Holmes County, MS GEN WEB

Company F, 5th Mississippi Cavalry

Contributed by Dan Edwards

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Chronology of Service

Oct. 22 1863	Joined 5th Regiment (Colonel J. Z. George's Regiment), Chalmer's Div.
3 Nov.	Attack on Colliersville
4 Dec.	Engagement at Wolf Creek Bridge.
Jan. 1864	Regiment under Col. Jeff E. Forrest.
Feb.	Okolona campaign, where Col. Forrest and Lt. Col. Barksdale were killed.
Mar.-Apr.	With Forrest on the Tennessee raid.
12 Apr.	Assault on Fort Pillow.(Regt. under Lt.Col. Wiley M. Reed)
12 May	Lt. Col. N. Wickliffe in command of 5th, assigned to McCulloch's Brigade, Forrest's Cavalry.
10 - 15 July	Battle of Harrisburg.
Aug.	With Wade's Brigade: Contesting Hatch's advance on Oxford. Heavy Skirmishing on 22nd, and fought dismounted on the 23rd at Abbeville.
8 Oct.	With Chalmers and escort, operating within five miles of Memphis.
Nov.	Assigned to Rucker's Brigade (Forrest's Cavalry)
17 Nov.	Crossed Tenn. River at Florence. Engaged in skirmishes for several days along Shoal Creek.
23 Nov.	Engaged Capron's Brigade at Henryville, taking 65 prisoners.
24 Nov.	Chased Capron into Columbia, taking 30 more prisoners.
24-28 Nov.	Skirmishing around Columbia.
28 Nov.	Attacked head of Federal column near Springhill.
30 Nov.	Battle of Franklin. (assault on entrenched lines)
3 - 6 Dec.	In Position on Hillsboro Pike near Nashville.
7-14 Dec.	Blockadeing Cumberland River at the Charlotte Pike. Constant fighting against gunboats on the river and cavalry on the pike.
15-16 Dec.	Guarding Granny White Pike for the withdrawal of the army. Heavy losses in hand to hand fighting. Rucker wounded and captured.
17-28 Dec.	Under Forrest in the famous rearguard action, which protected Hoods army from total annihilation.
Feb. 1865	Assigned to Armstrong's Brigade.
2 Apr.	Battle of Selma
7 May	Surrendered at Forsyth, Ga.

ROSTER

Capt. B.W. Treadwell	Eggleston, Everett	Little, Hugh	Saffold, D.A.
Lt. J.P. Povall	Ellison, Henry	Llyod, William	Saffold, W.C.
Lt. W.F. Cole	Fowler, Ruff	Lusk, Robert	Shelton, Ben A.
Lt. R.M. Bridgeforth	Frost, J. J.	Malone, W.M.	Sonthemier, Jake
Ashcroft, J.W.	Gibson, ? ?	Marlow, Joe	Sonthemier, Sol.
Ashcroft, Wm.	Gibson, Dolphus	Martin, George	Stigler, I.R.
Bailey, ? ?	Green, A.B.	Martin, Henry	Stigler, W.F.
Bailey, R.T.	Green, J.E.	McEachern, John	Stokes, H.C.
Barnes, Gyp.	Harding, A.H.	McMorrough, T.J.	Thomas, William
Berry, J.W.	Harrington, Fletcher	Melton, Isham	Wascom, J.M.
Boatwright, G.W.	Harrington, W.C.	Mercer, F.C.	Wascom, Thomas
Boatwright, H.S.	Harrison, W.M.	Merrideth, ??	West, Lem A.
Brock, A. B.	Harvey, J.P.	Muirhead, Jake	White, Sim
Brock, H.C.	Heard, H.	Munson, Pink	Whitehead, Jack
Brown, R.J.	Henson, Phillip	Owen, A.G.	Whitehead, James
Byrd, B.F.	Hobbs, D.M.	Pennington, Ed.	Wilkes, John
Byrd, Cayle	Holmes, John	Polk, Henry	Williams, John A.
Carmen, Richard	Holmes, Martin	Polk, Israel	York, J.B.
Clower, Ben	Jones, C.H.	Roberts, Agrippa	-
Clower, John	King, Aaron	Rogers, W.C.	-
Cole, Thomas	Lane, Steve	Rowe, Dr. A.V.	-

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