17th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Marshall's): Difference between revisions

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 === Brief History  ===
-test <ref>National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref>
+This regiment was also called the 16th Regiment was formed behind Federal lines during the fall of 1863 but was not officially recognized. In February, 1864, it was consolidated into three companies and transferred to the 14th (Neely's) Tennessee Cavalry Regiment. <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  ===