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Subject: Re: Edwards from: Lee and Autauga & Montg. Co.'s in Alabama
Date: 11 Jan 2005 04:53:28 -0700


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SHERRI THIS IS THE RIGHT COLUMBUS EDWARDS


Columbus Edwards

Father William Edwards
Mother Eliza Page

Christopher Columbus Edwards Born 1845
Enlisted in Henderson county July 15, 1862 Company D
Transferred to Company E October 1,1862 7th Battalion Transferred from E company August 3, 1863
Captured at Jackson’s MILLS, NEAR Kinston, NC
June 22,1864

Married Myra Scruggs Born 1847
Died 2/2/1933
Married 10/16/1873 in Polk Co. NC
Children of Christopher Columbus Edwards and Myra Scruggs are:

Ciphus Greenway Edwards born 10/10/1878
Sallie Edwards born ? married John Cooke







COLUMBUS EDWARDS




Birth: 1845
Christening:
Marriage: 16 OCT 1873 , Polk, North Carolina
Death:
Burial:





Wife

MIRY SCRUGGS




Birth: 1847
Christening:
Marriage: 16 OCT 1873 , Polk, North Carolina
Death:
Burial:



2nd Wife
CAROLINE ???


2.No.Soldier NameSideFunctionRegiment Name
1Edwards, C.C.
Confederate Cavalry 7th Battalion, North Carolina Cavalry

2Edwards, Christo C.
Confederate Cavalry 6th Regiment, North Carolina Cavalry

3Edwards, Columbus
Confederate Cavalry 6th Regiment, North Carolina Cavalry

4Edwards, Columbus
Confederate Cavalry 7th Battalion, North Carolina Cavalry



3. C.C. Edwards (First_Last)
Regiment Name 7 Batt'n. North Carolina Cavalry
Side Confederate
Company D,E
Soldier's Rank_In Private
Soldier's Rank_Out Private
Alternate Name Columbus/Edwards
Notes
Film Number M230 ro7th Battalion, North Carolina Cavalry
7th Cavalry Battalion was organized during the summer of 1862 with six companies. The unit skirmished in Tennessee and Kentucky until August, 1863 when it merged into the 65th North Carolina Regiment-6th Cavalry. Lieutenant Colonel George N. Folk and Major Thaddeus P. Siler were in command.
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Columbus Edwards (First_Last)
Regiment Name 6 North Carolina Cavalry
Side Confederate
Company E,D
Soldier's Rank_In Private
Soldier's Rank_Out Private
Alternate Name
Notes
Film Number M230 roll 12



Columbus Edwards (First_Last)
Regiment Name 7 Batt'n. North Carolina Cavalry
Side Confederate
Company D,E
Soldier's Rank_In Private
Soldier's Rank_Out Private
Alternate Name
Notes
Film Number M230 roll 12

Organizational Structure
The 6th North Carolina Cavalry regiment was officially organized by the consolidation of the 5th and 7th North Carolina Cavalry Battalions on August 3, 1863 under terms of special order 183, paragraph 16, from the Confederate Adjutant and Inspector General's Office. An error in this order designated the unit the 66th North Carolina State Troops, and it was referred to as such until the error was noticed and corrected in late 1863 by Confederate officials, though it was properly numbered by the North Carolina Adjutant General. Another matter of confusion was that companies were not redesignated until early 1864, and for several months there were two company As, two company Bs, etc. The discussion of the individual units shows the previous designations of each company. Most companies have four clothing receipt rolls which fill in some details omitted in the muster rolls.
Field and Staff
No muster rolls for the field and staff of this regiment survive today. Regimental officers were:
•George Nathaniel Folk - Colonel
•Alfred Hunter Baird - Lieutenant Colonel
•Thaddeus P. Siler - Major
•J. J. Spann - Major
•Martin B. Moore, Quartermaster
Company D
Company D was formerly Company E, 7th North Carolina Cavalry Battalion. Extant musters for this company cover these periods:
•November 1, 1862 to March 1, 1863, lists 96 men, located at Zollicoffer, Tennessee.
•July 1 to August 31, 1863, lists 85 men, stationed at Loudon, Tennessee.
•September 1 to December 31, 1863, lists 75 men, stationed at Rutherfordton, North Carolina.
•December 31, 1863 to April 30, 1864, lists 74 men, stationed at Kinston, North Carolina.
•April 30 to August 31, 1864, lists 64 men, posted near Kinston.
•September 30 to October 31, 1864, lists 43 men, posted near Kinston, North Carolina.
Company E
Company E was formerly Company A, 7th North Carolina Cavalry Battalion. Extant musters for this company cover the following periods:
• April 30 to August 31, 1863, lists 111 men, but the unit's station not recorded on the roll.
• September 1 to December 31, 1863, lists 90 men, but the location of the company was unrecorded.
• January 1 to April 30, 1864, lists 71 men, stationed near Kinston.
• April 30 to August 31, 1864, lists 71 men, stationed at Kinston.
• September 30 to October 31, 1864, lists 76 men, stationed near Kinston, North Carolina.

Roster of 1015 men who served in the 6th North Carolina
Cavalry, Confederate States Army
Principal place of recruitment: Company A - Johnson County, Tennessee, and a few from Watauga County, North Carolina
Company B - Ashe County, NC
Company C - Raised in Henderson County, NC
Company D - Raised in Henderson County, NC
Company E - Principally recruited in Macon County, NC.
Company F - Primarily raised in Clay County, NC.
Company G(1st) - Johnson and Sullivan County, Tennessee
Company G(2nd) - From Macon County, NC
Company H - Burke County, NC
Company I - Madison County, NC
Company K - Mitchell County, NC
EDWARDS, CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS: Co. D
EDWARDS, JAMES E.: Co. A
EDWARDS, MARTIN VAN BUREN: Co. D





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