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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.<br>
+*W. I. Floyd, Co. "A". Organized November 25, 1863. Became Co. "H", 18th Mississippi Cavalry Battalion.
+*Thomas I. Morris, Co. "B". Organized November 14, 1863. Became "H", 8th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment.
+*Captain Manning's Company disbanded February 1864, and men collected by a Captain Rodgers, assisted by Lieutenant Douglas of Manning's Company, and became 2nd Co. "F" McDonald's Battalion of 3rd (Forrest's Old') Regiment.
+*Jasper G. Wilbourne, Co. "F". Wilbourne resigned January, 1864 as 1st Lieutenant Co. "E", 1st Mississippi Infantry, stating that he had been elected Captain of Co. "F" of Collins' Regiment, which he had raised on the authority of Collins. The men were probably assigned as individuals to the 18th Mississippi Cavalry Battalion.
+These are the only companies positively identified. The letter from General Chalmers mentioned Captain Perry's company as being in Collins' command. This was probably Captain J. R. Perry, of Co. "G" 18th Mississippi Cavalry Battalion, which was formed from members of two companies of Partisan Rangers in State Service.
+<ref>Tennesseans in the Civil War, [http://www.tngenweb.org/civilwar/csacav/csacollins.html], COLLINS' TENNESSEE CAVALRY REGIMENT, (accessed 25 Apr 2012).</ref>
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