James Montgomery, age 21, Private, Captain Brad-haw W. Porter's Company, Tennessee Volunteers,* enlisted November 28, 1861 in Maury County, Tennessee by Capt. W. B. Porter for 12 months, captured at Fort Donaldson/Donelson February 16, 1862, sent to Camp Morton, Indiana prison, present on company muster August 1, 1862, last recorded present December 31, 1864, recorded as among those paroled at Charlotte, N. C. May 3, 1865, resident of Maury County, Tennessee
* This company subsequently became Company B, 9th (Gantt's) Battalion Tennessee Cavalry
M268: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee
The 9th (Gantt's) Battalion Tennessee Cavalry was organized with six companies, December 23, 1861. It was surrendered at Fort Donelson, February 16, 1862, and was exchanged at Vicksburg September 16,1862, when it was reorganized and temporarily consolidated with the 1st Mississippi Infantry until January 1, 1863, when remounted.
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9th Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry (Gantt's)
9th Cavalry Battalion was organized and mustered into Confederate service at Camp Maury, near Nashville, Tennessee, in December, 1861. Its six companies were from Maury, Hickman, and Wayne counties. A seventh company, made up of transfers and men from Hickman County, was added in October, 1864. The unit was assigned to the Western Department, and all but Company C were captured in the fight at Fort Donelson. They were exchanged in September, 1862, remounted in January, 1863, and attached to W. Adams, H.B. Davidson's, Humes', and H.M. Ashby's Brigade. The battalion skirmished the Federals in Mississippi and Louisiana, was involved in the Atlanta Campaign and the defense of Savannah, then part served with Wheeler in Georgia and part in Tennessee. After various engagements in the Carolinas, it surrendered with the Army of Tennessee. The field officers were Lieutenant Colonel George Gantt, and Majors James H. Akin and B.W. Porter.
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