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593 Series I Volume XXXIX-II Serial 78 - Allatoona Part II

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Organization of Forrest's Cavalry, Major General Nathan B. Forrest, C. S. Army, commanding, May 10, 1864.

CHALMERS' DIVISION.

Brigadier General JAMES R. CHALMERS.

First Brigade.

Colonel JAMES J. NEELY.

7th Tennessee, Colonel William L. Duckworth.

12th Tennessee, Colonel John Uriah Green.

14th Tennessee, Lieutenant Colonel Raleigh R. White.

15th Tennessee, Colonel Francis M. Stewart.

Tennessee Scouts, Captain Wiley Higgs.

Provost Guard, Captain D. J. Murchison.

Second Brigade.

Colonel ROBERT McCULLOCH.

5th Mississippi, Captain William B. Peery.

7th Mississippi, Major James M. Park.

8th Mississippi, Colonel William L. Duff.

18th MISSISSIPPI Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Alex. H. Chalmers.

2nd Missouri, Lieutenant Colonel Robert A. McCulloch.

McDonald's (Tennessee) Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel J. M. Crews.

Waul's (Texas) Legion (battalion), Lieutenant Colonel Leonidas Willis.

Escort, Company C, 18th Battalion MISSISSIPPI Cavalry, Captain C. T. Smith.

BUFORD'S DIVISION.

Brigadier General ABRAHAM BUFORD.

THIRD Brigade.

Colonel EDWARD CROSSLAND.

3rd Kentucky, Lieutenant Colonel Gustavus A. C. Holt.

7th Kentucky, Lieutenant Colonel L. J. Sherrill.

8th Kentucky, Lieutenant Colonel Absalom R. Shacklett.

12th Kentucky, Colonel W. W. Faulkner.

Forrest's (Alabama) Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Dew M. Wisdom.

Fourth Brigade.

Colonel TYREE H. BELL.

2nd Tennessee, Colonel Clark R. Barteau.

15th Tennessee, Colonel Robert M. Russell.

16th Tennessee, Colonel Andrew N. Wilson.

INDEPENDENT (GHOLSON'S) BRIGADE.

Colonel John McGUIRK.

2nd MISSISSIPPI State, Colonel William L. Lowry.

3rd Mississippi, Lieutenant Colonel H. H. Barksdale.

-Mississippi, Colonel T. W. Ham.

-MISSISSIPPI Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas C. Ashcraft.

-MISSISSIPPI Battalion, Major Thomas W. Harris.

ARTILLERY.

Hudson's (Mississippi) battery.

Morton's (Tennessee) battery.

Rice's (Tennessee) battery.

Thrall's (Arkansas) battery.

[MAY 11, 1864. -For Lee to Cooper, in reference to operations of McArthur and Sturgis, see Vol. XXXVIII, Part IV, p. 10.]

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