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Private
Company B
12 Battalion (Day's)
Tennessee Cavalry
Confederate States
Civil War
Riley Harland Lamb
11 January 1829
18 May 1913
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Cemetery
marker
Wesley Chapel Cemetery
Dillard, Rabun County, Georgia
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Military
Record
from Military papers for Riley H. Lamb
including Muster Rolls, List of Absentees, Regimental Return
28 June 1862 |
At age 33 in Greeneville, Greene Co TN, enlisted in Capt. John Q. Arnold's Company,
Independent Partisan Rangers for period of 3 years; value of horse $185 |
28 June to
31 Dec 1862 |
Listed as absent on detached service in Company B, Adrian's Battalion Partisan Rangers
per order Gen. McCown, bounty $50 paid |
5 Dec 1862 |
Granted leave by order of Gen. McCown, was "detailed by Gen. McCown at
Manchester on or about 5 October 1862 to drive some stock to Tennessee. This he did
an on meeting Lt. Fitzpatrick and learrning of his purpose of gathering absentees of the
Company, reported to him, in or near Knoxville. He is still with him or under his
orders wherever he may be." |
Jan-Feb 1863 |
Listed as absent, but with note he reported to Lt. Fitzpatrick, Co. B, 12th Battalion,
about the 20th of January |
Mar-June 1863 |
Listed as present and received $72.40 pay |
5 July 1863 |
Listed as absent without leave |
Jan-Feb 1865 |
Listed as absent on detached service |
source: Civil War Soldiers And
Sailors System
www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/index.html
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Riley H. Lamb
Regiment Name: 12th Battalion (Days),
Tennessee Cavalry
Side: Confederate
Company: B
Soldier's Rank In: Private
Soldier's Rank Out: Private |
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Oath Of Allegiance
I, R.H. Lamb, of the County of Rabun State of Georgia, do solemnly, or affirm, in
presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support and defend the
Constitution of the United States and the Union of the States thereunder, and that I will
in like manner abide by and faithfully support all laws and proclamations which here have
been made during the existing rebellion with reference to the emancipation of slaves - SO
HELP ME GOD.
R. H. [his mark] Lamb
Subscribed and sworn to before me at Clayton, the 20th day of August A.D. 1865.
W. H. Timmions
Ordinary of Rabun County
The above named has dark complexion, dark hair, and blue eyes; is 5 feet 8 inches high,
aged 36 years, by profession farmer
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12th Tennessee
from Military papers for Riley H. Lamb
from Confederate Generals
Organized September 1, 1862 with Companies A, B, C, D
 | Also known as Adrian's Battalion Partisan Rangers |
| Also known as Phipps' Battalion Tennessee Cavalry |
| Companies B and E served from December 1862 through June 1863 in a temporary field
organization known as Hardy's Squadron Tennessee Cavalry, and acted as an escort for
General McCown |
| March 1862 Major General McCown commanded Army of the West |
| McCown commanded division at Murfreesboro |
| McCown court-martialed for disobedience, relieved of rank and pay for 6 months,
quarreled with Bragg and President Jefferson Davis, saw little service after that
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| 12th and 16th Tennessee served from June 1863 through March 1864 in temporary field
organization called 1st Tennessee Legion and Rucker's Legion Tennessee Cavalry, but
mustered seperately |
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