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| COMPANY F, 6th TEXAS CAVALRY REGIMENT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ?THE LANCASTER GUARDS? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Company F, was recruited in DallasCounty during the spring of 1861. They came from the Lancaster area of the county and had been serving as a loosely organized militia. Through additional recruiting a cavalry company was formed on the 1 - 4th July, 1861. They soon participated with training exercises on the State Fair Grounds with several other companies being recruited in North Texas. Robert S. Guy was elected as the unit?s first Captain. In late August, 1861 the regiment began to form at Camp Bartow, seven miles south of Dallas (?between what is nownHutchins and the River, north of Dowdy Ferry Road?). On September 9th the Company was mustered in as Company F, 6th Texas Cavalry Regiment, CSA. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Muster Roster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| September 9, 1861. Stationed at Dallas, Dallas County, TX. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| September 9, 1861 Muster-in roll of Captain Robert S. Guy's Company F, in the ___ Regiment (___ Brigade) of Texas Cavalry Volunteers, commanded by Colonel B. Warren Stone, Called into the service of the Confederate States in the Provisional Army under the provisions of the Act of Congress passed February ___, 1861 by the Secretary of War from September 9, 1861 (date of this muster) For a term of twelvemonths, unless sooner discharged. SIGNED R. R. GARLAND, Captain, Confederate States Army, Mustering Officer. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| October 31, 1861 Stationed at Flat Rock Creek, Missouri. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| November - December 1861 Stationed at Fort Gibson, Cherokee Nation, I.T. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| January - February 1862 Station at camp on Lee's Creek, AK. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| March - April 1862 Stationed at Camp McIntosh, Ak. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| March 4, 1862 Again took up the line of march. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| March 7, 1862 Met the enemy near Elkhorn Tavern and participated in the battle. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| May - June 1862 Stationed at Camp Maury, MS. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| July - August 1862 Stationed in the field. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| September - October 1862 Stationed at Camp Rogers, MS. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| November - December 1862 Stationed not stated. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| January - February 1863 Stationed near Spring Hill, TN. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| March - April 1863 Stationed at Spring Hill, TN. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| May - June 1863 Stationed near Brownsville, MS. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| July - August 1863 Station near Ebenezar, MS. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| May - June 1864 Stationed near Marietta, GA. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||