20th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry

United States  U.S. Military   Tennessee    Tennessee Military   Tennessee in the Civil War 20th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry

Brief History
22nd (Nixon's) Tennessee Cavalry Regiment was also called 20th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment.

Organized in spring of 1864; consolidated about March, 1865 with 14th (Neely's), 15th (Stewart's) and 21st (N.W. Carter's) to form Nixon's Consolidated Regiment; paroled at Gainesville, Alabama, May 1865.

"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.

"This regiment was raised within enemy lines. The command so raised never received official designation by the Adjutant and Inspector Generals Office, but was known in the field as the 20th, the 22nd, or as Nixon's Regiment.  No muster rolls, regimental returns, nor rosters of teh regiment were found..."

Other Sources

 * 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.


 * Lindsley, John Berrien, The Military Annals of Tennessee – Confederate First Series, Embracing A Review of Military Operations, with Regimental Histories and Memorial Rolls, Compiled from Original and Official Sources, (Nashville: J.M. Lindsley &amp; Co. Publishers; 1886).Online at Internet Archive, (accessed 3 Sep 2011). A brief history of the Twentieth Tennessee Cavalry (Nixon's) begins on page 738.


 * Tennesseans in the Civil War, 22nd (Nixon's) Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, (accessed 29 Dec 2011).