Lynch's Company, Tennessee Light Artillery

Brief History
Lynch's Company, Tennessee Light Artillery was organized at New Market, Jefferson County, Tennessee, in December, 1861. Many of the men were killed, wounded, or captured at Marion, Virginia, and the remaining few disbanded at Christiansburg, Virginia, on April 12, 1865.

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.


 * fold3$, Capt Kain's Co, Light Artillery (Mabry Light Artillery), L-Y AND Capt Lynch's Co, Light Artillery, (accessed 25 Apr 2012). Unit information and rosters.