George
W S. Herron enlisted as a Private in Company B (General Loring's Escort) 1st Regiment Tennessee Cavalry** June 20, 1862 at Holly Springs, detached as regimental Wagon Master November 16, 1862, last recorded on May 13, 1864 muster, no further records
**This company was successively designated as Captain Hill's Company Tennessee Cavalry; Company C, 6th Battalion Tennessee Cavalry; Company B, 1st Regiment Tennessee Cavalry, and Company B, 7th (Duckworth's) Regiment Tennessee Cavalry
7th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Duckworth's)
7th Cavalry Regiment, formerly Jackson's 1st Tennessee Cavalry, was assembled in April, 1862. Its companies were from the counties of Shelby, Henry, Haywood, Fayette, Tipton, Hardeman, and Weakley. The unit served in F.C. Armstrong's, R. McCulloch's, Chalmer's, Slemons', J.J. Neely's, and E.W.Rucker's Brigade. It confronted the Federals in Mississippi, moved with Forrest to West Tennessee and Kentucky, then saw action in East Tennessee. Later the regiment participated in the Battles of Franklin and Nashville , and in 1865 skirmished in Alabama. It contained 696 effectives in July, 1862, had 210 present for duty in October, 1863, but very few surrendered at Gainesville, Alabama, in May, 1865. The field officers were Colonels William L. Duckworth, William H. Jackson, and John G. Stocks; Lieutenant Colonel William F. Taylor; and Major C.C. Clay.