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Miles M. McGlamy enlisted as a Private in Company F, 6th Regiment Georgia Cavalry** May 15, 1862 at Blairsville, Georgia, promoted to 4th Corporal February 1, 1863, killed at Cornwell [sic] Station, Tennessee while in action November 16, 1863

**This regiment was formed of the seven companies of the Cavalry Battalion, Smith's Legion, Georgia Volunteers in March 1863, and the subsequent addition of four other companies

November 16, 1863 - Engagement at Campbell's Station, TN, where Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet, CSA, is unsuccessful in his attempt to cut off Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside's retreat to Knoxville, TN [The Chronological Tracking of the American Civil War, Ronald A. Mosocco]

The 6th Georgia Cavalry was present at Campbell's station in MGen. Josepth Wheeler's Cavalry Corps., MGen. Wiliam T. Martin's division

6th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry

6th Cavalry Regiment was formed in the spring of 1863 by consolidating the cavalry battalion of Smith's Georgia Legion and four independent cavalry companies. During the conflict it served in Davidson's, J.J. Morrison's, C.C. Crews', and Iverson's Brigade. The unit was active at Chickamauga and Philadelphia, participated in the Knoxville and Atlanta Campaigns, then took part in the defense of Savannah and the campaign in the Carolinas. During April, 1865, it surrendered with the Army of Tennessee. Its commanding officers were Colonel John R. Hart, Lieutenant Colonels B.F. Brown and Joel C. Fain, and Majors Alfred F. Bale and John T. Burns.

See also: http://6thgeorgiacavalry.weebly.com/unit-history.html

http://files.usgwarchives.org/ga/chattooga/military/civilwar/6gacalv.txt

http://boards.ancestry.com/topics.Military.united-20-states.civwar.uscwga.civilwar/3894.3935.3953.3949.3950/mb.ashx

http://civilwartalk.com/forums/researching-your-civil-war-ancestry/28011-6th-ga-cavalry-decendants-reunion.html

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