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''[[United States of America|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Military Records|U.S. Military]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Tennessee|Tennessee]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Tennessee Military Records|Tennessee Military]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Tennessee in the Civil War]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] Forrest's Tennessee Cavalry '' | ''[[United States of America|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|RTENOTITLE]] [[United States Military Records|U.S. Military]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|RTENOTITLE]] [[Tennessee|Tennessee]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|RTENOTITLE]] [[Tennessee Military Records|Tennessee Military]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|RTENOTITLE]] [[Tennessee in the Civil War]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|RTENOTITLE]] Forrest's Tennessee Cavalry'' | ||
=== Brief History === | === Brief History === | ||
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"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> | "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, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ 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, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref> | ||
=== Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin === | === Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin === | ||
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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. | ||
This regiment had a very complex history, some 20 to 25 companies being at one time or another attached to it, with numerous changes in company letters. | This regiment had a very complex history, some 20 to 25 companies being at one time or another attached to it, with numerous changes in company letters.<br> | ||
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=== Other Sources === | === Other Sources === | ||