2nd Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Confederate)

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Brief History
Also called 2nd East Tennessee Cavalry Regiment Organized in East Tennessee July to November, 1862; original muster rolls destroyed at Nolensville, December 30, 1862; re-mustered at Murfreesboro, January 26, 1863; mustered out at Nashville, July 6, 1865.

The book "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.

Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin
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.


 * Company A - Captain Solomon Irick
 * Company B - Captain Thomas A. Jones
 * Company C - Captain John M. Raines
 * Company D - Captain Thomas Stephens, Aaron G. McReynolds, Moses L. McConnell
 * Company E - Captain John Henry
 * Company F - Captain James H. Walker
 * Company G - Captain Charles S. Berry, William Odle, Robert N. Hood
 * Company H - Captain Sam P. Rowan
 * Company I - Captain George W. Gorman
 * Company K - Captain William W. Montgomery
 * Company L - Captain James H. Morris, James H. Knight - Men from Anderson and Claiborne counties.
 * 2nd Company L - Captain James M. Henry
 * Company M - Captain Robert A. Montgomery, Elknah M. Wynne

The information about the counties is from Tennesseans in the Civil War, (accessed 18 Nov 2011).

Other Sources

 * Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier or sailor. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in 'Tennessee in the Civil War' and 'United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865' (see below).


 * National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.


 * Tennessee in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Tennessee, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * Lindsley, John B. The Military Annals of Tennessee: Confederate, First Series; Embracing a Review of Military Operations, with Regimental Histories and Memorial Rolls, Compiled from Original and Official Sources. 1886. Reprint. Spartanburg, South Carolina: Reprint Co., 1974. (Family History Library book 976.8 M2L.) Digital versions at Ancestry ($); Internet Archive.  A brief history and memorial rolls of the 2nd Tennessee Cavalry begin on page 611.


 * Tennesseans in the Civil War, (accessed 22 Oct 2011).