Charles Williams, Private, Breckenridges Regt., captured in Clinton County, Miss., July 12, 1863, received July 26 and discharged at Gratiot Street Military Prison (St. Louis, Mo.) August 28, 1863, Remarks: Oath & Bond $1000, forwarded to Camp Morton, Indiana prison camp August 7, 1863, his name appears on a "List* of soldiers, found with records of the 10th Michigan Cavalry"
* "Record of Events on F and S. Roll of the 10th Mich. Cav. for March and April, 1865, shows the regiment at Newton, N. C., for a few days paroling C. S. prisoners. No carded records found showing capture at or about that time. A number of records examined show no capture or parol. It is believed that the men on this list were paroled at Newton, N. C. about April 19, 1865."
For information I copy from my history of the 43rd Tennessee Cavalry, CSA
On the 17th (April) the Tenth [Mich.] was sent to Newton to guard the fords of the Catawaba, and to gather in any stragglers from Lee's army who were seeking to get away without being paroled, being busy at that work for several days. News of the assassination of President Lincoln was received at Newton on the 23rd. Then came the ill-judged armistice between Generals Sherman and Johnson, and the division was ordered to East Tennessee. (This was part of the Stoneman Raid of 1865) (Record Tenth Michigan Cavalry, Civil War, 1861-1865. Page 15)
Pvt. Samuel L. Cole, Co. F, 43rd Tenn. Cav. believed paroled about this time [4/17-19] by elements of the 10th Michigan Cavalry at Newton, N. C. (M268 Roll 291)
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C. F. Williams, 2nd Sergeant, Company A, 4th Regiment Kentucky Mounted Rifles* (Breckenridge's Reg't.), appointed 2nd Lieutenant September 10, 1862, resigned January? 28, 1863 for medical reasons, Eyplitic Rheumatism, certified by surgeon April 3, 1863
* This company subsequently became Company A, 9th Regiment Kentucky Cavalry.
Breckinridge's Battalion Kentucky Cavalry and Somever's[?] Battalion Kentucky Cavalry were consolidated in December, 1862, and formed the 4th Regiment Kentucky Mounted Rifles which subsequently became the 9th Regiment Kentucky Cavalry.
M319: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations fromthe State of Kentucky
9th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry
9th Cavalry Regiment [also called 4th Mounted Rifles] was organized in December, 1862, by consolidating Breckinridge's and Stoner's Kentucky Cavalry Battalions. The regiment served in J.W. Grigsby's, J.S. Williams', and J.H. Lewis' Brigade, skirmished in Kentucky and Tennessee, and fought in the Atlanta Campaign. It continued the conflict by sharing in the defense of Savannah and the campaign of the Carolinas. A detachment surrendered with the Army of Tennessee, but the main part of the unit escorted President Davis southward and surrendered in May, 1865. Colonel William C.P. Breckinridge, Lieutenant Colonel Robert G. Stoner, and Majors John P. Austin and William E. Jones were in command.