Memphis Men In Scott's Battery.
The Following men were recruited by Smith P. Bankhead in Memphis. They formed the nucleus of the battery in the summer of 1861:
| W.J. Harrison. May 15, 1861. | Michael Nason. May 15, 1861. |
| Samuel Brown. (Sgt.) May 16, 1861. | John Clooney. May 16, 1861. |
| Lewis Merchant. (Sgt.) May 16, 1861. | J.T. Thomas. May 16, 1861. |
| Timothy Cavanaugh. May 18, 1861. | John Connell. May 18, 1861. |
| Richard Connell. May 18, 1861. | Dennis Dailey. May 18, 1861. |
| Patrick Joyce. May 18, 1861. | James McLaughlin. (Corp.) May 18, 1861. |
| Owen McPartlin. May 18, 1861. | John Murphy. May 18, 1861. |
| John Purcell. (Sgt.) May 18, 1861. | Eugene Sullivan. May 18, 1861. |
| Edward Tooney. May 18, 1861. | James Welsh. (Sgt.) May 18, 1861. |
| Samuel Denton. May 20, 1861. | John Flynn. May 20, 1861. |
| John Hayes. (Corp.) May 20, 1861. | James McCarty. May 20, 1861. |
| John Purcell May 20, 1861. | Lewis Putney. (Sgt.) May 20, 1861. |
| John Rooney May 20, 1861. | Nicholas Schriner. (Art.) May 20, 1861. |
| George Talty. May 20, 1861. | John Talty. May 20, 1861. |
| Patrick Talty. (Corp.) May 20, 1861. | Samuel Talty. May 20, 1861. |
| Miles Kehoe. May 21, 1861. | Francis McShane. May 21, 1861. |
| Jerry Driscoll. May 21, 1861. | John Dewire. May 22, 1861. |
| Cornelius Laydon. May 22, 1861. | Martin Lyon. May 22, 1861. |
| Patrick Murphy. May 22, 1861. | Edward Cearns. (Corp.) May 23, 1861. |
| Charles W. Cooley. (Sgt.) May 23, 1861. | Neil Finney. May 23, 1861. |
| Michael Mahoney. May 23, 1861. | William O'Donnell. (Corp.) May 23, 1861. |
| Thomas Clooney. May 24, 1861. | Patrick Mathews. May 24, 1861. |
| James Fitzpatrick. May 25, 1861. | Thomas Fitzpatrick. May 25, 1861. |
| William Kanary. May 25, 1861. | John O'Donnell. May 25, 1861. |
| Michael Shea. May 25, 1861. | Michael Shea. May 25, 1861. |
| Philip Sullivan. May 25, 1861. | Edward Swinney. May 25, 1861. |
| Robert King. May 26, 1861. | Dennis Leary. May 26, 1861. |
| Jerry Crowlwy. May 28, 1861. | Albert Sailhorst. (Sgt.) May 28, 1861. |
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David Ennis. May 29, 1861. |
During the month of July Captian Bankhead and possibly L.J. Dupree recruited again in Memphis looking for artificers in particular.
| James E. Johnson. (Art.) July 2, 1861. | J.A.R. Gatch. (Art.) July 9, 1861. |
| William Powers. July 9, 1861. | Michael Flynn. July 12, 1861. |
| Edward Ford. (Art.) July 19, 1861. | Patrick McCarty. July 23, 1861. |
| Patrick McNamara July 24, 1861. | Isaac Harrison. (Ferrier) July 26, 1861. |
| George McKenzie. July 26, 1861. |
The following men were also from Memphis but recruited by others:
| D.O.D Brenan. (Sgt.) Nov. 1, 1861. | Michael Culinen. Nov. 16, 1861. |
| ? Erin. (Bugler) Dec. 1, 1861. | A.L. Townsend. March 1, 1862. |
| W.B. Chrisp. March 8, 1862. |
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