The 6th Tennessee Cavalry was organized May 1862 combining the 2nd and 11th Tennessee Cavalry Battalions. Both these units saw action at Shiloh and later at Cornith as the 6th.

There is a 15 page sketch of the 6th in John Berrien Lindsley's Military Annals of Tennessee starting on page 883

6th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Wheeler's)
6th Cavalry Regiment, formerly Wheeler's 1st Tennessee Cavalry, was organized in May, 1862. It was assigned to F.C. Armstrong's, H.B. Davidson's, Humes', and H.M. Ashby's Brigade. The unit participated in the operations in North Mississippi during the balance of 1862 and in January, 1863, contained 430 officers and men. It went on to fight at Chickamauga, skirmished in Middle Tennessee, then was active in the Atlanta Campaign. Later the regiment saw action in various engagements in North Alabama and Middle Tennesee, moved to South Carolina, and in 1865 joined the Army of Tennessee. After fighting at Averysboro and Bentonville, it was included in the surrender on April 26. The field officers were Colonels Jacob B. Biffle and James T. Wheeler, Lieutenant Colonels W.W. Gordon and James H. Lewis, and Majors Joseph J. Dobbins and William S. Hawkins.

A A. Adams
Residence was not listed;
Enlisted as a Private (date unknown).
"E" Co. TN 6th Cavalry