8TH (BAXTER-SMITH) CAVALRY
Known Soldiers on Detached Service
From November 24, 1862-May 3, 1865
Transcribed by Theodore Urbanski
and
Bill Allen
Company A "Marshall Rangers"
Name of Soldier Where on Detached Service
Pvt. T. S. Almond Ambulance Driver
2nd Lt. Charles A. Barid Unknown
4th Cpl. Henry Beatty K Company [Capt. Anderson]
Wagon Master B. F. Chapman General Wharton’s Brigade Wagon Master
[Slave] Toney Chapman General Wharton’s Brigade [ with B. F. Chapman]
Pvt. James Deem Unknown
Gunsmith Minor W. Elkin Regimental Gunsmith
Pvt. Samuel Furrow Unknown
3rd Cpl. John Galloway Unknown
Pvt. James Higgs Under orders from Lt. Colonel Anderson
Pvt. Ben Job Wharton Scouts since 3/1/63
Pvt. William Lamb Company Blacksmith
Sgt. Harvey Nickens Under orders from Lt. Colonel Anderson
1st Lt. W. H. McLean Scouting Mission into Middle Tennessee 1863
Wagoner W. H. Shearin Brigade Wagoner since 3/18/63
Pvt. William T. Shearin Unknown
Pvt. C. J. Smith Wheeler’s Elite Scouts 5/15/63
Pvt. Ewing D. Thompson Unknown
1st Sgt. J. C. Thomas Under orders from Lt. Colonel Anderson
Ordnance Sgt. M. James Turner Unknown
Pvt. J. K. Williams Detailed as a Mounted Orderly 1/4/63
Pvt. E. W. Woodward Courier 8/8/63
Wagoner F. A. Yarbrough Wagon Driver
Company B "McClellan Troops"
Name of Soldier Where on Detached Service
Pvt. J. A. Cole Ordnance Department at
Knoxville, Tennessee
Pvt. James Cox Atlanta, Georgia
Shoemaker [rate .49 [cents] a pair
Pvt. William Crumly General Wharton’s Scouts
Pvt. James Greg Commissary Department
Pvt. John C. Hall General G. T. Beaureguard Staff
Pvt. J. W. Page General Wharton’s Staff
Pvt. C. W. Pullman Artillery command
Company C
Name of Soldier Where on Detached Service
Pvt. S. A .Betty Capt. Saunders Company [Buckner Guards]
Pvt. John H. Burnett Quartermaster Corp.
Captain Francis Cunningham Unknown
Pvt. Elias Dowell Unknown
Pvt. E. R. Green Capt. Gordon’s Scouts
Pvt. William Nance Atlanta Armory [Armorer]
Pvt. John T. Price Quartermaster Department
Assistant Quartermaster
Pvt. Thomas Dyson Price Quartermaster Department
Pvt. Thomas Dyson Price Nurse/attendant at General Hospital
Reassigned Columbus, Ga.
Pvt. J. W. Sayle Medical Department
Pvt. William Addison Turner Teamster
Company D
Name of Soldier Where on Detached Service
Pvt. A. J. Armstrong Detailed to repair guns
Pvt. C. W. Arnold Detached to Regimental Staff
Pvt. H.A. Beadle Wagoner/Teamster
Pvt. Robert S. Donnell Detailed to the Commissary Dept.
Pvt. B. J. Phillips Detached as a Nurse
Since July 4, 1863
Pvt. C. A. Robertson Detached to Wharton’s Scouts
Pvt. W. W. Sellars Detached as a Teamster
Pvt. E. M. Smith Detached to a Diver’s Company at Mobile, Alabama
Pvt. T. A. Tracy Provost Marshal Company
Company E
Name of Soldier Where on Detached Service
Pvt. J. E. Coleman Assistant Commissary 10/23/63
Pvt. Nelson Kenton Artillery 10/28/62
Pvt. E. J. Neely On Extra duty
Pvt. Cal S. Smithson Company D teamster
Company F
Name of Soldier Where on Detached Service
Capt. James A. Lester 6/17/63
Escort to Major General Alexander P. Stewart
Pvt. Jacob M. Masterson 5/65 Diver Company Columbus, MS.
Pvt. William J. Lester 5/65 Diver Company Meridian, MS.
Pvt. J. J. Pittman General Bedford Forest Commissary
Pvt. Zack Thompson Elite Corp
Pvt. O. J. Williams Staff Headquarters
Company G
Name of Soldier Where on Detached Service
Pvt. T. F. Dunn Wharton’s Scouts [1863]
Pvt. T. F. Dunn General Hospital Thomasville, N. C.
Detached twice [1865]
Pvt. Harvey A. Gannon Artillery
Pvt. James Gregory Commissary Department
Pvt. A. D. McKnight Macon. Ga. Arsenal [Saddletree maker]
Company H
Name of Soldier Where on Detached Service
Cpl. Ambrose C. Grant Academy Hospital, Marietta, Ga.
3rd Sgt. J. C. Wells Captain Gordon’s Scouts
Pvt. T. G. Glover Unknown
Pvt. J. P. Godsey Unknown
Pvt. J. T. Langley Steamboat crew
Pvt. James Mann Chattanooga, Tennessee
3rd Cpl. W. O. McCommack Chattanooga, Tennessee [Building hospitals]
Pvt. James Whitarce Provost Marshal
Company I
Soldiers Name Where Detached
Pvt. J. H. Gatewood General R. Taylor Staff Columbus, Miss.
Company L
Name of Soldier Where on Detached Service
Pvt. John Allen Wagon Maker in Govt. shop at Knoxville, TN.
Pvt. William Arnold Teamster for General McCowen’s Command
5th Sgt. Andrew F. Cowen Quartermaster Sergeant Hardee’s Squadron
Pvt. W. A. Forbes Orderly to Major General McCowen
Pvt. William M. Henderson Company Teamster/Farrier
Pvt. D. H. Gammon Department of East Tennessee
Pvt. John Madden Ordnance Department
2nd Cpl. H. C. Odell Carpenter in Govt. shop at Knoxville, TN.
5th Sgt. M. Y. Roberts Company Farrier
Pvt. John Rose Quartermaster Sergeant Major General McCowen’s Staff
Pvt. W. J. Sord Special Orderly for Major G. A. Henry
Pvt. R. B. Sumpter Special Orderly for H. L. Bradford A. A. G.
Pvt. Calvin Wyrick Personal Bodyguard for Major General McCowen
Pvt. W. S. Young Commissary Dept. at Shelbyville, TN.
Company K "Cedar Snags"
Name of Soldier Where on Detached Service
1st Lt. James H. Britton Provost Marshal Company Commander
Pvt. John Bell Jr. Ordnance Department
Pvt. Alexander Bolton Unknown assignment
Pvt. Bryant W. Goodrich Teamster
Pvt. John Littlefield Unknown assignment
Pvt. John Sewell Railroad Engineer
Pvt. Samuel G. Stratton Unknown assignment
Pvt. George Stanley Atlanta Arsenal--Saddletree maker
Pvt. Henry F. Shutt Unknown assignment
Company M
None Reported
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