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Re: 9th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion, CSA

Martha,

Col. Gantt, commanding the 9th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion, refused to go out when Forrest took out his cavalry brigade from Fort Donelson. Gantt did not perform well at all during this campaign in fact. Once he was replaced this became a very fine unit.

I looked at your ancestors CSR cards and while it does not state that he was captured there he may have been. He was discharged later that year for age reasons as you noted. About 1000 men left with Forrest and at least 1-2000 others walked out after the Donelson surrender and were able to do so thanks to a lack provost guard by Union troops. Your ancestor may have been one of those or he may have been captured and later exchanged.

Greg Biggs

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