George Martin
Private James M. Massengale, enlisted, October 4, 1862 at Chattanooga, Tennessee, in Company F, 23rd Georgia Cavalry, employed as a Pioneer on extra duty as "Taking c/o Pontoon Bridge," Kelly's Ferry, Tennessee River, from December 5, 1862 . . . .
**Special Orders No. 8, A. & I. G. O., dated Richmond, January 11, 1865, direct that "Ten of the eleven companies composing the organization known in the Army of the Tennessee as the 4th Georgia Cavalry (formed upon the basis of the 23rd Georgia Battalion) will constitute the 12th Regiment Georgia Cavalry to take effect from the 30th January, 1863, the date of the organization effected under the orders of General Bragg. The eleventh company will be the subject of assignment to some Georgia Battalion or other organization to be designated hereafter."