My great great grandfather, George Washington Luckett, was with this unit but escaped when the unit surrendered at Ft. Donelson and went home on sick furlough while his comrades were in POW camp. (Son George Jr. born in 1864 as a result of this time home). He was older than the average soldier -- born 1824 -- snd a veteran of Mexican War, and had several kids already when war came. After the battallion was exchanged and remounted he was again part of it. There is a record of him being present June 1864 - Dec. 1864. Half brother William Luckett was also with the unit in the early going, but was captured in Louisiana in 1863. GW Luckett deserted March 13, 1865 at Cape Fear River and took the oath of allegiance. By then, Wilmington NC was in Union hands and, with its last seaport lost, the strategic position of the South was utterly hopeless. Perhaps GWL figured his obligations to his family outweighed those to a lost cause at that point. There was a Mexican War widow's pension application but I don't know of any related to his Civil War service. I would appreciate knowing if anyone runs across one.