Nixon's Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Consolidated)

Historical Notes:
The 22nd (Nixon's) Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, also called 20th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment was organized in spring of 1864; consolidated about March, 1865 with 14th (Neely's), 15th (Stewart's) and 21st (N.W. Carter's) to form Nixon's Consolidated Regiment. They were paroled at Gainesville, Alabama, May, 1865.

This roster thus represents one of the latest rosters of the war, compiled between March and May, 1865.

Tennesseans in the Civil War states "This regiment was raised within enemy lines. The command so raised never received official designation by the Adjutant and Inspector Generals Office, but was known in the field as the 20th, the 22nd, or as Nixon's Regiment. No muster rolls, regimental returns, nor rosters of the regiment were found... Officers:
Assignments:
Battles:
Colonel Nixon stated the regiment had an engagement with two regiments of Federal cavalry, and drove them across the Cahaba River, near Centreville, Alabama, shortly before the surrender and parole of the regiment at Gainesville, Alabama in May, 1865. Rosters:
The roster of this unit contains the names of 476 men.

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