Julie and Others, June 1863, as stated below, was not the end of the "First Confederate Cavalry." Lt. Col. C. S. Robertson, of Pocahontus, Bolivar and Savannah, and other officers were captured along with the 292 men as you stated. However, Capt. C. H. Conner assumed Command of the outfit which continued as a unit until the surrender near Gainesville Alabama at the end of the war. I am trying to write a history of Company G of the First. This company was made up primarily of men from The Hardin Co. and the surrounding area. I have a roster and will check same if you think your ancestor was in that unit. If you have knowledge of this outfit, that you would share, please get in touch. Thanks, David Cerro Gordo Julie Preston wrote: > For whomever requested the lookup for DAVIS & LAUGHLIN, > > >From "Shiloh Remembered": > > p. 27 --- DAVIS > > "The Bert HAYS Story > > On the list of most notorious guerillas compiled in the National Archives > appears the name of W.B. (Bert) HAYS. He is listed by Union Authorities as > the No. 1 guerilla during the Civil War years. > > HAYS was the son of Wallis HAYS, a planter of good means who moved into > Hardin County before the war. His brother was Lawson HAYS, a deputy U.S. > Marshall in Savannah in 1860. Bert and Lawson HAYS were members of the 1st > Cavalry Regiment. When Gen. Joe Wheeler was pursued across the Duck River > in June 1863, the unit was thrown in to stop the advance of Gen. Gordon > Granger. The fight allowed Wheeler to escape but in the process the > regiment was destroyed with 292 prisoners being captured. The remainder was > consolidated into the 51st Tenn. Infantry. Bert HAYS became a captain and > led his company in battle at Brice's Crossroads. > > Then followed a puzzle! HAYS' outfit disappeared. It is not clear whether > the unit went on private scouting or whether it went into desertion. During > the last year of the war, HAYS was known to be operating in the vicinity of > Waterloo, Ala., an area which was noted for spying and all kinds of guerilla > activities. Capt. S.P. Emerson, Co. B, 6th Kentucky, was known to be in the > area. He had been associated with Gen. John Hunt Morgan during much of the > war. > > Emerson was said to have worked with HAYS. Rewards were being offered to > Confederate soldiers who would desert and join the Union Army. HAYS and > Emerson caught Will DAVIS at Ransomtown near Wayne County. He was on his > way to give up and claim the reward. They punched his eyes out and hung him > to a tree then sent word to the Union officers that DAVIS was read to "turn > over" and for them to come and pick him up. > > p. 30 -- LAUGHLIN (this para. included in a posting earlier today, 1/19/99) > "August 28, 1908 -- 6th Tennessee Cavalry, 6th Annual Meeting at the > Laughlin Springs where the regiment was encamped and organized in August > 1862......The following is a list of veterans both home and visiting: > Company A: J.J. Swain, W.A. LAUGHLIN, E.W. Hester, J.L. Robinson, W.J.N. > Rose, J.W. Hester, H.C. Moore, H.V. Flower, J.R. WILSON, S.W. Fish." > > Regards, > Julie Preston > anpreston@msn.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: rrc3pr@199.218.201.6 <rrc3pr@199.218.201.6> > To: Julie Preston <anpreston@email.msn.com> > Date: Tuesday, January 19, 1999 2:32 PM > Subject: "Shiloh Remembered" Lookups Offered > > >Davis, Will -- 27 > >Laughlin, W.A. -- 30 > > > > > > ==== TNMCNAIR Mailing List ==== > Where would we be without our ancestors? > Pat > pwjones@centuryinter.net