1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment

the Confederate regiment the Union regiment 1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment (Union) Infantry regiment of the Confederate States Army August 2017 August 2017 1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment 1861–1865 May 1, 1865 Confederate States 1865 24px Tennessee Confederate States Army Infantry Regiment Maney's Brigade "First Tennessee" Light blue Facings Enfield rifled muskets Whitworth rifles Arms American Civil War Battle of Cheat Mountain Battle of Shiloh Battle of Perryville Battle of Stones River Battle of Chickamauga Battle of Chattanooga Battle of Kennesaw Mountain Battle of Franklin Battle of Nashville Battle of Bentonville Battles Colonel George E. Maney Colonel Hume R. Field Commanding officers The 1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment, commonly known as the "First Tennessee", was a line infantry formation of the Confederate States Army in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. It was successively commanded by Colonels George E. Maney and Hume R. Field. Organized in 1861 with volunteers from western Tennessee, the regiment was assigned to Maney's Brigade, Cheatham's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Tennessee. After sustaining heavy casualties at the battles of Shiloh and Perryville, it was amalgamated with the 27th Tennessee Infantry Regiment. History The regiment was organized on May 9, 1861, and mustered into Confederate service on August 1st. George E. Maney, who commanded the Rock City Guards (which later became companies A, B and C),Watkins Sam. R. Sam Watkins 1882 1861 vs. 1862. "Co. Aytch", Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment; or, A Side Show of the Big Show https://archive.org/details/1861vs1862coaytc00watk Nashville, Tenn. Cumberland Presbyterian Publishing House August 5, 2017 was elected colonel for the first 90 days.Tennesseans in the Civil War: A Military History of Confederate and Union Units with Available Rosters of Personnel, Part I Civil War Centennial Commission 1964 Early in the war the men of the three companies called themselves the "Orphan Boys."1862-01-09 Resolutions of Respect for Capt. Pierce B. Anderson—A Monument Proposed https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-dispatch-resolutions-of-respect/156420673/ 2024-10-02 Richmond Dispatch 4 After that, command passed to Hume R. Field.Noe Kenneth 2009 Perryville: This Grand Havoc of Battle https://books.google.com/books?id=fGIkwlZlEPwC Kentucky University of Kentucky Press 258–259 978-0-8131-3714-8 February 25, 2016 Private Sam Davis joined the First Tennessee as a scout, but was later executed by Union forces as a spy despite wearing a Confederate uniform when captured.The Annals of the Army of Tennessee https://archive.org/details/annalsofarmyofte00drak Edwin L. Drake 1878 See also List of Tennessee Confederate Civil War units Samuel R. Watkins Notes References 30em Further reading Cannon Devereaux D. Jr. Flags of the Rock City Guards Tennessee Historical Quarterly 47 4 191–197 Winter 1988 External links 1st Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Turney's) - National Park Service 1st/27th Consolidated Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - National Park Service American Civil War Tennessee Category:1861 establishments in Tennessee Category:1865 disestablishments in North Carolina Category:Military units and formations established in 1861 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865 Category:Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Tennessee