Dr. James W. Starnes was a prominent physician and planter in middle Tennessee whose Civil War service began when he organized the sons of the eminent families in Williamson County into a company of cavalry. He reached a degree of fame as a cavalryman that was only exceeded by Generals Forrest and Morgan. Prior to becoming a cavalryman, he had served as a Regimental Surgeon and fought in the infantry lines during the Mexican War. The wartime encounters and perceptions of the officers and the private soldiers of Starnes' 4th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment are traced in considerable detail. Their...
Dr. James W. Starnes was a prominent physician and planter in middle Tennessee whose Civil War service began when he organized the sons of the eminent...
