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Re: Lt. Thomas Jefferson Bassett

Not much on this fellow, but, his command did operate under Breckenridge.

T. G. Barrett, Private, Company I, 34th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry, cards are file with T. G. Barrett, 2nd Lieutenant, 2nd Lieutenant

T. G. Barrett elected 2nd Lieutenant in Company I, 34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry June 1, 1863, recorded on a list of the organization dated January 25, 1865, no further records

M234: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia

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34th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry (Witcher's Battalion, Virginia Mounted Rifles)

34th Cavalry Battalion, formerly the 1st Battalion Virginia Mounted Rifles, was organized in December, 1862. The unit served in A.G. Jenkins', W.E. Jones', V.A. Witcher's, and B.T. Johnson's Brigade and first engaged the Federals in western Virginia. It had a force of 172 men at Gettysburg, returned to western Virginia, then was involved in operations in East Tennessee. During April, 1864, it contained 222 effectives, saw action at Piedmont, and served with Early in the Shenandoah Valley. The 34th disbanded at Lynchburg in April, 1865. Lieutenant Colonel Vinson A. Witcher, and Majors John A. McFarlane and William Straton were in command.

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