McKenzie's Fighting Fifth

McKenzie's Fighting Fifth

Transcribed by Carl Campbell
Two Volumes, 630 Pages, 8.5"x11", Full Name Index, Perfect Bound, TN-1155, $75.00

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This hefty 630-page, two-volume set contains the ENTIRE service records of the 1,750 men who served in the 5th Tennessee Cavalary Regiment of the Confederate States of America. The majority of soldiers assigned to McKenzie's Fighting Fifth enlisted in Tennessee although other Southern states are represented.

Information Included

IF AVAILABLE, the following information is included in each record:
Name of Enlistee
Date of Enlistment
Place of Enlistment
Officer Who Signed Up Enlistee
Term of Service
Age of Soldier
All Muster Roll Calls
Service Record Prior to Assignment with the 5th Regiment
POW Information (Including Place Captured)
Sick Leaves
AWOL Charges
Desertion Chargers
Name(s) of Hospitals Where Soldier was Confined
Dates of Hospital Admissions
Diagnosis
Date and Place of Death (if applicable), Grave #, and Cemetery Name (If Available)
Date & Place of Parole (Release)

EXAMPLE OF SERVICE RECORD

Deavers, Roland; Cpl (E)
AKA: Deaver, Roland W.; Devers, Roland
Residence: Meigs County
Enlisted: November 23, 1861, at Cleveland by J.W. Gillespie for 12 months in McClary's Company
Age: 19 at enlistment; 19 on March 12, 1864 roll
Muster Rolls
Present, 1861 Nov. 13 - Dec 31 (D-1st Regt)
(The Nine Muster Roll Calls which follow have been dropped from this example.)
1864 Mar 12 at Tunnel Hill (Carder's Co.,)
Captured July 16, 1863
1864 Nov - Dec (E-5th Regt)
AWOL July 2, 1864
POW, 1863 Jun 19; Captured at Big Creek Cap
1863 Nov 4; At Point Lookout, Maryland
1864 Apr 11; Released Upon Taking Oath

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