George Martin
(1848/7) Otto ANDERSON - Private
B: Otto Francke Torgersen Noreødegaard 26 Feb 1839, Moss, Norway. Enlisted at Dallas 12 Sep 61 for 12 months. (Prev. pvt, Capt. H. F. Bridges' Company, Henderson county, 13th BRIGADE, TST) Absent sick at Fort Gibson, Cherokee Nation (Indian Territory) 22 Dec 61 - ca. Feb 62. Sick in camp May - Aug 62. Killed in action at Davis' Mill, Miss., 21 Dec 62.
[TST - Texas State Troops]
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Otto Anderson
Enlisted as a Private
TX 6th Cavalry
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Otto Anderson, age 22, enlisted as a Private on September 12, 1861 at Dallas, Texas in Company I, Stone's Regiment Texas Cavalry (aka Captain Henry W. Bridges' Company, 6th Regiment Texas Cavalry), wounded in action at Davis Mills where he died in hospital, killed in action at Davies Mill December 21, 1862
The 6th (also called the 2d and Stone's) Regiment Texas Cavalry was organized in September, 1861 for twelve months. It was reorganized under the Conscript Act in May, 1862.
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6th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Wharton, Stone's)
6th Cavalry Regiment [also called 2nd Regiment] was organized with 1,150 men at Dallas, Texas, in September, 1861. Many of the men were from Dallas, McKinney, Waco, Austin, and Lancaster, and Bell County. The unit skirmished in the Indian Territory, fought at Elkhorn Tavern, then moved wast of the Mississippi River. It contained 803 effectives in the spring of 1862 and was dismounted during the battles at Corinth and Hatchie Bridge. Here the regiment reported 148 killed, wounded, or missing. Assigned to Ross' Brigade, it served with the Army of Tennessee during the Atlanta Campaign, was active in Tennessee, and ended the war in Mississippi attached to the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana. The field officers were Colonels Lawrence S. Ross, B. Warren Stone, and Jack Wharton; Lieutenant Colonels John S. Griffith and Peter F. Ross; and Robert M. White and Stephen B. Wilson.