Puzzled About Georgia Cavalry

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In the lineage of the 108th Cavalry Regiment

• Troop A, 1st Separate Squadron, Georgia Cavalry at Savannah
  • Organized 1 October 1785) as Georgia Hussars
  • Mustered into Confederate States Army in 1861 as Company E, 6th Virginia Cavalry
  • Transferred to Jeff Davis Legion in December 1861 as Company F and served in the Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
  • Surrendered 26 April 1865 with Johnston's command at Greensboro, North Carolina
  • Reorganized 6 May 1872 as Georgia Hussars
  • Redesignated 11 November 1889 as Troop A, 1st Georgia Cavalry
  • Redesignated 2 December 1907 as Troop A, 1st Squadron, Georgia Cavalry
  • Redesignated 19 September 1910 as Troop A, 2nd Squadron, Georgia Cavalry
  • Redesignated 23 September 1910 as Troop A, Georgia Cavalry, unassigned
  • Attached to 2d Squadron, Georgia Cavalry, 12 March 1912
  • Mustered into federal service 16 July 1916 and stationed at El Paso, Texas
  • Redesignated 25 September 1917 as Headquarters Troop, 31st Division; demobilized 14 January 1919 at Camp Gordon, Georgia
  • Reorganized and federally recognized 13 September 1920 as Troop A, 1st Separate Squadron, Georgia Cavalry
  • Redesignated Troop A, 2 November 1921
• what puzzeles me is that he was assigned to a Virginia Cavalry regiment Why not a Georgia Regiment ?
• For example Troop B served in the Georgia Line:
• Troop B, 1st Separate Squadron, Georgia Cavalry at Hinesville organized 12 September 1788 as Liberty Independent Troop
  • Mustered into Confederate States Army 20 January 1863 as Troop G, 5th Georgia Cavalry, Wheeler's Corps, Army of Tennessee and disbanded 10 April 1865
  • Reorganized 13 July 1872 as Liberty Independent Troop
  • Redesignated 11 November 1889 as Troop B, 1st Battalion, Georgia Cavalry
  • Redesignated 2 December 1907 as Troop B, Troop B, 1st Squadron, Georgia Cavalry
  • Redesignated 19 September 1910 as Troop B, 2d Squadron, Georgia Cavalry

 

[Josh The Lighthouse Guy]

That is one of the more contrived unit lineages I've heard of.

 

[lupaglupa]

I think the layout and the links with it are what's confusing me.

Who is the "he" you refer to after bullet number 2? Are you trying to follow a specific person's war experience?

 

[RedRover]

During 1861 the Georgia Hussars of Savannah, a volunteer militia company in Georgia with a long history, were mustered into the service of the Confederate States Army on Sept. 17, 1861 as an independent cavalry company under Captain J.F. Waring. They were deployed to Virginia, where they were attached to the Confederate Army's 6th Virginia Cavalry Regiment to bring it to full strength, and designated as the 6th Virginia Cavalry's Company E...

But not long after, the 6th Virginia Cavalry Regiment completed its organization of Virginia companies, and the Georgia Hussars were detached from the 6th Virginia, and attached to the Jeff Davis Legion, Mississippi Cavalry, Confederate States Army:

After the War the men of the company returned home to Georgia...


A brief history.

A Short History of the Georgia Hussars

National Guard, Military History, Georgia History, Army, Air National Guard, WWI, WWII, Korea, Army History, National Guard History,

www.georgiaguardhistory.com

At present, the Georgia Hussars compose the 108th United States Cavalry Regiment (Georgia Army National Guard).

The Georgia Army National Guard, is a component of the Organized Militia of the State of Georgia...