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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. | ||
<br> | *Company A - Captain Micajah Griffin - Men from [[Sumner_County,_Tennessee|Sumner County]]. | ||
*Company B - Captain William P. Simmons, Thomas E.S. Russwurm - Men from [[Sumner_County,_Tennessee|Sumner]] and [[Trousdale_County,_Tennessee|Trousdale]] Counties. | |||
*Company - Captain John D. Kilpatrick | |||
*Company E - Captain Alex W. Rowe - Men from [[Sumner_County,_Tennessee|Sumner]] or [[Trousdale_County,_Tennessee|Trousdale County]]. | |||
*Company F - Captain A.E. Bell, W.J. Dyer - Men from [[Sumner_County,_Tennessee|Sumner County]]. | |||
*Company C - Captain Charles E. Cossett - Men from [[Sumner_County,_Tennessee|Sumner]] and [[Smith_County,_Tennessee|Smith]] Counties. | |||
*Company H - Captain John W. Wiseman - Men from [[Sumner_County,_Tennessee|Sumner]], [[Trousdale_County,_Tennessee|Trousdale]] and [[Wilson_County,_Tennessee|Wilson]] Counties. | |||
Two other companies were attached to the regiment in December, when changes were made. | |||
These had formerly served in Douglass' Battalion, Partisan Rangers, and were: | |||
Company I - Captain Felix H. Blackman - Men from [[Davidson_County,_Tennessee|Davidson County]]. | |||
Company K - Captain J. Richard McCann, Duke Cox - Men from Middle Tennessee, mostly [[Davidson_County,_Tennessee|Davidson]] and [[Rutherford_County,_Tennessee|Rutherford]] Counties. | |||
The information about the companies is from [http://www.tngenweb.org/civilwar/csacav/csa9cav.html Tennesseans in the Civil War], (accessed 19 Nov 2011). | |||
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