly,Humphreys County(abt.63-65?) .Two of the brothers survived into the 20th century(Dickson county,tenn/Arkansas) They may have attended reunions
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exerpt from 2nd Lieut John W. Dotson's pension application

Member of: Co. I Capt. Minor, Lieutenant's: Jack Nesbitt,A.J. Nesbitt,
Joe Williams; Forrest Cav.

Enlisted: 1862
In what command: Forest (Forrest)

Regimental/Company officer's: Forest Col. Minor Capt.

In what battles:
Russelsville (Russellville) {Kentucky}

Kinkston Springs *(Kingston Springs) Cheatham County;near White Bluff, Dickson County

Hartensville(?)/possibly Huntersville or Huntsville (Tenn. Ala.?)

Hopkinsville {Kentucky}

Waverly (Humphreys County,Tennessee)

Note* there is a Russellville and a Hopkinsville located in southern Kentucky; in close proximity to each other. Forrest was known to visit those locations.
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also listed on the application; a witness named J.C. Hunt, was a Corporal with John W.'s regiment (10th Tenn. Cavalry)