FORT HENRY, TENNESSEE
6 February 1862
OR- Series I, Volume VII, Chapter XVII, Pg 119
Partial Order of Battle
2nd Brigade - Colonel Joseph Drake
Alabama Infantry Battalion--- Major Gavin
15th Arkansas Infantry Regiment--- Colonel Gee
4th Mississippi Infantry Regiment--- Major Adaire
51st Tennessee Infantry Regiment--- Colonel Browder
Alabama Cavalry Battalion --- Captain Leach
Milner's Alabama Cavalry Company--- Captain Milner
Padgetts Spy Company--- Captain Padgett
Detachment Milton’s Rangers--- Acting Captain Milton
Light Artillery Battery--- Captain Cain
Heavy Artillery Battery--- Captain Taylor
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James F. Melton
Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 5/1/1861 at Richmond, VA as a 2nd Lieutenant.
On 5/1/1861 he was commissioned into AL 9th Infantry
He Resigned on 9/15/1861
(Estimated day of resignation.)
On 11/2/1863 he was commissioned into "G" Co. KY 12th Cavalry
He Resigned on 9/18/1864
(Estimated day of resignation to accept position in
Secret Service in Kentucky)
He was listed as:
* Confined Alton, IL (date not stated) (Escaped)
* POW Kentucky (date not stated) (Re-captured)
* POW 2/16/1862 Fort Donelson, TN (Captured leading and Indpt Cav)
* Confined 2/18/1862 Camp Chase, OH (Estimated day. Escaped through Canada)
Promotions:
* Capt 11/2/1863 (As of Co. G 12th KY Cav)
He also had service in:
KY Indpt Cavalry (Estimated date of discharge)
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Confederate Kentucky Volunteers War 1861-65
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J. F. Melton, 2nd Lieutenant, Company C, 9th Alabama Infantry, enlisted May 24, 1861 at Hillsboro by J. M. Warren for the war, resident of Callaway County, Kentucky, last recorded present August 30, 1861 at Richmond, Va., receipted for pay September 9, 1861, no further records
M311: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama
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James F. Melton, Captain, 3rd (Forest's) Tennessee Cavalry, captured at Fort Donelson February 16, 1862, prisoner at Alton Military Prison October 31, 1862, escaped August 3, 1863
M268: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee
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J. F. Melton, Captain, Company G, Faulkner's Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry,* mustered into Confederate service and elected November 2, 1863, resigned August 19, 1864,
* This company subsequently became Company G, 12th Kentucky Cavalry.
Faulkner's Regiment Kentucky Cavalry was also known as 1st Regiment Kentucky Partisan Cavalry, and subsequently became 12th Regiment Kentucky Cavalry
M319: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky