Cooper's Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry

Historical Notes:
No muster rolls on this organization were found, and the information given herein is taken from Prisoner of War Records, miscellaneous records, and personal papers.

A report from General Gideon J. Pillow, Superintendent Volunteer and Conscript Bureau, Department Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi dated at Marietta, Georgia, October 23, 1863, stated among other things: “Major Cooper has also raised a regiment under my orders in Middle Tennessee, where it now is, but will come soon.

A Union report dated at Columbia August 1, 1862, made mention of Cooper’s Guerrillas, 80 to 100 strong. Another report, dated August 25, 1863, at Paint Rock Bridge, Alabama, reported a skirmish on the Tennessee River with 30 rebels, and the capture of a horse belonging to “the notorious Conscript Agent, Cooper.”

      More... Officers:
Major Duncan B. Cooper Rosters:
The roster of this unit contains the names of 35 men.

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.