James Wellborn Starnes

James Wellborn Starnes (July 19, 1817 – June 30, 1863) was an American medical doctor and planter who served as a senior officer of the Confederate States Army, commanding the 4th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.

Biography

Wellborn was commissioned a colonel in the Confederate States Army and commanded a brigade under Bedford Forest. In one genealogical source, he is referred to as a general.

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References

Bibliography

• Allardice, Bruce S. (2008). Confederate Colonels: A Biographical Register. Columbia and London: University of Missouri Press. p. 355.
• Van Wagenen, Avis Stearns (1983). Genealogy and Memoirs of Charles and Nathaniel Stearns, and Their Descendants. United States of America: Courier Printing Company. p. 131.

Further reading

• Bradley, Michael R. (2013). "Appendix A". The Raiding Winter. Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Company. p. 157.
• Brown, Myers E. II (2011). Tennessee's Confederates. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing. p. 56.
• Guild, George B. (1913). A Brief Narrative of the Fourth Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, Wheeler's Corps, Army of Tennessee. Nashville, TN. pp. 19–20, 247–249.
• Tullos, Tom (Spring 1992). "History of Genl. James Wellborn Starnes of Williamson County". Warwick, Richard; Manning, Ed (eds.). Williamson County Historical Society Journal, no. 22. pp. 71–83.
• Warwick, Rich, ed. (2010). "Portraits of Williamson County, continued". Williamson County Historical Society Journal, no. 41. p. 51.