Alexander Kilgore, Private, Company K, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry,* enlisted March 1, 1862 at Ringgold, Ga. by Jas Anderss for the war, present at the Nov/Dec, 1863 muster, left sick on the march near Monticello, Ga. August 7, 1864, recorded absent at the Nov/Dec, 1864 muster, last paid December 31, 1863, no further records
* Subsequently known as the 12th Regiment Georgia Cavalry
Note, the Nov/Dec, 1863 muster roll was dated Feb. 15, 1864
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia
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12th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry
OVERVIEW: 4th (Avery's) Cavalry Regiment was formed with eleven companies in January, 1863, using Avery's 23rd Georgia Cavalry Battalion as its nucleus. It served for a time with the Conscript Department in Tennessee, then was assigned to J.J. Morrison's, C.C. Crews', and Iverson's Brigade. The regiment participated in the Chickamauga, Knoxville, and Atlanta Campaigns, skirmished in Northern Georgia and East Tennessee, and took part in the defense of Savannah. In January, 1865, the unit was reorganized and called the 12th Cavalry. It went on to fight in the Carolinas and surrendered with the Army of Tennessee. The field officers were Colonel Isaac W. Avery, Lieutenant Colonel William L. Cook, and Majors D. Jackson Owen and Augustus R. Stewart.
Predecessor unit:
23rd Cavalry Battalion was organized with five companies and in January, 1863, merged into the 4th (Avery's) Georgia Cavalry Regiment. Lieutenant Colonel Isaac W. Avery was in command.
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