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=== Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin  ===
<h3> Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin  </h3>
 
<p>Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.  
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.  
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<ul><li>Company A - Organized at Bethel, McNairy County.
*Company A  
</li><li>Company B - Organized at Bethel, McNairy County.
*Company B  
</li><li>Company C - Organized at Bethel, McNairy County.
*Company C  
</li><li>Company D - Organized at Bethel, McNairy County.
*Company D  
</li><li>Company E - Organized at Bethel, McNairy County.
*Company E  
</li><li>Company F - Organized at Bethel, McNairy County.
*Company F  
</li><li>Company G - Men from Wayne, Hardin, Decatur, and Perry Counties.
*Company G  
</li><li>Company H - Men from Wayne, Hardin, Decatur, and Perry Counties.  
*Company H
</li></ul>
 
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These two companies had men from [[Wayne County, Tennessee|Wayne]], [[Hardin County, Tennessee|Hardin]], [[Decatur County, Tennessee|Decatur]], and [[Perry County, Tennessee|Perry Counties]].  
<ul><li>Company I - Organized at Dresden, Weakley County.
 
</li><li>Company K - Organized at Dresden, Weakley County.
*Company I  
</li><li>Company L - Organized at Dresden, Weakley County.
*Company K  
</li><li>Company M - Men from <a href="Gibson County, Tennessee">Gibson and</a> <a href="Weakley County, Tennessee">Weakley Counties</a>.&#160; <span class="fck_mw_ref" _fck_mw_customtag="true" _fck_mw_tagname="ref">Tennesseans in the Civil War, [http://www.tngenweb.org/civilwar/usacav/usa6cav.html 6th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, USA], (accessed 4 Jan 2012).</span>
*Company L  
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*Company M - Men from [[Gibson County, Tennessee|Gibson and]] [[Weakley County, Tennessee|Weakley Counties]].&nbsp; <ref>Tennesseans in the Civil War, [http://www.tngenweb.org/civilwar/usacav/usa6cav.html 6th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, USA], (accessed 4 Jan 2012).</ref>


=== Other Sources  ===
=== Other Sources  ===
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