Units listed below are mentioned in material furnished by the National Archives, or in the Official Records, or in local county histories. DETAILED CONSCRIPTS A command of two companies organized Continue Reading →
Organized December 25, 1861; captured Fort Donelson; reorganized September 23, 1862; temporarily consolidated with 1st (Colms’) Tennessee Battalion, November, 1862; consolidation made permanent and new organization made February, 1864; paroled Continue Reading →
Organized December 24, 1861; captured at Fort Donelson; paroled at Vicksburg; reorganized September, 1862; few members paroled in 4th Consolidated Tennessee Infantry Regiment at Greensboro, North Carolina May 1, 1865. Continue Reading →
Organized June 6, 1861; reorganized April 26, 1862; paroled at Appomattox Courthouse April 9, 1865. FIELD OFFICERS Colonel-William A. Forbes, William Mc-Comb, James W. Lockert. Lieutenant Colonels-Milton G. Cholson, George Continue Reading →
Organized at Fort Henry, May, 1861; Confederate service September 1, 1861; reorganized October 2, 1862; merged into 4th Consolidated Tennessee Infantry Regiment April, 1865; paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina, May Continue Reading →
Organized February 25, 1863 by consolidation of Cox’s and Napier’s Battalions (q.v.); consolidated with 11th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment February, 1865; paroled as part of the loth/lith Consolidated Tennessee Cavalry Regiment Continue Reading →
See also: 8th (Baxter Smith’s) Tennessee Cavalry Regiment (1st) The Eighth Tennessee Cavalry was originally organized on ‘November 24, 1862. For some reasons no longer clear, however, this original regimental Continue Reading →
Organized December 1862; consolidated with Cox’s Battalion February 25, 1863 to form 10th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment. Muster rolls of this battalion show five companies, under Colonel Thomas Alonzo Napier, all Continue Reading →
“The Oak Grove Rangers” This company was organized at Oak Grove, Kentucky, of men from Montgomery County, April 9, 1861. It was accepted into service of the Tennessee Provisional Army Continue Reading →