18th Mississippi Cavalry

Company A

This page is dedicated to my gr. gr. grandfather Howell Ransom Vick, he and his three brothers all left home to defend Mississippi and the Confederacy.

Eighteenth Battalion-Cavalry Lieutenant-Colonel-----Alexander H. Chalmers
Majors----A. H. Chalmers, William R. Mitchell
Adjutant---S. F. Green
First Lieutenants---Mills E. Britlenam, Hugh A. Reynolds
Second Lieutenants---H. A. Reynolds, Fred Chick This company is mentioned in the reports of Federal Officers as an independent partisan command in the vicinity of Davis' Mill, December 1862, and on various other dates. They were in a skirmish on the Coldwater near Holy Springs, March 18, 1863; a few of the men were captured near Early Grove, April 6; in a skirmish near Salem, Tenn, May 20. In May Gen'l Chalmers assigned them to Colonel Slemons command, and in June ordered Col. H. C. Young, near Byhalia, to require their presence. They participated locally in the battles of Salem, Collierville,Byhalia,Wyatt, Moscow. Major Battles include: Attack on Ft. Pillow, Harrisburg, Brices Crossroads, Gen. Forrest raid on Memphis (Where Forrest rode into the Gayosa Hotel and rode his horse up the main stairs), part of the Battalion with John Bell Hood in Tenn. in the fall of 1864, Spring hill, Columbus Ms 1865, Fought along Forrest against Wilson in Alabama. They were paroled at Gainsville, Al in May of 1865.

Muster roll of the 18th Mississippi Co. A

   

W. R. MITCHELL, CAPTAIN	JOHN BECK
M. E. BRITTEMAN, 2ND. LT	OREN BECK
GEORGE POWELL, 3RD LT.	E. M. BECK
T.G . TOMBS, 1ST SERG.	JACK BANKHEAD
WM. BOYD, 2ND SERG.	B. R. BELL
W. J. SWIFT, 3RD SERG.	O. R. BRADSWHAW
W. S. BLACKBURN, 4TH SERG.	T. H. CHAMPION
NATHAN BALWDWIN, 5TH SERG.	JASON CURTIS
W. C. BARTON, 1ST CORP.	BEN CRAWFORD
JASON BARTON, 3RD CORP.	? COX
N. J. CASEY, 3RD CORP.	? CRENSHAW
FRANK KNOX, 4TH CORP	? CLAYTON
H. A. REYNOLDS, 2ND LT	M. L. CASEY
DALAS ANTHONY	? CARROLL
JACOB L. AUTRY	NEWTON CONLEY
RICHARD ANDREWS	? CLAY
JASON ALLEN	FREEMAN DUNCAN
BERRY ABSTON	G. W. DUNCAN

 

THOS. DUNCAN	FRANK NEELY
B.F. DANDRIDGE	H. W. ORMAN
DAIVID DROMGOOLE	HENRY OLIVE
DALLAS DURHAM	JASON OWENS
ROBERT DIGGS	GEO. PAYNE
WM. EDWARDS	G. W. PHILLIPS
G. W. FITZHUGH	JOHN PORTERFIELD
JASPER FRIAR	RUFUS REYNOLDS
MILTON FRIAR	JOHN ROBERTS
RICHARD GATES	G. W. ROBINSON
H. L. GILBERT	THOM. SANDLIN
S. GRAHM	FRANK STONE
W. L. GEORGE	M. L. SANDERS
D P HAYS	ANDREW STILES
L HOLMS	M. J. STEPHENS
JOHN HUBBARD	HAMPTON SMITH
ALBERT HAMILTON	BEN SIGMAN
R P HARRIS	J. A. SMITH
WM. HARRIS	W. F THORTON
E. HART	DAVID THOMAS
JOHN HOUSTON	JOHN ISABEL
R L HANKINS	FRANK TALLY
J L HANKINS	JOHN TILMAN
HUGH HARRISON	THOS. TEMPLE
J M HARRISON	HOWELL VICK
GUS JONES	J. B. WALL
JOHN KING	JOHN WALKER
L M LUMSDEN	RICHARD WEBSTER
JEFF LENSE	ROBERT WILLIAMS
MAT McCAULEY	PETER WOOTEN
JOE McCANDLESS	JASON WINBURN
G W McCULLUM	ROBERT WILSON
ROBERT McGOWAN	IRVIN WEST
JOHN MULLIGAN	ROBERT WADE
J D MEADOR	GRANVILLE WALKER
JASON MUSGROVE	E. M. WILLIAMS
SIM MARSH	GEO. YOUNG
J K MATHERSHEAD	BUTTON ENIS
JOHN MITCHELL	JIM MORRIS
ISSAC MITCHELL	? HAVERCAMP
SAM MORTON	WM. WALL
JOHN MARSH	TOM GOSSETT
JASON McCOY
GEORGE NOWLING