BENTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE
in the Civil War

CONFEDERATES

55th (Brown's) Tennessee Infantry Regiment History
Also called 56th Tennessee Infantry Regiment

This regiment was organized at Columbus, KY on 14 February 1862; All of the companies except I and K were surrendered at Island Number 10 in the Mississippi River on 8 April 1862. Company reports state that I and K were on detached service at the time, and were not surrendered with the rest of the regiment. The regiment was reorganized 26 September 1862; field consolidation with the 46th Tennessee Infantry in January of 1863; merged into 4th Consolidated Tennessee Infantry in April of 1865; paroled at Greensboro, N.C. on 1 May 1865.

Field Officers:
Colonel Alexander J. Brown and Acting Colonel Thomas H. Baker
Lieutenant Colonel William A. Jones and G.B. Black.
Major J.H. Hilsman, Major Thomas H. Baker and Major Joseph B. McDonald.
Captain William A. Jones and Captain Sol. Jones, Company A. Men from Benton County, TN. Organized at Trenton, TN on 8 October 1 861.

55th TN Infantry, Company B

Captain Pritcher M. Melton, Company B. Men from Benton County, TN. Organized at Trenton on 9 October 1861. This company was raised with 88 men from Benton County, TN. They were ordered to Columbus, KY with the rest of the regiment. They were in most of the battles that the Army of Tennessee fought and was present at the surrender of General Johnston's Army in N.C. and paroled at Greensboro, N. C. on 1 May 1865. Captain P.M. Melton.

Roster of enlisted men were:

Alsup, E.A.
Arnold, H., died 1861
Arnold, S.M., died died 1862
Beasley, J.W.
Belvew, John
Berry, Henry H.
Berry, Isaac G., last record 1862
Berry, J.G.
Berry, Moses P., died 1864
Berry, Samuel S.
Berry, W.W., died 1862
Brewer, Lewis, died 1862 at Camp Douglas
Brewer, Nicholas
Brewer, William B., died 1862 at Camp Douglas
Camp, G.A.
Cherry, Brazelia, died 1862 at Camp Douglas
Childress, James
Cole, Lewis
Cole, William M.
Cuff, Andrew J., died 1863
Cuff, Benjamin R.
Cuff, David S.
Cuff, Francis A., discharqed 1863
Cuff, Joseph C., died 1862
Cuff, John M.
Davidson, W.
Driver, J.M., surgeon
Farmer, Ben F., last record 1862
Farmer, John C., last record 1864
Gossett, Allen, died 1862
Geer, John, discharged 1862
Hall, Benjamin F.
Hall, Henry
Holland, James, died 1862
Holland, M.N., died 1862
Holland, Nicholas B., last record 1864
Holland, Patrick
Holland, Prigen, transferred to navy 1864
Holland, William J.
Holloman, James E.
Helms, J.C., died 1862 at Camp Douglas
Hudson, Felix, surgeon
Hunt, P.
Jones, J.W., died 1862 at Camp Douglas
Jones, William, died 1862 at Camp Douglas
McPerson, A.G. died 1861
Mcperson, T.G. died 1861
McRay, Alexander C.
Melton, Asa H.
Melton, D.D., discharged 1861
Melton, David M.
Melton, J.D., last record 1862
Melton, John P.
Melton, Joseph C., last record 1862
Melton, John W., last record 1863
Melton, Mathew, last record 1862
Melton, Captain Prigen
Melton, W.R., died 1862 at Camp Douglas
Mills, F.M.
Myres, Alfred, died 1863
Nash, Isaac Z.
Nuning, N.M.
Paf ford, David, discharged 1862
Pafford, Lewis, last record 1862
Pafford, Randall, last record 1863
Pafford, Robert C.
Pafford, W.H.
Parker, S.W., last record 1862
Phifer, Joseph, died 1862
Pickler, W.D., discharged 1862
Pierce, E.B., last record 1865
Reddick, Jeff, discharged 1862
Reddick, M.V., last record 1862
Rose, James
Snider, Joseph P., last record 1863
Sykes, Robert, died 1862
Vester, DY., last record 1862
Vester, J.C., died 1862 at Camp Douglas
Wheatley, C.J., last record 1862
Wheatley, J.K., last record 1864
Williams, F.M., died 1862
Wilson, Burwell, died date unknown
Wilson, J.B.

SPECIAL THANKS to E.J. SIMS
for contributing the 55th (Brown's) Tennessee Infantry Regiment History
and 55th Company B Roster.

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