John Walters, enlisted as a Private in Company D, 1st Regiment Tennessee Cavalry,** June 15, 1862 at Manardville, recorded as 2nd (Ashby's) Cavalry March 12, 1864 where his age is listed as 23 years, paroled April 28, 1865 as a Prisoner of War at Cumberland Gap, Kentucky, by Col. William Y. Dillard, 34th Kentucky Infantry Volunteers, USA

**This company was formerly Company C, 4th Battalion Tennessee Cavalry.

This regiment was organized May 24, 1862, by the consolidation of the 4th Battalion Tennessee Cavalry and the 5th Battalion Tennessee Cavalry (Companies B and F of the latter.) It was also known as Ashby's Regiment Tennessee Cavalry and as the 1st Regiment Tennessee Cavalry.

2nd Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Ashby's)

2nd (Ashby's) Cavalry Regiment was formed by consolidating the 4th and 5th Battalions of Tennessee Cavalry in May, 1862. The men were from the counties of Hamilton, Monroe, Knox, Union, Claiborne, Hawkins, Jefferson, Bledsoe, Bradley, Polk, Hancock, Blount, and Sullivan. It was assigned to Wharton's, Pegram's, J.S. Scott's, Davidson's, Humes', and H.M. Ashby's Brigade. The regiment participated in the conflicts at Cumberland Gap, Murfreesborough, and Chickamauga, then was involved in the Atlanta Campaign. Later it skirmished in Alabama, aided in the defense of Savannah, and took part in the campaign of the Carolinas. It lost 6 killed, 8 wounded, and 19 missing at Cumberland Gap, and reported 19 casualties at Chickamauga. Only a few surrendered with the Army of Tennessee. The field officers were Colonel Henry M. Ashby, Lieutenant Colonels Henry C. Gillespie and John H. Kuhn, and Majors Pharaoh A. Cobb and William M. Smith.
http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm

See also: http://www.tngenweb.org/civilwar/csacav/csaashby.html.