16th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Logwood's)


Historical Notes:
The Tennessee 16th (Logwood's) Cavalry Regiment [also called 15th Regiment] was organized at Pikeville, Mississippi, in August, 1863. Its members were recruited in the counties of Fayette, Shelby, Gibson, Hardeman, Haywood, and Tipton. The unit served in the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, and skirmished in Mississippi until February, 1864, when it merged into the 15th (Stewart's-Logwood's) Tennessee Cavalry Regiment Officers:
Colonel Thomas H. Logwood
Lieutenant Colonel James H. Murray
Major Thomas S. Webb
Assignments:
R.V. Richardson's and E.W. Rucker's Brigade
Battles:
Skirmishes in Georgia
Harrisburg
Memphis
Franklin
Nashville
Rosters:
The roster of this unit contains the names of 753 men.

Company A - Captain James H. Murray (to lieutenant colonel)
Company B - Captain James L. Garrison
Company C - Benjamin I. McSpadden
Company D - Captains J.R. Farrabee, John C. Ford - Shelby County and Fayette Counties.
Company E - Captain Thomas N. Caruthers
Company F - Captains Thomas W. Brinkley, William S. Latta - Fayette County, Hardeman County and Haywood Counties.
Company G - Captain John H. Stevens - Fayette and Shelby Counties.
Company H - Captain Thomas D. Robins - Fayette, Shelby and Hardeman Counties
Company I - Captain J.E. Sullivan - Shelby and Tipton Counties.
Company K - Thomas N. Hughes - Shelby and Fayette Counties.
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