13th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry - Confederate

Brief History
The book "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.

Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.

The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 95 men on its roster for this unit. Roster.

Regimental History and Roster

 * History of the Thirteenth Regiment, Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry., Samuel W. Scott., n.p., P.W. Ziegler., 1903Online at:Internet Archive

Other Sources

 * Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier or sailor. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in 'Tennessee in the Civil War' and 'United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865' (see below).


 * National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.


 * Tennessee in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Tennessee, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * Rowan, Frances Dugger. Index to "History of the 13th Regiment, Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry" by Scott &amp; Angel. (Bishop, California : F.D. Rowan, c1980),


 * Scott, Samuel W. History of the Thirteenth Regiment, Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, U.S.A. : including a narrative of the bridge burning, the Carter County rebellion and the loyalty, heroism and suffering of the Union men and women of Carter and Johnson counties, Tennessee, during the Civil War. Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1983), and (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1990),