16th TENNESSEE INFANTRY REGIMENT
Organized June 1861; reorganized May 1862; formed Companies “F” and “K”, 1st Consolidated Tennessee Infantry Regiment April 9, 1865; paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina May 1, 1865.
FIELD OFFICERS
Colonels – John H. Savage, David M. Donnell.
Lieutenant Colonels – Thomas B. Murray, David M. Donnell, Daniel T. Brown.
Majors – Joseph Goodbar, P.H. Coffee, Henry H. Faulkner, Ben Randals.
Most of the company letters were changed when the regiment was reorganized in 1862. In the list below, the letters used after the reorganization are shown, with the prior numbers indicated.
CAPTAINS – L.N. Savage, Gid L. Talley, Co.”A”. Men from Smithville, DeKalb County. C.C. Brewer, J.H.L. Duncan, E.W. Walker, Co. “B”, formerly “E”. Men from Manchester, Coffee County and Grundy County. David M. Donnell, D.C. Spurlock, J.L. Thompson, Co. “C”, formerly “E”. Men from Warren County.
P.H. Coffee, John G. Lambuth, F.M. York, Co. “D”. Men from Warren County. A number of men from this company later enlisted in Co. “I”, 4th (Starnes’) Cavalry.