2nd Alabama Cavalry
Sergeant
- Joined
- Jan 29, 2019
This is an area of the war that has occupied quite a bit of my research. I had two different 3rd Great Grandfathers who partook in the last raid against Newt Knight and his band of disgruntled Confederate deserters, known other wise as the "Knight Company" of the "Republic of Jones". One of my 3rd Great Grandfathers served and fought with the 6th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company "E" (Lake Rebels) and the other with the 20th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company "H" (Morton Pine Knots), both of Scott County, Mississippi. In addition to those two, I had two 3rd Great Granduncles with the 29th Alabama Infantry Regiment partake in the first raid into Jones County, Mississippi sent in to chase, apprehend and or kill Newt Knight and the "Knight Company".
Basically after Newt Knight was given furlough, while serving with the 7th Mississippi Infantry just after the second battle of Corinth, Ms. in Oct 1862, he went back home to North Jones County, Mississippi and deserted from the Confederate States Army, never intending to go back after his furlough was over. Some time after that he was gathered up and conscripted back into the Confederate States Army, sent to fight at Vicksburg, from which he deserted again and made his way back to Jones County. There he found quite a few former Confederate Soldiers who had also deserted their commands as well and were on the run to avoid being tracked down and conscripted back into the Army.
By early 1864 Newt Knight had claimed to have seceded from the Confederate States of America, calling he and his men "Southern Yankees" and had formed the "Republic of Jones" which according to his description was comprised of the territory located south of Enterprise, Ms. to include all of the territory southward to the Pascagoula swamp (Biloxi), and east of the Pearl River all the way to the Alabama State Line, which consisted of numerous southern Mississippi counties, to include; Jones, Perry, Jasper, Smith, Covington and Wayne counties among others.
By this time the "Republic of Jones" had its own President, Vice-President, Cabinet and an Army of several hundred men, banded together for mutual protection, general plunder, and to keep out the Confederate Army. They petitioned several times to General Sherman and the Federal Government to allow them to join their ranks, but were denied again and again. They stated to General Sherman that they were waging War on the Confederate States Army. Although claims had been made that they were as strong as 600 men, Newt Knight himself after the war stated that at no time did they have more than 125 men in the "Knight Company".
If a small force of Confederates were sent in to conscript them they would come together and wipe them out and if a large force was sent they would take to the Leaf River Swamp near Cedar Bend and could not be found. They would join their forces and commit raids into neighboring counties such as Jasper, Perry, Covington, Smith and Scott stealing corn from Confederate storage facilities and supply wagons and then taking the corn and other food taken back to Jones County to feed themselves as well as distribute what remained to the poorer people in and around Jones county. It was really when Newt Knight threatened the Confederate Forces at Enterprise that he caught the attention of Lt. General Leonidas Polk, who then had his headquarters at nearby Meridian. Knight had threatened to tear up the M&O Railroad which was a major supply route from Selma to Meridian and then south to Mobile. Knight and his company burned a few bridges in Wayne County along the M&O Railroad at Red Bluff, Winchester and Buccatuna which brought immediate action from General Polk.
Just as Sherman`s "Meridian Expedition" was being initiated as he was crossing the Big Black river just east of Vicksburg, Ms. on 3 Feb 1864, General Polk had already made his mind up that he was going to kill or capture Newt Knight and his Company of Confederate deserters and had already drawn up plans to accomplish this task. He issued orders on 7 Feb 1864 for Col. Henry Maury to take a raiding party of about 500 men up from Mobile and to go into Jones County, Mississippi and chase down Newt Knight and his men. But at this time Sherman had already made his way from Bolton Depot, through Clinton, to Jackson, then crossed the Pearl River and had begun to march for Brandon, Ms. moving much faster than Polk was comfortable with. So Polk sent orders back to Col. Henry Maury, and his 15th Confederate Cavalry in Brig. General James Cantey`s Brigade, to stop his raid and return to Mobile, because at this point Polk was not sure of where Sherman was actually going. He could have been going to Meridian and then from there on to Selma or he could have turned south at any moment and head for Mobile. If he were going to march on Mobile then Polk knew that Maury would be of better use there than in Jones County.
Below is a wire sent from General Polk on 7 Feb 1864 from his Headquarters at Meridian regarding Newt Knight and his concern then:
"Meridian, February 7, 1864.
General H. D. Maury (Mobile): In reflecting on the state of affairs I have deemed it advisable to place a body of cavalry, amounting to 200 men, at the disposal of Colonel Dillon for the purpose of scouting along the east of the line occupied by the enemy in East Louisiana, for the purpose of watching the enemy in case he should think of making a raid across Mississippi State to strike the Mobile and Ohio Rail road. He will put himself in communication with other companies lying in the intervening country for the same purpose. These are instructed in case of such a movement to follow it and apprise Colonel Henry Maury of its approach. It may be a work of supererogation, but it is well to use all proper precaution."
"I direct also that stockades shall be built at the important bridges where guards are stationed. I have also to suggest the expediency of your having an eye upon the steamers that ply in the river above Mobile as means of transporting troops down the Tombigbee from Demopolis, in case, against all calculation, the railroad should be broken up. These boats are numerous enough to do the work in ample time if availed of. I find the officer in charge of the guards at Red Bluff bridge, on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, has been made uneasy by the messages he has received from those deserters, etc..., in Jones County, that they propose to burn the bridges on that road."
"I advise that Colonel Henry Maury proceed without delay on his expedition against them. He will find 500 men ample for his work; but he cannot do it on horseback; he must dismount his men, and artillery will be of no service. His best place to proceed to is Winchester, on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad (6 miles north of Buckatunna), where I have ordered a half a dozen guides to be sent to meet him and report to him. These are men whose houses have been burned by them (Knight Company), and whose families have been insulted. They are soldiers from Enterprise and are anxious to join the expedition and make thorough work of it. If the Colonel cannot get forage in that country (as he cannot) for his horses he had better order it down to Winchester and press wagons to haul it out to where he will leave his horses. My orders are that as these men have become a lawless banditti, having murdered a conscripting officer and several of the peaceable citizens and plundered them, as well as burned their houses, they be dealt with in the most summary manner, and I entrust this duty to the Colonel because I believe he will accomplish it satisfactorily. No time should be lost.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
L. Polk,
Lieutenant- General."
So Polk ordered his infantry, artillery and cavalry to Morton, in Scott County, Mississippi to make a stand against Sherman`s Army. But once there on the night of 8 Feb 1864, Maj. General William W. Loring and Maj. General Samuel G. French under the command of Lt. General Polk decided that their defenses were too weak and that they would be too exposed to face Sherman there and decided to order their general retreat. With only the 3,500 man Cavalry of Maj. General Stephen D. Lee (Brig. General William Hicks Jackson, Brig. General Samuel Wragg Ferguson, Brig. General William Wirt Adams and Col. Peter B. Starke) to oppose Sherman`s 23,500 man Army along the roads and through the small communities and towns, on 14 Feb 1864 Sherman arrived with his Army to Meridian and began his 6 days of destruction with-in 20 miles in every direction, tearing up the railroad and burning bridges and trestles.
At this time General Polk with his infantry and artillery, under Loring and French, had already retreated from Meridian to Demopolis, Alabama. Sherman left Meridian in total ruins on 20 Feb 1864 and with Polk believing that Sherman had inflicted his damage he could then set in motion his plans to go after Newt Knight and his company of Confederate deserters in Jones County again. Just as Maj. General William T. Sherman was concluding his "Meridian Expedition" and returning back to Vicksburg, Lt. General Leonidas B. Polk ordered Col. Henry Maury from Mobile, Alabama on another expedition into Mississippi to Jones and Perry Counties to finally deal with "Captain" Newton Knight and his band of disgruntled Confederate deserters known as the "Knight Company" of the "Republic of Jones". Newt Knight`s Company of Deserters were dealt with rather harshly with several of his band being hung and hundreds being captured and handed over to Lt. General Polk at Demopolis to be pressed back into Confederate service. The Confederate War Records verify that Col. Henry Maury did lead this Expedition from March 2-11, 1864. He mounted some of the men of the 29th Alabama Infantry Regiment who also served under Brig. General James Canty`s Brigade, and were sent from Mobile to Buckatunna, and Winchester, Ms. along the M&O Railroad in mid February to check a possible advance of Sherman`s Army from Meridian to Mobile. Maury was to use these mounted infantry to chase Knight down through the swamps if necessary on foot, knowing that it was likely that they would take to the bottom lands with such a large force coming after them, as they were known to have done in the past. It was roughly 112 miles from Mobile, Alabama to Ellisville, Jones, Mississippi which Col. Henry Maury and his Expedition had to ride one way.
On 21 Mar 1864, Lt. General Leonidas B. Polk sent a wire from his Headquarters at Demopolis, Alabama to President Jefferson Davis in Richmond letting him know that "Captain" Newton Knight and his band of disgruntled Confederate deserters were dealt with accordingly about a week prior. The following is what Lt. General Polk wrote to President Jefferson Davis regarding this matter:
"Headquarters, Demopolis, March 21, 1864.
His Excellency President Davis, Richmond: I have to report that Col. Henry Maury, under my orders, through the commander of the District of the Gulf (Mobile), made a Campaign against the deserters and traitors in Jones and Perry counties. He found them, as reported, in open rebellion, defiant at the outset, proclaiming themselves "Southern Yankees" and resolved to resist by force of arms all efforts to capture them. My orders were very stringent, and very summary measures were taken with such as were captured, and with marked benefit to many of the rest. Some escaped to the bottoms on the Pearl River, swearing they would return with Yankee re-enforcements; others were brought to reason and loyalty and have come in and surrenderd themselves. I have today dispatched another Expedition from this place to the counties of Smith and others lying on the Pearl River, to break up an organization which has been formed there and which has held three public meetings. I shall not stop until these outbreaks are suppressed and their authors punished, but it would be far better for the Government to dispose of its Military resources in such a way as to prevent them.
I remain respectfully your obediant servant,
L. Polk
Lt. General."
The other raid, of which he was informing the President about in his wire above, was the third and final raid to Jones County to stop Newt Knight and the remainder of his men once and for all. That being two days after the wire above was sent, on 23 Mar 1864 when that expedition was ordered by Lt. General Polk, again from Demopolis, Alabama. They entered into Scott and Smith Counties, Mississippi on 27 Mar 1864 and on the 28th hung two noted deserters and leaders of squads, viz: McNeil and Rain. This last raid was lead by Col. Robert Lowry (6th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Mounted) and Col. William N. Brown (20th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Mounted), both of Loring`s Division. This expedition lasted from 27 Mar 1864 - 5 May 1864. 4 day`s later on 9 May 1864 these forces were ordered from Enterprise, Mississippi to Demopolis, Alabama and the following day of 10 May 1864, they left by Train for Resaca Georgia where they soon arrived and began fighting the Atlanta Campaign. During this last raid from 23 Mar 1864 - 5 May 1864 they had been over the country including Smith, Scott, Jasper, Jones and a part of Wayne, Perry, and Covington counties. They arrested and sent to Department Headquarters (Demopolis) about 500 men from the "Republic of Jones". Several hundred more eluded them or reported to their old commands (CSA) rather than be charged and sent under arrest. Newt Knight and his band of deserters were chased deep into the Leaf River Swamp at Cedar Bend where they remained hidden until a year later when the war was brought to a close.
"Captain" Newton Knight (1829 - 1922), in an interview he gave after the war was over stated that: "there was about 125 of us, never any more." This after rumors swelled that their ranks were close to 600 deserters which formed his "Knight Company" in Jones County, Mississippi soon after the fall of Vicksburg in 1863. Lt. General Polk initially responded to the actions of the Knight Company by sending a contingent under Colonel Henry Maury into the area in February and then in March 1864 (spoken of above). Col. Henry Maury reported that he had cleared the area, but noted the deserters had threatened to obtain "Yankee aid" and return. Shortly afterward, Polk dispatched a veteran contingent of soldiers led by Colonel Robert Lowry, a future governor who would later describe Knight as an "ignorant and uneducated man." Using hundreds of bloodhounds to track down guerillas in the swamps, Lowry rounded up and executed ten members of the Knight Company, including Newton's cousins, Benjamin Franklin Knight and Sil Coleman. Newton Knight, however, evaded capture. He later stated his company had unsuccessfully attempted to break through Confederate lines to join the Union Army.
Relevant dates of the 3 separate expeditions ordered and sent to apprehend or kill Newt Knight and his band of disgruntled deserters known as the "Republic of Jones" by Lt. General Polk: 7 Feb 1864, 2 - 11 Mar 1864 (Col. Henry Maury) and 23 Mar - 5 May 1864 (Col. Robert Lowry and Lt. Col. William N. Brown).
Photo below: "Captain" Newton Knight (1829 - 1922).
Photo below: Col. Henry Maury, 15th Confederate Cavalry, Brig. General James Cantey`s Brigade.
Photo below: Col. Robert Lowry, 6th Mississippi Infantry Regiment.
Basically after Newt Knight was given furlough, while serving with the 7th Mississippi Infantry just after the second battle of Corinth, Ms. in Oct 1862, he went back home to North Jones County, Mississippi and deserted from the Confederate States Army, never intending to go back after his furlough was over. Some time after that he was gathered up and conscripted back into the Confederate States Army, sent to fight at Vicksburg, from which he deserted again and made his way back to Jones County. There he found quite a few former Confederate Soldiers who had also deserted their commands as well and were on the run to avoid being tracked down and conscripted back into the Army.
By early 1864 Newt Knight had claimed to have seceded from the Confederate States of America, calling he and his men "Southern Yankees" and had formed the "Republic of Jones" which according to his description was comprised of the territory located south of Enterprise, Ms. to include all of the territory southward to the Pascagoula swamp (Biloxi), and east of the Pearl River all the way to the Alabama State Line, which consisted of numerous southern Mississippi counties, to include; Jones, Perry, Jasper, Smith, Covington and Wayne counties among others.
By this time the "Republic of Jones" had its own President, Vice-President, Cabinet and an Army of several hundred men, banded together for mutual protection, general plunder, and to keep out the Confederate Army. They petitioned several times to General Sherman and the Federal Government to allow them to join their ranks, but were denied again and again. They stated to General Sherman that they were waging War on the Confederate States Army. Although claims had been made that they were as strong as 600 men, Newt Knight himself after the war stated that at no time did they have more than 125 men in the "Knight Company".
If a small force of Confederates were sent in to conscript them they would come together and wipe them out and if a large force was sent they would take to the Leaf River Swamp near Cedar Bend and could not be found. They would join their forces and commit raids into neighboring counties such as Jasper, Perry, Covington, Smith and Scott stealing corn from Confederate storage facilities and supply wagons and then taking the corn and other food taken back to Jones County to feed themselves as well as distribute what remained to the poorer people in and around Jones county. It was really when Newt Knight threatened the Confederate Forces at Enterprise that he caught the attention of Lt. General Leonidas Polk, who then had his headquarters at nearby Meridian. Knight had threatened to tear up the M&O Railroad which was a major supply route from Selma to Meridian and then south to Mobile. Knight and his company burned a few bridges in Wayne County along the M&O Railroad at Red Bluff, Winchester and Buccatuna which brought immediate action from General Polk.
Just as Sherman`s "Meridian Expedition" was being initiated as he was crossing the Big Black river just east of Vicksburg, Ms. on 3 Feb 1864, General Polk had already made his mind up that he was going to kill or capture Newt Knight and his Company of Confederate deserters and had already drawn up plans to accomplish this task. He issued orders on 7 Feb 1864 for Col. Henry Maury to take a raiding party of about 500 men up from Mobile and to go into Jones County, Mississippi and chase down Newt Knight and his men. But at this time Sherman had already made his way from Bolton Depot, through Clinton, to Jackson, then crossed the Pearl River and had begun to march for Brandon, Ms. moving much faster than Polk was comfortable with. So Polk sent orders back to Col. Henry Maury, and his 15th Confederate Cavalry in Brig. General James Cantey`s Brigade, to stop his raid and return to Mobile, because at this point Polk was not sure of where Sherman was actually going. He could have been going to Meridian and then from there on to Selma or he could have turned south at any moment and head for Mobile. If he were going to march on Mobile then Polk knew that Maury would be of better use there than in Jones County.
Below is a wire sent from General Polk on 7 Feb 1864 from his Headquarters at Meridian regarding Newt Knight and his concern then:
"Meridian, February 7, 1864.
General H. D. Maury (Mobile): In reflecting on the state of affairs I have deemed it advisable to place a body of cavalry, amounting to 200 men, at the disposal of Colonel Dillon for the purpose of scouting along the east of the line occupied by the enemy in East Louisiana, for the purpose of watching the enemy in case he should think of making a raid across Mississippi State to strike the Mobile and Ohio Rail road. He will put himself in communication with other companies lying in the intervening country for the same purpose. These are instructed in case of such a movement to follow it and apprise Colonel Henry Maury of its approach. It may be a work of supererogation, but it is well to use all proper precaution."
"I direct also that stockades shall be built at the important bridges where guards are stationed. I have also to suggest the expediency of your having an eye upon the steamers that ply in the river above Mobile as means of transporting troops down the Tombigbee from Demopolis, in case, against all calculation, the railroad should be broken up. These boats are numerous enough to do the work in ample time if availed of. I find the officer in charge of the guards at Red Bluff bridge, on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, has been made uneasy by the messages he has received from those deserters, etc..., in Jones County, that they propose to burn the bridges on that road."
"I advise that Colonel Henry Maury proceed without delay on his expedition against them. He will find 500 men ample for his work; but he cannot do it on horseback; he must dismount his men, and artillery will be of no service. His best place to proceed to is Winchester, on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad (6 miles north of Buckatunna), where I have ordered a half a dozen guides to be sent to meet him and report to him. These are men whose houses have been burned by them (Knight Company), and whose families have been insulted. They are soldiers from Enterprise and are anxious to join the expedition and make thorough work of it. If the Colonel cannot get forage in that country (as he cannot) for his horses he had better order it down to Winchester and press wagons to haul it out to where he will leave his horses. My orders are that as these men have become a lawless banditti, having murdered a conscripting officer and several of the peaceable citizens and plundered them, as well as burned their houses, they be dealt with in the most summary manner, and I entrust this duty to the Colonel because I believe he will accomplish it satisfactorily. No time should be lost.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
L. Polk,
Lieutenant- General."
So Polk ordered his infantry, artillery and cavalry to Morton, in Scott County, Mississippi to make a stand against Sherman`s Army. But once there on the night of 8 Feb 1864, Maj. General William W. Loring and Maj. General Samuel G. French under the command of Lt. General Polk decided that their defenses were too weak and that they would be too exposed to face Sherman there and decided to order their general retreat. With only the 3,500 man Cavalry of Maj. General Stephen D. Lee (Brig. General William Hicks Jackson, Brig. General Samuel Wragg Ferguson, Brig. General William Wirt Adams and Col. Peter B. Starke) to oppose Sherman`s 23,500 man Army along the roads and through the small communities and towns, on 14 Feb 1864 Sherman arrived with his Army to Meridian and began his 6 days of destruction with-in 20 miles in every direction, tearing up the railroad and burning bridges and trestles.
At this time General Polk with his infantry and artillery, under Loring and French, had already retreated from Meridian to Demopolis, Alabama. Sherman left Meridian in total ruins on 20 Feb 1864 and with Polk believing that Sherman had inflicted his damage he could then set in motion his plans to go after Newt Knight and his company of Confederate deserters in Jones County again. Just as Maj. General William T. Sherman was concluding his "Meridian Expedition" and returning back to Vicksburg, Lt. General Leonidas B. Polk ordered Col. Henry Maury from Mobile, Alabama on another expedition into Mississippi to Jones and Perry Counties to finally deal with "Captain" Newton Knight and his band of disgruntled Confederate deserters known as the "Knight Company" of the "Republic of Jones". Newt Knight`s Company of Deserters were dealt with rather harshly with several of his band being hung and hundreds being captured and handed over to Lt. General Polk at Demopolis to be pressed back into Confederate service. The Confederate War Records verify that Col. Henry Maury did lead this Expedition from March 2-11, 1864. He mounted some of the men of the 29th Alabama Infantry Regiment who also served under Brig. General James Canty`s Brigade, and were sent from Mobile to Buckatunna, and Winchester, Ms. along the M&O Railroad in mid February to check a possible advance of Sherman`s Army from Meridian to Mobile. Maury was to use these mounted infantry to chase Knight down through the swamps if necessary on foot, knowing that it was likely that they would take to the bottom lands with such a large force coming after them, as they were known to have done in the past. It was roughly 112 miles from Mobile, Alabama to Ellisville, Jones, Mississippi which Col. Henry Maury and his Expedition had to ride one way.
On 21 Mar 1864, Lt. General Leonidas B. Polk sent a wire from his Headquarters at Demopolis, Alabama to President Jefferson Davis in Richmond letting him know that "Captain" Newton Knight and his band of disgruntled Confederate deserters were dealt with accordingly about a week prior. The following is what Lt. General Polk wrote to President Jefferson Davis regarding this matter:
"Headquarters, Demopolis, March 21, 1864.
His Excellency President Davis, Richmond: I have to report that Col. Henry Maury, under my orders, through the commander of the District of the Gulf (Mobile), made a Campaign against the deserters and traitors in Jones and Perry counties. He found them, as reported, in open rebellion, defiant at the outset, proclaiming themselves "Southern Yankees" and resolved to resist by force of arms all efforts to capture them. My orders were very stringent, and very summary measures were taken with such as were captured, and with marked benefit to many of the rest. Some escaped to the bottoms on the Pearl River, swearing they would return with Yankee re-enforcements; others were brought to reason and loyalty and have come in and surrenderd themselves. I have today dispatched another Expedition from this place to the counties of Smith and others lying on the Pearl River, to break up an organization which has been formed there and which has held three public meetings. I shall not stop until these outbreaks are suppressed and their authors punished, but it would be far better for the Government to dispose of its Military resources in such a way as to prevent them.
I remain respectfully your obediant servant,
L. Polk
Lt. General."
The other raid, of which he was informing the President about in his wire above, was the third and final raid to Jones County to stop Newt Knight and the remainder of his men once and for all. That being two days after the wire above was sent, on 23 Mar 1864 when that expedition was ordered by Lt. General Polk, again from Demopolis, Alabama. They entered into Scott and Smith Counties, Mississippi on 27 Mar 1864 and on the 28th hung two noted deserters and leaders of squads, viz: McNeil and Rain. This last raid was lead by Col. Robert Lowry (6th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Mounted) and Col. William N. Brown (20th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Mounted), both of Loring`s Division. This expedition lasted from 27 Mar 1864 - 5 May 1864. 4 day`s later on 9 May 1864 these forces were ordered from Enterprise, Mississippi to Demopolis, Alabama and the following day of 10 May 1864, they left by Train for Resaca Georgia where they soon arrived and began fighting the Atlanta Campaign. During this last raid from 23 Mar 1864 - 5 May 1864 they had been over the country including Smith, Scott, Jasper, Jones and a part of Wayne, Perry, and Covington counties. They arrested and sent to Department Headquarters (Demopolis) about 500 men from the "Republic of Jones". Several hundred more eluded them or reported to their old commands (CSA) rather than be charged and sent under arrest. Newt Knight and his band of deserters were chased deep into the Leaf River Swamp at Cedar Bend where they remained hidden until a year later when the war was brought to a close.
"Captain" Newton Knight (1829 - 1922), in an interview he gave after the war was over stated that: "there was about 125 of us, never any more." This after rumors swelled that their ranks were close to 600 deserters which formed his "Knight Company" in Jones County, Mississippi soon after the fall of Vicksburg in 1863. Lt. General Polk initially responded to the actions of the Knight Company by sending a contingent under Colonel Henry Maury into the area in February and then in March 1864 (spoken of above). Col. Henry Maury reported that he had cleared the area, but noted the deserters had threatened to obtain "Yankee aid" and return. Shortly afterward, Polk dispatched a veteran contingent of soldiers led by Colonel Robert Lowry, a future governor who would later describe Knight as an "ignorant and uneducated man." Using hundreds of bloodhounds to track down guerillas in the swamps, Lowry rounded up and executed ten members of the Knight Company, including Newton's cousins, Benjamin Franklin Knight and Sil Coleman. Newton Knight, however, evaded capture. He later stated his company had unsuccessfully attempted to break through Confederate lines to join the Union Army.
Relevant dates of the 3 separate expeditions ordered and sent to apprehend or kill Newt Knight and his band of disgruntled deserters known as the "Republic of Jones" by Lt. General Polk: 7 Feb 1864, 2 - 11 Mar 1864 (Col. Henry Maury) and 23 Mar - 5 May 1864 (Col. Robert Lowry and Lt. Col. William N. Brown).
Photo below: "Captain" Newton Knight (1829 - 1922).
Photo below: Col. Henry Maury, 15th Confederate Cavalry, Brig. General James Cantey`s Brigade.
Photo below: Col. Robert Lowry, 6th Mississippi Infantry Regiment.
Last edited: