HOME GUARDS On September 14, 1863, Major General Stephen A. Hurlbut, Commanding XVI Corps, issued General Order Number 129, as follows: “I. Officers commanding divisions in Kentucky and Tennessee will Continue Reading →
Organized in Tennessee, 1864. Colonel R. D. Mussey, Commissioner for Organization of Colored Troops, in a report dated at Nashville, October 10, 1864, stated that in February, 1864, Adjutant General Continue Reading →
Organized at Memphis, Tennessee February 20, 1865. FIELD OFFICERS Colonel-Edmund R. Wiley Lieutenant Colonel-Charles Wedelstaedt The first regiment known as the 88th was a Louisiana organization which was broken up Continue Reading →
Originally 2nd U.S. Tennessee Volunteers (African Descent): Also called 2nd West Tennessee Infantry Regiment (African Descent) Mustered in at La Grange, Tennessee, June 30 and August 27, 1863. FIELD OFFICERS Continue Reading →
Originally 1st U.S. Tennessee Volunteers (African Descent): Also called 1st West Tennessee Infantry Regiment (African Descent) Mustered in at La Grange, Tennessee, June 6 and June 27, 1863. FIELD OFFICERS Continue Reading →
Organized at Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1864. FIELD OFFICERS Colonel-William W. Wright Lieutenant Colonel-Joseph R. Putnam According to Colonel R. D. Mussey, Commissioner for Organization of Colored Troops, Adjutant General L. Thomas, Continue Reading →
Organized at Nashville, Tennessee 1863-1864. FIELD OFFICERS Colonel-Frederick W. Lister Lieutenant Colonel-Arthur F. Reed According to Colonel R. D. Mussey, Commissioner for Organization of Colored Troops, the organization of this Continue Reading →
Organized in Tennessee in Fall of 1863. FIELD OFFICER Colonel-William R. Shafter Colonel R. D. Mussey, Commissioner for Organization Colored Troops, in a report dated October 10, 1864, stated that Continue Reading →
Organized in Tennessee latter part of 1863. FIELD OFFICERS Colonel-Thomas J. Downey Lieutenant Colonel-Cyrus F. Jackson Major-George T. Armstrong Colonel R. D. Mussey, Commissioner for the Organization of Colored Troops, Continue Reading →
Organized at Gallatin, Tennessee, November 1863. FIELD OFFICERS Colonel-Thomas J. Morgan Lieutenant Colonel-Henry C. Corbin Major-N. J. Vail A report dated October 10, 1864, by Colonel R. D. Mussey, Commissioner Continue Reading →