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TENNESSEE IN THE WAR LISTS OF Military Organizations and Officers from Tenne99ee in both the Confederate and Union Armies; General and Staff Officers of the Provisional Army of Ten nessee, Appointed by Governor Isham G. Harris; General Officers, both Union and Confederate, with Staff Officers of the Latter, and Statement of any Previous Service or Rank in the United States Array; Quartermasters and Commissaries in the Confederate Army from Tennessee, other than those mentioned on the Staff; Officers of the Confederate States Navy appointed from Tennessee; Officers of the United States Navy from Tenne99ee; Members of the Con federate States Congress from Tennessee; Members of the United States Con gress from Tennessee; Complete Rosters of Organizations of Federal Troops from Tenne,see who Served I 861-65; Campaigns Conducted, and Battles, Affairs and Skirmishes fought within the Limits of the State, with Date and Location. COMPILED AND PREPARED BY GENERAL MARCUS J. WRIGHT AMBROSE LEE PUBLISHING COMPANY WILLIAMSBRIDGE, NEW YORK CITY COPYRIGHT 1908, BY AMBROSE LEE PUBLISHING COMPANY Williamsbridge, New York City THE QUINN & BODEN CO. PRESS RAHWAY, N. J• COMMENDATORY UNIVERSITY OF NASHVILLE: PEABODY COLLEGE FOR TEACHERS. NASHVILLE, TENN. DEAR GENERAL WRIGHT: September 9, 1907 I have read the manuscript of "Tennessee in the War, 1861-1865" prepared by yourself. I hope you will publish it; it is a work of very great value, and, I doubt not; will have a great sale. Sincerely yours, GENERAL MARCUS J. WRIGHT. TENNESSEE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. NASHVILLE, TENN. Mv DEAR GENERAL WRIGHT: September 9, 1907. I read your manuscript entitled "Tennessee in the War, 1861-1865'' very care fully and with pleasure last winter. Found it of much value and, while the information was fresh in mind, I addressed a letter to the Governor of Ten nessee commending it and stating that it was well worthy of being purchased and published by the State. It was prepared carefully by an expert in our U. S. military records and largely from original sources. It contains a large amount of information that cannot be obtained from our Tennessee and local records and would be expensive to compile. It is the result of many, many months of pains• taking labor. I do not know what has . become of the letter I wrote the Governor upon this subject. Yours most truly, GENERAL MARCUS J. WRIGHT, Washington, D. C. OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE. STATE OF TENNESSEE. GENERAL MARCUS J. WRIGHT, NASHVILLE, September i3, 1907. Washington, D. C. Mv DEAR GENERAL: It gave me great pleasure and interest to examine and read your manuscript of officers in Confederate and Federal armies during the late war, from Tennessee. It is very complete and will be eagerly sought by all old Confederate and Federal soldiers and their families, not only in Tennessee, but throughout the United States. Trust you may have it put in book form soon and you may put me down for five copies. I expressed your manuscript. When I can serve you at any time, it will give me pleasure to do so. Yours truly, A. W. WILLS, PosnlASTER. NASHVILLE, TENN. GENERAL MARCUS J. \VRIGHT, September 5, 1907. Washington, D. C. Mv DEAR GENERAL: I have read the manuscript prepared by you, "Tennessee in the War, 1861• 1865," with very great interest, and I earnestly trust that a publication will be made in. pamphlet form or otherwise for distribution and sale. It is the only complete record in existence of the Federal troops from Tennessee engaged in the Civil War. The Adjutant-General of Tennessee compiled a very imperfect record of the Tennessee troops, which was so replete with errors that it was really useless and finally abandoned, and the record that you have prepared, being in every respect perfect, will be a matter of very great interest to Tennesseans for future generations and the Confederacy as well. Your manuscript was sub mitted to a committee consisting of ex-Governor James D. Porter, General Gates P. Thruston, Captain John W. Morton, and myself and was carefully scrutinized by each and all of us and received our careful and universal endorsement. Very respectfully, Jf.Jkfr.4- ::__, 7 East 36th Street, MY DEAR GENERAL! NEW YoRK, October 1, 1907. I have just finished reading your "Tennessee in the War, 1861-1865'' and con gratulate Tennesseans up.on the admirable presentation you have given them. My familiarity with the army of Tennessee, beginning with Columbus and Bowling Green, permits me to view the work somewhat as a critic. I find, how ever, nothing to criticize, and can therefore in all candor heartily praise it. Thank you for the opportunity to look it through. Yours very truly, GENERAL MARCUS J. WRIGHT, Washington, D. C. HEADQUARTERS UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS. OFFICE OF COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. GENERAL MARCUS J. WRIGHT, CoLUMBus, Mrss., October 29, 1907. Washington, D. C. MY DEAR GENERAL WRIGHT: It has given me pleasure to critically examine your MS. entitled "Tennessee in the War, 1861-1865." It is a compilation perfected with great labor and accuracy, with advantages of examination of records in the War Department at Washington and from other sources, to which you have had access for so many y~ars, over and above any other living Confederate. I regard it as technically most valuable for the State of Tennessee and its citizens, and recommend it as the most valuable compilation I have yet seen for Tennessee in the great Civil War. The compilation is broad and comprehensive, giving Military Organizations and Officers from Tennessee in both the Confederate and Union Armies,-General and Staff Officers in the Provisional Army of Tennessee appointed by Gov. Isham G. Harris,-General Officers, both Union and Confederate, with Staff Officers, and Statement of previous service or rank in United States Army, Quartermasters and Commissaries appointed from Tennessee in Confederate Army other than those on Staff,-Officers of Confederate States and United States Navy appointed from Tennessee,-Members of Confederate and United States Congress from Tennessee,-Complete Rosters of Federal Troops from Ten nessee which served in the War, 1861-1865,-Campaigns conducted, and Battles, Affairs and Skirmishes fought within Limits of State, with Date and Location. In short, as far as it goes, it is as complete as it can be, and a copy should be in every family in Tennessee. With kind wishes, Your friend and comrade, Tennessee in the War 1861-1865 CONTENTS PAGE PRELIMINARY STATEMENT • 9 LIST OF OFFICERS OF THE PROVISIONAL ARMY OF TEN NESSEE APPOINTED BY GOVERNOR ISHAM G. HARRIS, AND STAFF OF GENERAL ROBERT G. FOSTER AND OF GENERAL J. L. T. SNEED 15 GENERAL OFFICERS OF THE CONFEDERATE ARMY AP POINTED FROM TENNESSEE, WITH DATE OF APPOINT MENT AND NAMES, RANK AND DUTIES OF THEIR STAFF OFFICERS • 23 LIST OF ARTILLERY OFFICERS, C. s. A. • 61 LIST OF FIELD OFFICERS, REGIMENTS AND BATTALIONS FROM TENNESSEE IN THE CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY, AND ESTIMATE OF THE NUMBER OF TROOPS 85 ;LIST OF OFFICERS IN THE CONFEDERATE STATES NAVY APPOINTED FROM TENNESSEE 113 MEMBERS OF THE CONFEDERATE CONGRESS FROM TEN- NESSEE 123 LIST OF GENERAL OFFICERS IN THE u NION ARMY AP- POINTED FROM TENNESSEE 127 REGISTER OF THE REGIMENTS OF ARTILLERY, CAVALRY AND INFANTRY FROM TENNESSEE WHICH SERVED IN THE UNION ARMY, WITH STATEMENT OF CASUAL TIES AND PROMOTIONS, AND THE NUMBER OF TROOPS; FROM THE OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE AoJUTANT- GENERAL, U. s. A. 131 NAVAL OFFICERS FROM TENNESSEE WHO SERVED IN THE UNION ARMY 201 MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS FROM TEN- NESSEE, 1861-65 . 205 LIST OF CAMPAIGNS CONDUCTED, AND BATTLES, EN GAGEMENT.S, SKIRMISHES, ETC., FOUGHT WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, FROM 1861 TO 1865 209 7 "I speak for that heroic State who was baptized in her infancy with the sprinkling of revolutionary blood on King's Mountain; who five years afterward struck again for independence under the banner of the daring young State of Franklin; who grappled single-handed and alone for fifty years, with the dusky warriors of the forest, in all their battles from the Kentucky line to the Southern Gulf; who beat back the British legions at New Orleans; who smote the false Span iards at Pensacola; who rushed with Taylor into the breach at Monterey, and shared in the triumphal march from Vera Cruz to Mexico. Thrice has she furnished to the nation in times of peril a Chief Magistrate, each of signal abilities. To the Senate she has given the eloquence of Felix Grundy, the wisdom of George W. Campbell, the antique virtues and Roman purity of Hugh L. White, the magnificent oratory of the generous Foster, and the far-reaching statesmanship of the peerless Bell. And, although she has so recently laid away beneath the sods of a hundred battle-fields a wealth of intel lect and manhood sufficient to enrich an empire, she can still point with pride to a host of living children worthy of their noble lineage." ( William H. Stephens.) 8 PRELIMINARY STATEMENT IN 1856 Isham G. Harris was elected Governor of Ten nessee, and reelected in 1859. In this latter year John Brown made his raid into Virginia, was captured at Har per's Ferry, tried and convicted of murder, and executed. The presidential election of 1860 created great excite ment and much bitter feeling. Abraham Lincoln was elected. On the 20th of December, 186o, South Carolina passed an ordinance of secession, and soon afterwards Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas had taken the same action. The General Assembly of Tennessee met January 7, 1861, and .ordered an election at which the people of the State should vote upon the question of holding a conven tion, and also elect delegates to serve in case the conven tion should be held.