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After settling his banking interests, he formed and enlisted the Wirt Adams' Cavalry Regiment into the Confederate States Army at Memphis, Tennessee, in August 1861. Later, in September, his command was ordered to Columbus, Kentucky , and then, in October, to Headquarters, General Albert Sidney Johnston , Bowling Green, Kentucky .
Wirt Adams' Cavalry Regiment was a unit of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, composed of cavalry companies from Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana. Originally titled the First Regiment of Mississippi Cavalry , the unit was renamed after its commander, William Wirt Adams , in December, 1861.
Another unrelated unit, Wirt Adams' Cavalry Regiment, briefly held the designation of First Mississippi Cavalry Regiment in 1861 before being renamed. The total strength of the Regiment in July 1862 was reported as 22 officers and 220 men. [ 5 ]
This is a list of Mississippi Civil War Confederate Units, ... 14th Cavalry; 18th Cavalry; 28th Cavalry; Wirt Adams' Cavalry Regiment; Jeff. Davis Legion;
The 4th Regiment was assigned to Wirt Adams' Brigade in January 1864 and fought several skirmishes during the Meridian campaign. As part of H.P. Mabry 's Brigade under Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest , the Regiment fought in several more skirmishes opposing Federal raids in Mississippi, as well as the Battle of Tupelo in July 1864, where ...
The remainder of the Regiment under Mabry's command took part in various skirmishes with Union cavalry in late 1864, before being reassigned to Wirt Adam's brigade [2] and consolidated into a combined regiment with the 14th Mississippi Cavalry and 3rd Mississippi State Troops. [4]
Troopers in the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment assembled in the Parade Square at Hyde Park Barracks to take part in an annual event to find the best turned out soldier and horse.
The commanding officers were northerners recruited from Union cavalry regiments. [5] The battalion deployed from Memphis on July 4, 1864 to Grand Gulf, Mississippi alongside the 7th Indiana Cavalry, 2nd New Jersey Cavalry, and 19th Pennsylvania Cavalry in pursuit of Wood's Mississippi Cavalry under General William Wirt Adams operating in the area.