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Company A

Transcribed by Theodore Urbanski

and

Bill Allen

Original Company A "Marshall Rangers"

Conscripted or Enlisted on June 18, 1861

Sworn into Confederate Service on June 18, 1861 by the Honorable Joseph G. Pickett for 12 months, at Nashville, Tennessee.

Commissioned officers 7

Non-Commissioned officers 16

Enlisted or Conscripted 82

Total 105

Commissioned Officers

Captain David W. Alexander---Wounded on 1/1/63 Laverne, TN.

2^nd Lt. Charles A. Baird--- Captured on 2/6/65 -Released 6/17/65

[ From Johnson Island, Ohio]

2^nd Lt. W. C. Green---Present at all musters

1^st Lt. A. R. McLean---Present at all musters

3^rd Lt. Rice O. McLean---Reassigned to the Rank of Assist. Quartermaster Sergeant

1^st Lt. William H. McLean---Captured twice 1/1/63 at Murfreesboro, TN. and in May 1863 [unknown]

2^nd Lt. J. L. Orr---Present at all musters

Non-Commissioned Officers

1^st Orderly Sgt. Simpson John Allen---Honorable discharge --Medical

2^nd Sgt. John W. Champ--Wounded at the Battle of Franklin 1863

5^th Sgt. R. E. Cock--Captured on 3/6/63 at Woodbury, TN. Exchanged 3/31/63

2^nd Sgt. Nimrod W. Farrar---Captured and paroled [unknown]

Ordnance Sgt. James J. Finney---Attached to Field and Service Company

4^th Sgt. John Riley Fisher--Captured on 5/30/63 Trousdale Ferry, TN. Exchanged 2/27/64

3^rd Cpl. John Galloway---Deserted on August 13, 1864

1^st Sgt. G. W. Leonard---Present at all musters

2^nd Cpl. John R. Mallard---Wounded at Buckhead Church, GA. 1864

3^rd Sgt. E. J. Neil---Deserted

4^th Cpl. Charles R. Ramson---Captured 1/1/63 Murfreesboro, TN. Exchanged 4/6/63

2^nd Sgt. Granville M. Ramson---Present at all musters

1^st Cpl. D. D. Stanley---Transferred to Capt. Hayne’s Cavalry Co. Starnes Battalion

4^th Sgt. M. M. Swaim---Deserted

4^th Cpl. W. F. Tucker---Present at all musters

Ordnance Sgt. M. James Turner---Present at all musters

1^st Cpl. R. S. Walker---Wounded 2/3/63 Dover, TN.

Privates ----Enlisted or Conscripted

George Alexander---Present at all musters

Gideon Alexander---Present at all musters

Robert H. Alexander---Captured on 4/20/64 Spring Place, GA. Exchanged 2/14/65

Thomas A. Allen---Assigned as an Assist. Surgeon to the Regiment

Joseph G. Aydelotte---Honorable Medical Discharge---Deafness

Joseph C. Bell---Killed in action on 10/14/62 Crab Orchard, KY.

William J. Brown---Transferred to Capt. Hayne’s Cavalry Co. Starnes Battalion

William R. Brown---Present at all musters

Doc Byrd---No military record

James Byrd---Supposed to have deserted

L. M. Byrd-Present at all musters

Bennett F. Chapman ---- Wagon Master detached General Wharton’s Brigade

G. W. Claiborn---Deserted

G. J. Clark---Transferred to Capt. Hayne’s Cavalry Co. Starnes Battalion

John Clinton---Deserted on April 30, 1862

A. W. Corbett---Sick in hospital at Pettigrew General Hospital # 13 Raleigh, NC.

Franklin M. Crockett---Killed in Action 8/16/62 Morrison Station, TN.

James C. Davis---Died of disease

Scott D. Davis---Transferred to Capt. Hayne’s Cavalry Co. Starnes Battalion

Minor W. Elkins---Gunsmith on Detached service to the brigade

J. H. Ellison---Killed in Action 8/16/62 Morrison Station, TN.

J. E. Ferguson---Honorable Medical discharge---Disability [age 21]

James G. Fields---Honorable Medical discharge 8/4/62

Robert E. Fields---Applied for discharge --unable for duty from 6/10/63

William D. Frailey---Convalescent Camp since 8/1/63

James Gentry---Died of disease 9/18/61

Watt Gentry---Present at all musters

Thomas Giles---Deserted on 2/23/63

Timothy Hair---Died of disease 4/27/62 Washington County, VA. [age 32]

Edmond Hamilton---Transferred to Capt. Hayne’s Cavalry Co. Starnes Battalion

David Harmon---Captured twice 9/21/63 Lebanon Jct. KY. Exchanged 9/29/62--- Captured 8/25/63 Franklin, TN Paroled after giving $1000 bond

George W. Hargrove---Transferred to Capt. Hayne’s Cavalry Co. Starnes Battalion

Newton C. Hargrove---Died of Disease on 10/5/61

William F. Hooker---Deserted on 2/20/63

William Lamb---Honorable discharge-- For being over the age of Forty

H. J. Liggett---Transferred to Colonel Starnes Cavalry Battalion

J. A. N. Marlin---Honorable discharge 12/14/61

Charles W. C. Maxwell---Deserted on January 15, 1863

John McCrory---Captured 8/3/63 Paroled

J. B. Montgomery---Deserted

Green Mosley---Transferred from J. M. Champs Partisan Rangers 8/23/61

Matthew T. O’Neal---Deserted on 2/5/64 at Nashville, TN.

W. J. Neil---Killed in Action 8/16/62 Morrison Station, TN.

J. A. Parsley---Transferred to Capt. Hayne’s Cavalry Co. Starnes Battalion

Stephen A. Porter --- Conscripted---Deserted in May 1863

John W. Reavis---Transferred to Capt. Hayne’s Cavalry Co. Starnes Battalion

J. M. Reid-Killed in action 10/14/62 Crab Orchard, KY.

Jack Ring---Transferred to Capt. Hayne’s Cavalry Co. Starnes Battalion

J. P. Ring---Transferred to Capt. Hayne’s Cavalry Co. Starnes Battalion

William F. Riggs---Transferred to Capt. Hayne’s Cavalry Co. Starnes Battalion

George W. Reynolds---Transferred to Capt. Hayne’s Cavalry Co. Starnes Battalion

James T. Rhodes---Furloughed for sickness [age 56]

William T. Shearin--Captured on 2/6/65 Barnswell, NC. Released on Oath 6/19/65

John Sheffield---Honorable discharge 11/13/61 at Hunterville, VA.

Elbert A. Shipp---Deserted

George W. Slaughter---Transferred to Capt. Hayne’s Cavalry Co. Starnes Battalion

Hugh Slaughter---Deserted

Elijah P. Sledge---Transferred to Capt. Hayne’s Cavalry Co. Starnes Battalion

Thomas M. Smith---Present at all musters

William R. Smith Sr.---Present at all musters

Green Smithson---- 1^st Bugler---Present at all musters

Sylvester W. Smithson---Honorable discharge on 12/11/61 for being over the age of Forty [age 64] at Hunterville, VA.

Occupation before the war- Brick Mason

J. N. Stanley---Honorable Medical discharge 11/17/61 [Typhoid attacks] at Hunterville, VA. [age 20] Occupation before the war-- Farmer

James Thomas---Died on 3/27/62 of unknown causes at Hunterville, VA.

Ewing D. Thompson---On detached service to the brigade

J. K. Thompson---Transferred to Capt. Hayne’s Cavalry Co. Starnes Battalion

William F. Thompson---2^nd Bugler--Deserted on 2/20/65

R. W. Townsend---Captured on 5/30/63 Trousdale Ferry, TN. Exchanged 7/31/63

J. F. Wade---Transferred to Capt. Hayne’s Cavalry Co. Starnes Battalion

William M. Wade---Transferred to Capt. Hayne’s Cavalry Co. Starnes Battalion

J. B. Wall---Admitted on 11/14/62 to Episcopal Hospital Williamsburg, VA, for wounds Returned to duty 12/24/62

W. W. Wallace--- Farrier--Honorable discharge on 12/ 1/62 at Franklin, TN for being over the age of Forty

W. A. Watts---Died of unknown cause on 4/27/62 at Greenwood, VA.

W. T. R. Williams---Honorable Medical discharge Fever which will take many months to recover from. [age 18]

Occupation before the war Farmer

William Riley Winn--- 1^st Musician--Captured on 5/29/63 at Trousdale Ferry, TN. Exchanged on 7/14/63

Deserted on 1/28/65

Bud Woodall---Transferred to Capt. Hayne’s Cavalry Co. Starnes Battalion

B. F. Woodward---Transferred to Capt. Hayne’s Cavalry Co. Starnes Battalion

E. W. Woodward---Courier for the brigade from 8/8/63

Charles B. E. Woods--- 2^nd Musician--Captured twice 12/31/62 at Murfreesboro, TN. Exchanged ?

Captured on 9/10/64 Woodbury, TN.

T. W. Yancey---Present at all musters

Information taken from Miss Kitty Davis diary and microfilm rolls 36-38 Series 268 8^th Tennessee Cavalry [Baxter Smith’s}

Ordnance Report

Company A "Marshall Rangers"

Submitted by Ordnance Sergeant James J. Finney

March 11, 1864

Invoice of Receipts From 4^th Tennessee Cavalry

March 10^th 1^st -----1864

Service of Ordnance & Ordnances Stores turned over to the 4^th Tennessee Cavalry to Lt. W. H. Richter Ordnance Officer Davidson’s Brigade

X 22 Cartridges Boxes

X 3 Enfield Rifles

X 3 Springfield Smoothbore Muskets

X 12 Enfield Rifles Unusable

X 2 Colts

X 2 Harper’s Ferry’s

X 6 Belgians

X 3 Unbranded rifles

X 11 Springfield’s Rifled Muskets

X 1 Austrian

X 14 Short Enfield’s

X 3 Carbines

X 2 Unbranded Muskets

X 1 Musketoon

X 2 Sabers

X 3 Packing Boxes

X 10 Brown Chests

X 3 Springfield Muskets Serviceable

X 1 Harpers Ferry

X 1 Springfield Unserviceable

I certify that the above Service is complete

J. J. Finney Ordnance Sergeant

4^th Tennessee Cavalry

Tunnel Hill, Ga.

March 11, 1864

Transcribed by Ted Urbanski

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