[9]

Tennesseans in the Civil War, A Military History of Confederate and Union Units with


Available Rosters of Personnel, Vol. 1, by the Civil War Centennial Commission, Nashville,


Tennessee, 1964-1965, ISBN 9780874020175, 0874020174, re-printed 1989, 1994, 2000.


a. “12th (Richardson’s) Tennessee Cavalry Regiment” unit history (from the book),


    https://tngenweb.org/civilwar/12th-richardsons-tennessee-cavalry-regiment


b. There is no listing for anything close to "McAninch, J. H." 12th Cav. (Co. H, nor any Co.)


    No McAninch (nor Mac~, McE~, McI~, McN~); only three names are even close -


    (Confederate)  McCannish, Isaac, Pvt., Marshall's Arty. Co.


    (Confederate)  McCannish, William, Pvt., Marshall's Arty. Co.


    (Union)  McInish, Allen. D., Pvt., B Co., 9th Cav.


    "Tennessee: 1860's, American Civil War", MFHN v.XIV n.4 Oct. 2006 p.2006-38


    https://www.mcaninch.net/Newsletter/mfn14y06/m14p38w6.htm



[10]

Military Annals of Tennessee, Confederate book by John Berrien Lindsley, copyright 1886,


pub. Nashville, re-pub. 1974, The Reprint Company, Spartanburg, S.C. Unit history article


"Twelfth Tennessee Cavalry" by (Col.) John Uriah Green, Covington, Tenn., pgs.720-722.



[11]

Robert Vinkler Richardson (1820-1870), brigadier general in the Confederate States Army


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_V._Richardson



[12]

12th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment battles (from the unit histories) [9] [10] [11]


a. Corinth, Miss., Oct. 1862:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Corinth


b. Van Dorn's raid on Holly Springs, Mississippi, Dec. 1862


    https://mississippiencyclopedia.org/entries/van-dorns-raid


c. Skirmish on the Shelbyville Pike, Tenn., April 23, 1863


    https://civilwarindex.com/battles/OR%20V23%20C35.html


d. First Battle of Collierville, Oct. 1863


    https://classic.tnvacation.com/civil-war/place/209/battle-of-collierville


e. Wyatt’s Ferry (Tallahatchie River between Oxford and Holly Springs. Miss.), Oct. 1863


    In the Fall of 1863, General Chalmers was headquartered in Oxford . . .


d. Jackson, Tenn. May1863:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Jackson


e. Okolona: wikipedia.org > Battle of Okolona, and National Park Service


    www.nps.gov/common/uploads/teachers/lessonplans/Summary-of-the-Battle-of-Okolona


f. Battle of Yazoo City, Mar. 1864:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Yazoo_City


g. Battle of LaFayette, June 1864:   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_LaFayette


    LaFayette: https://civilwartalk.com/threads/june-24-action-at-la-fayette-georgia.219778


h. Second Battle of Memphis:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Memphis


j. Franklin–Nashville campaign, Sept.-Dec. 1864, and the Battle of Nashville


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin%E2%80%93Nashville_campaign


    and  https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/battle-of-nashville



[13]

1870 Census, J. H. McAninch is enumerated in a four-man household (boarding house?) in


Memphis, District Thirteen, Shelby County, Tennessee, P.O. Memphis, on 18 Aug. 1870;


NARA M593, Roll 1561, (handwritten) pg.59, preprinted “373” on the page.


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Notes and Sources: J. H. McAninch, b1845, 12th TN Cav., and Robert, b1848, Miss. Inf.


McAninch Family History Newsletter, v.XXXIII (33) n.1   /   Dec. 2025   /   p.2025-11




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