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13th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
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Infantry regiment of the Confederate States Army
May 2023
May 2023
The 13th Tennessee Infantry Regiment, commonly known as the "Thirteenth Tennessee", was a line infantry formation of the Confederate States Army in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.
History
The regiment saw service at the battles of Shiloh, Chickamauga, and Franklin.13th Tennessee Infantry Regiment http://www.civilwarreference.com/regiments/detail.php?regID=3826 Civil War Reference 23 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110929104123/http://www.civilwarreference.com/regiments/detail.php?regID=3826 2011-09-29 dead Company I captured the national colors of the 57th Indiana Infantry Regiment at the Battle of Franklin on November 30, 1864. It was returned to the 57th Indiana at their reunion in Kokomo on September 23, 1885.Autobiography and Reminiscenses Wiley M. Crook https://www.tngenweb.org/records/chester/bios/crook/index.html 1917
Regimental order of battle
Units of the 13th Tennessee Infantry Regiment included:
Company A - Captains S.R. Brewer, F.H. Carter - "The Fayette Rifle Grays" - Fayette County.
Company B - Captains Joe L. Cranberry, Ben F. Lightle, William G. Mehane - "The Macon Grays" - Fayette County.
Company C - Captains John H. Morgan, E.W. Douglass, W.D. Harrison - "The Secession Guards" - Shelby County.
Company D - Captains John A. Wilkins, S.R. Brewer - "The Yorkville Rifles" - Gibson County.
Company E - Captains Alfred J. Vaughan, Jr., Beverly L. Dyer, Johna A. Moody - "ThevDixie Rifles" - Fayette County.
Company F - Captains John V. Wright, Dew Moore Wisdon, G.W. Churchwell - "The Wright Boys" - McNairy County.
Company G - Captains W.E. Winfield, C.D. Palmore, R.F. Lanier - "The Gain's Invincibles" - Fayette County.
Company H - Captain Robert W. Pitman, Sylvester A. Munson - "The Yancey Riflemen" - Fayette County.
Company I - Captains G.L. Ross, William Jere Crook, John R. Purdy - "The Forked Deer Volunteers" - Henderson County, now Chester County.
Company K - Captains Samuel L. Latta, Joseh Rucks Hibbitt, Ausburn D. Brown - "The Dyer Grays" - Dyer County.
Company L - Captains C.B. Jones, Richard E. Moody - "The Zollicoffer Avengers."
Field Officers
Colonels-John V. Wright, Alfred J. Vaughn, Jr., Robert W. Pitman.
Lieutenant Colonels-Alfred J. Vaughn, Jr., William E. Morgan, Robert W. Pitman, Beverly L. Dyer.
Majors-W. E. Winfield, William Jere Crook, Peter H. Cole, Beverly L. Dyer.
See also
List of Confederate units from Tennessee
Notes
References
Bibliography
Vaughan A. J. Alfred Jefferson Vaughan Jr. 1897 Personal Record of the Thirteenth Regiment, Tennessee Infantry https://archive.org/details/pesonalrecord00vaugrich/ Press of S. C. Toof & Co Memphis 1050721781 Internet Archive
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