SALEM, MISSISSIPPI

8 October 1863

(Chalmer’s W. Tn. & N. Ms. Raid)

OR-Series I, Volume XXX, Chapter XLII, Part 2, Pg 735

 

Union Forces

2nd Cavalry Brigade - Colonel Lafayette F. McCrillis

3rd Illinois Cavalry Regiment --- Captain Kirkbride

6th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment --- Colonel Hurst

7th Illinois Cavalry Regiment --- Lieutenant colonel George W. Trafton

9th Illinois Cavalry Regiment --- Major Ira R. Gifford

66th Indiana Infantry Regiment --- Colonel DeWitt C. Anthony

13th U.S. Infantry --- Captain Charles C. Smith

1 Section Tannrath’s Battery --- Lieutenant Hendrew

Mountain Howitzers --- Lieutenant Butler

Attached

9th Illinois Mounted Infantry --- Lieutenant Colonel Jesse J. Phillips

CASUALTIES= Wouned-10 Mortally Wounded-2 Missing-1

Partial Casualty List

Major Thomas H. Boswell - Wounded

Lieutenant R. D. Deford - Wounded

Private Joseph Wehargan - Mortally Wounded

Private Henry C. Ireland - Wounded

 

 

Confederate Forces

BRIGADIER GENERAL JAMES R. CHALMERS

Chalmer’s Brigade - Brigadier General James R. Chalmers

7th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel W. L. Duckworth

3rd Mississippi, State Cavalry Regiment --- Colonel John McGuirk

            Logan’s Cavalry Company --- Captain Logan

            Farris’ Cavalry Company --- Captain Farris

            Griffin’s Cavalry Company --- Captain Griffin

            Barksdales Cavalry Company --- Lieutenant Colonel James A. Barksdale

            McKie’s Cavalry Company --- Captain McKie

            Thornton’s Cavalry Company --- Lieutenant Thornton

            Town’s Cavalry Company --- Captain Towns

            Webb’s Cavalry Company --- Captain Webb

18th Mississippi Cavalry Battalion --- Major A. H. Chalmers

2nd Missouri Cavalry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Robert A. Mcculloch

            Company B --- Captain Thompson

            Company C --- Captain Savery

            Company E --- Captain Smith

            Company G --- Captain Harper

            Company H --- Lieutenant Lychliter

1st Mississippi Partisan Rangers --- Lieutenant Colonel L. B. Hovis

Detachment, 1st Mississippi Partisan Rangers --- Captain H. L. Duncan

McLendon’s Mississippi Battery --- Lieutenant David A. Richards

Richardson’s Brigade --- Colonel R. V. Richardson

12th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment --- Colonel Inge

12th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment --- Lieutenant colonel James U. Green

13th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment --- Colonel James J. Neely

5th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment --- Colonel James Z. George

Buckner Mississippi Battery --- Lieutenant H. C. Holt

Renaen’s Battery --- Captain Palmer

CASUALTIES= Killed-1, Wounded-27

Partial Casualty List

Captain Hartin - Wounded

Lieutenant Kennedy - Wounded

Sergeant John Thomas Dubard - Wounded

Private Andrew P. Hoover - Killed

Private David B. Bell - Wounded

Private William Lainhart - Wounded

Private Skelton Smith - Wounded

Private Charles Cower - Wounded

Private Richard Armstrong - Wounded

Private Henry C. Clouse - Wounded

 

 

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