MAJOR WILLIAM RUSSELL
 DESIGNATION: Separate Battalion of Volunteer Mounted Gunmen
 DATES: September 1814-March 1815
 MEN MOSTLY FROM: Franklin, Bedford, Blount, Madison (Ala), Rutherford,
Warren, and Wilson counties.
 CAPTAINS: William Chism, John Cowan, Fleman Hodges, George Mitchie, William
Russell, John Trimble, Isaac Williams
BRIEF HISTORY: Along with a battalion commanded by Major Chiles, this unit
served in the Pensacola/Mobile region and was a part of Major Uriah Blue's
expedition that roamed along the Escambia River in Florida in search of
renegade Creeks toward the end of the war.  Approximately 500 men served in
the battalion, one of whom was David Crockett, a sergeant in Capt. John Conway's
company. ( I wonder if this should be COWAN) From Fayetteville, where the battalion was mustered in, they traveled to Fort
Stephens (crossing the Tennessee River at Muscle Shoals); leaving their horses
behind, the battalion marched to Pensacola (via Montgomery) where they
participated in the battle of 7 November 1814; and returned to Fort
Montgomery.  At Fort Montgomery they were put under the command of major Uriah
Blue.