2025-01 Raynors Historical Collectible Auctions
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Manuscript Document Signed, “I.W. Avery” Colonel Commanding, Macon, February 23, 1865. Headline, “List of Mounted men sent to Gen’l Wheeler’s HdQtrs in charge of Lt. L.A. McLellan of Co. I, 4th Ga Cavalry”. It continues with a list of twelve men; Name, Rank, Company, and Regiment. The Georgia 4th Cavalry Regiment (Avery’s) was formed with eleven companies in January, 1863, using Avery's 23rd Georgia Cavalry Battalion as its nucleus. It served for a time with the Conscript Department in Tennessee, then was assigned to J.J. Morrison's, C.C. Crews', and Iverson's Brigade. The regiment participated in the Chickamauga, Knoxville, and Atlanta Campaigns, skirmished in Northern Georgia and East Tennessee, and took part in the defense of Savannah. In January, 1865, the unit was reorganized and called the 12th Cavalry. It went on to fight in the Carolinas and surrendered with the Army of Tennessee. It has been unofficially stated that Isaac W. Avery, was, before the close of the War, promoted to grade of brigadier-general. P. A. C. S. He has, in his History of Georgia, emphasized his belief in fact of his promotion.
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