1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment

1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment
Active 1861–1865
Country  Confederate States
Allegiance Tennessee
Branch  Confederate States Army
Type Infantry
Size Regiment
Part of Maney's Brigade
Nickname(s) "First Tennessee"
Facings Light blue
Arms Enfield rifled muskets
Engagements

American Civil War

Commanders
Commanding officers

The 1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment (also known as the "First Tennessee") was an infantry formation in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War, and was successively commanded by Colonels George Maney and Hume R. Field.[1]

History

The Regiment was mustered on May 2, 1861 as a volunteer infantry regiment. George Maney, who commanded the Rock City Guards battalion that became companies A, B and C, became the regimental Colonel for the first 90 days. Afterwards, command of the regiment went to Hume Feild.[2][3]

Sam Davis joined the regiment as a scout, but was executed as a spy by Union forces after being captured in his makeshift uniform.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Watkins, Sam. R. (1882). 1861 vs. 1862. "Co. Aytch", Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment; or, A Side Show of the Big Show. Nashville, Tenn.: Cumberland Presbyterian Publishing House. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Noe, Kenneth (2009). Perryville: This Grand Havoc of Battle. Kentucky: University of Kentucky Press. pp. 258–259. ISBN 0813137144. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
  4. ↑ Drake, Edwin L. (1878). The Annals of the Army of Tennessee.

Further reading

  • Cannon, Devereaux D., Jr. (Winter 1988). "Flags of the Rock City Guards". Tennessee Historical Quarterly. 47 (4): 191–197.


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