16th Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry (Neal's): Difference between revisions

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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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*Company A - Captains William C. Eblen, James W. Rogers, Thomas Brown, George C. Montgomery
*Company B - Captains John R. Neal (lieutenant colonel), R.F. Mastin&nbsp; Also called Company C.
*Company D - Captains Benjamin T. Brown, D.L. Hasslery, Francis M. Murray, Thomas H. Mastin
*Company E - Captains Thomas S. Rumbough, Thomas L. Williams
*Company F - Captain Michael Staley
*John F. Fitzgerald's Company
 
Information for the companies comes from [http://www.tngenweb.org/civilwar/csacav/csatn16.html Tennesseans in the Civil War], (accessed 28 Dec 2011).<br>


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