21st Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Carter's)

Historical Notes:
The Tennessee 21st (Carter's) Cavalry Regiment, organized in September, 1864, was never officially numbered. It was usually called Carter's Scouts or Wheeler's Scouts. The unit skirmished in Tennessee and Alabama, then with about 600 or 700 men moved back to Tennessee with Hood. It fought at Franklin , saw action in the demonstration against Murfreesborough in December, then was stationed at Shelbyville. In March of 1865, the regiment merged into the Nixon's Consolidated Cavalry Regiment. The regiment ended the war in Alabama and surrendered with the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana. Officers:

Nathan W. Carter - Colonel

Robert Withers - Lieut. Colonel

Major - R.H. Dudley

Assignments:
Wheeler's Scouts Battles:
Skirmishes in Tennessee and Alabama
Franklin
Nashville
Murfreesboro
Rosters:
The roster of this unit contains the names of 233 men.

Company A

Company B

Company C

Company D

Company E

Company F - Captains Robert Withers (to lieutenant colonel), Robert L. Morris

Company G

Company H

Company I

Company K

Company L

Company Unknown

Bibliography for Research:
Crute, Joseph Units of the Confederate States Army Midlothian, VA: Derwent Books, 1987. Concise summary of the units service.

Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies...Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, The Confederate Units and the Indian Units. Westminster, MD: Willow Bend Books, 1995. (2 photocopied pages). E547S53.

Southern Historical Society The Southern Historical Society Papers. Cartersville, GA: Eastern Digital Resources, 1998.

U. S. Government Printing Office. Official Records of the American Civil War Davenport, IA. Eastern Digital Resources.

Rigdon, John C. - Editor Civil War Soldiers Service Records - Tennessee. 2012. Davenport, IA Eastern Digital Resources.