J S. Cunningham
Residence was not listed;
Enlisted as a Private
"D" Co. TN 1st Cavalry
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- Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records
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Company D was originally Company E, 3rd (Brazelton's) Tennessee Cavalry Battalion, raised with men from Bledsoe County and Brazeton's Company E from Rhea County
Tennesseans in the Civil War, Part 1
Military Annals of Tennessee, Confederate, Vol. 2, John Berrien Lindsley
Company D, 1st Regiment Tennessee Cavalry, formerly Captain W. T. Gass's** Company,* Lt. Col. William Brazelton's Battalion Tennessee Cavalry, mustered into service August 5, 1861 at Knoxville, Tenn.
* This company was successively designated as Captain Gass' Company, Brazelton's Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry, Company C, 3rd Battalion Tennessee Cavlary; Company E, 3rd Battalion Tennessee Cavalry; and Company D, 1st (Carter's) Regiment Tennessee Cavalry.
The 3rd (Brazelton's) Battalion Tennessee Cavalry was organized in 1861 for twelve months and was also called the 2nd and the 5th Battalion Tennessee Cavalry. It was reorganized as the 14th (Carter's) Battalion Tennessee Cavalry. It was increased to a regiment November 14, 1862, by the addition of other companies and became the 1st (Carter's) Regiment Tennessee Cavalry.
** Traveled 75 miles to initial mustering rendezvous
M268: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee