Newton Carlisle 1835-1918

Enlisted August 25, 1862 in Jackson County, TN.

Was sent home as others were, by Dibrell in July/August 1863 and was cut off from his command. 

Forced to take oath by Stokes' men or be shot.

Private

13th (Dibrell's) TN Cavalry Regiment

Known in field and mustered throughout war as the 8th TN Cavalry Regiment

The regiment moved from Sparta to Murfreesboro October 8, 1862, and was placed in Brigadier General N. B. Forrest's Brigade. At Murfreesboro, the regiment was armed with 400 flintlock muskets and 600 sabres, the only issue of arms made to it by the Confederate Government; all subsequent arms were captured from the Federal forces. Its first engagement was a skirmish in Neely's Bend, near Nashville on October 15, where Private Goolsby was killed, and six or eight captured. It remained in this territory, with frequent skirmishes, until the middle of December, when it went with General Forrest on his first raid into West Tennessee, culminating in the Battle of Parker's Crossroads, December 31, 1862. On this expedition Colonel Dibrell got his first experience as a brigade commander. The regiment lost in this expedition eight killed, 35 wounded, and 130 captured or missing, most of them at Parker's Crossroads, but came out equipped with Enfield rifles.

It returned to Middle Tennessee, and on February 24, 1863 was ordered to Florence, Alabama, having an affair with Federal gunboats on March 25. When the regiment was ordered away from Florence, a public meeting was called, and resolutions adopted complimenting the regiment for its gentlemanly deportment, good discipline, and gallantry.

From Florence, it moved to Spring Hill, Tennessee, then back to Florence with the 10th Tennessee Cavalry on April 10 when Colonel Streight started the raid which ended in his capture at Rome, Georgia. On this expedition their assignment was to make such demonstrations opposite Corinth, Mississippi as to cause General Dodge, with his infantry, to draw back from the support of Colonel Streight, leaving Streight to be captured by General Forrest.

Died February 21, 1918, Jackson County, TN.

Buried Pharris Cemetery, Jackson County, TN.