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=== Brief History === | === Brief History === | ||
"Also called 18th Battalion, 26th Battalion, Balch's Battalion and McDonald's Battalion - Organized as a battalion at Memphis, October, 1861; increased to regiment January, 1862; divided into two battalions April, 1862; four Alabama companies transferred to 4th (Russell's) Alabama Cavalry Regiment in November, 1862; 18th Battalion first known as Balch's Battalion; then as McDonald's Battalion; finally as 26th Battalion; reorganized as regiment latter part of 1864; consolidated with 12th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment in February 1865; surrendered and paroled at Gainesville, Alabama, May 1865." | "Also called 18th Battalion, 26th Battalion, Balch's Battalion and McDonald's Battalion - Organized as a battalion at Memphis, October, 1861; increased to regiment January, 1862; divided into two battalions April, 1862; four Alabama companies transferred to 4th (Russell's) Alabama Cavalry Regiment in November, 1862; 18th Battalion first known as Balch's Battalion; then as McDonald's Battalion; finally as 26th Battalion; reorganized as regiment latter part of 1864; consolidated with 12th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment in February 1865; surrendered and paroled at Gainesville, Alabama, May 1865." <ref>Tennesseans in the Civil War, [http://www.tngenweb.org/civilwar/csacav/csa3forrest.html 3rd (Forrest's Old) Tennessee Cavalry Regiment], (accessed 31 Dec 2011).</ref> | ||
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit. <ref>National Park Service, [https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref> | "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit. <ref>National Park Service, [https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref> | ||
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=== Other Sources === | === Other Sources === | ||
*[[Beginning United States Civil War Research|Beginning United States Civil War Research]] gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier or sailor. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in | *[[Beginning United States Civil War Research|Beginning United States Civil War Research]] gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier or sailor. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in 'Tennessee in the Civil War' and 'United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865' (see below). | ||
*National Park Service, [https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information. | *National Park Service, [https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information. | ||
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*[[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865|United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865]] describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc. | *[[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865|United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865]] describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc. | ||
*Morton, John Watson, | *Morton, John Watson, ''The artillery of Nathan Bedford Forrest's cavalry, "the wizard of the saddle''," Nashville, Tenn., Dallas, Tex., Publishing house of the M. E. Church, South, Smith & Lamar, agents, 1909. Online book at [https://www.archive.org/stream/artilleryofnatha00mort#page/n7/mode/2up Internet Archive], (accessed 26 Feb 2012) and (Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, c1990), {{FSC|750229|item|disp=FS Library Fiche 6082241}} and (Paris, Tennessee : Guild Bindery Press, 1988), {{FSC|656452|item|disp=FS Library book 976.8 M2mj}}<br> | ||
*Tennesseans in the Civil War, [http://www.tngenweb.org/civilwar/csacav/csa3forrest.html 3rd (Forrest's Old) Tennessee Cavalry Regiment,] (accessed 31 Dec 2011). | *Tennesseans in the Civil War, [http://www.tngenweb.org/civilwar/csacav/csa3forrest.html 3rd (Forrest's Old) Tennessee Cavalry Regiment,] (accessed 31 Dec 2011). | ||
*[http://www.civilwarhome.com/natbio.htm Nathan Bedford Forrest,] (accessed 31 Dec 2011). | *[http://www.civilwarhome.com/natbio.htm Nathan Bedford Forrest,] (accessed 31 Dec 2011). Biography. | ||
=== References === | === References === | ||
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