CONFEDERATE TENNESSEE TROOPS
9th Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry (Gantt's)
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9th Cavalry Battalion was organized and mustered into Confederate service at Camp Maury, near
Nashville, Tennessee, in December, 1861. Its six companies were from Maury, Hickman, and
Wayne counties. A seventh company, made up of transfers and men from Hickman County, was
added in October, 1864. The unit was assigned to the Western Department, and all but Company
C were captured in the fight at Fort Donelson. They were exchanged in September, 1862,
remounted in January, 1863, and attached to W.Adams, H.B. Davidson's, Humes', and H.M.
Ashby's Brigade. The battalion skirmished the Federals in Mississippi and Louisiana, was
involved in the Atlanta
Campaign and the defense of Savannah, then part served with Wheeler in
Georgia and part in Tennessee. After various engagements in the Carolinas, it surrendered with
the Army of Tennessee. The field officers were Lieutenant Colonel George Gantt, and Majors
James H. Akin and B.W. Porter.
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