6th Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry The 6th Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . The regiment was also known as the 1st West Tennessee Cavalry . Service . The 6th Tennessee Cavalry was organized at Bethel Springs , LaGrange , Bolivar , and Trenton , Tennessee and mustered in 11 August 1862 for a three year enlistment under the command of Colonel Fielding Hurst . These last four companies of the regiment were mustered in October 1862 , as the 1st West Tennessee Infantry and transferred to the 6th Tennessee Cavalry in July 1863 , per orders dated 10 June 1863 . The regiment was attached to District of Jackson , Department of the Tennessee , to November 1862 . District of Jackson , XIII Corps , Department of the Tennessee , to December 1862 . Cavalry Brigade , District of Jackson , XVI Corps , to March 1863 . Cavalry Brigade , 3rd Division , XVI Corps , to June 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Cavalry Division , XVI Corps , to December 1863 . 1st Brigade , 1st Cavalry Division , XVI Corps , to June 1864 . Unassigned , District of West Tennessee , Department of the Tennessee , to November 1864 . 2nd Brigade , 4th Division , Cavalry Corps , Military Division Mississippi , to December 1864 . 2nd Brigade , 7th Division , Cavalry Corps , Military Division Mississippi , to February 1865 . 1st Brigade , 6th Division , Cavalry Corps , Military Division Mississippi , and District of Middle Tennessee , to August 1865 . The 6th Tennessee Cavalry mustered out of service 26 July 1865 . Detailed service . Pursuit to Ripley , Miss . , 5 – 12 October 1862 . Chewalla and Big Hill 5 October . Operations about Bolivar , Tenn . , 3 November - 31 December 1862 . Expedition from Corinth , Miss . , against Forrest 18 December 1862 – 3 January 1863 . Action near Jackson 19 December 1862 . Near Ripley , Miss . , 23 December . Near . Middleburg 24 – 25 December . Bolivar 24 December . Near Clifton , Tenn . , 1 January 1863 . Scout between Bolivar , Tenn . , and Ripley , Miss . , 25 – 28 January . Pocahontas 24 March . Expedition to Hatchie River and skirmishes 1 – 16 April . Scout from LaGrange into northern Mississippi 29 April - 5 May . Linden 12 May ( detachment ) . Expedition from Jackson across Tennessee River 2 – 7 June . Operations in northwest Mississippi 15 – 25 June . Skirmishes at Forked Deer Creek and Jackson 13 July , and at Forked Deer Creek 15 July . Holly Springs 7 September . Expedition from LaGrange to Toone Station 11 – 16 September . Montezuma 16 September . Locke ' s Mills , near Moscow , 26 September . Operations in northern Mississippi and western Tennessee against Chalmers 4 – 17 October . Lockhart ' s Mills , Coldwater River , 6 October . Salem 8 October . Ingraham ' s Mills , near Byhalia , 12 October . Wyatt ' s 13 October . Operations on Memphis & Charleston Railroad 3 – 5 November . Holly Springs , Miss . , 5 November . Operations on Memphis & Charleston Railroad against Lee ' s attack 28 November - 10 December . Operations in northern Mississippi and western Tennessee 18 – 31 December . Ordered to Memphis , Tenn . , 17 January 1864 , and duty there until November . Scout in Hardin County 9 February . Seviersville and Miflin 18 February . Operations against Forrest in western Tennessee 16 March - 14 April . Bolivar 29 March . Sturgis ' Expedition to Ripley 30 April - 9 May . Tracy City 4 August . Florence , Ala . , 6 – 7 October . Ordered to Nashville , Tenn . , 24 November . Battle of Nashville , Tenn . , 15 – 16 December . Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River 17 – 28 December . Hollow Tree Gap and Franklin 17 December . Rutherford Creek 19 December . Lynnville 23 December . Pulaski 25 – 20 December . Hillsboro 29 December . Near Leighton 30 December . Narrows 2 January 1865 . Thorn Hill 3 January . At Gravelly Springs , Ala . , until February . At Edgefield and Pulaski and in District of Middle Tennessee until August , 1865 . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 396 men during service ; 2 officers and 33 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 9 officers and 352 enlisted men died of disease .