This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/738.1 Message Board Post: There were two cavalry regiments known as Forrest's. The 'Alabama' regiment was commanded by General Forrest's brother Jeffrey and organized in the summer of 1863. The other initially formed as a battalion under Nathan Bedford Forrest at Memphis in October 1861. Although four of its eight companies were from Alabama, this regiment appears in the Official Records as a Tennessee command. Company "H" of Forrest's Battalion was Capt. Henry Milner's "Russell Rangers" from Marshall County Ala. This company organized at Guntersville, Alabama, September 15, 1861. Members later formed Company “K”, Russell’s 4th Alabama Cavalry Regiment. In March of 1863 Russell's Alabama Cavalry had been assigned to picket duty northwest of Shelbyville. There are records of skirmishes at Unionville, Rover, Eagleville and College Grove in this area. It's possible that 1) the skirmish was not recorded, 2) the date on the record is wrong, 3) your ancestor was wounded on one day and died on another, or 4) your ancestor died of disease or some other cause. There may be other reasons, but I can't think of another now. Please contact me at pittsaj14@hotmail.com if I can assist further.