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The Fourth Tennessee Cavalry was begun in July, 1862, at Cumberland Gap. With the exception of Company B, which was from Greene County, it was made up of men from the counties of McMinn, Bradley, Polk, Hamilton and Morgan. It was commanded by Lieut .- Col. J. M. Thornburgh.
The original company officers were as follows: Company A. Meshack Stephens. cap- tain; J. F. Kincheloe, first lieutenant, and E. W. Carrier, second lieutenant. Company B, Thomas H. Easley, captain; J. K. P. Hall, first lieutenant, and G. W. Baskett, second lieutenant. Company C, James M. Bishop, captain; Pleasant Smith, first lieutenant, and William C. Brummit, second lieutenant. Company D. R. W. Ragan, captain; H. II. Hole, first lieutenant, and J. G. Burton, second lieutenant. Company E, Charles D. Champion, captain; R. L. Gamble, first lieutenant. Company F. John W. Isbell, captain; R. J. Patty, first lieutenant, and George W. Matthews, second lieutenant. Company G, R. L. Gamble, formerly first lieutenant of Company E, captain; William Williams, first lieutenant, and William Darnell, second lieutenant. Company H, Thomas J. Gorman. captain: Leonidas Blizzard, first lieutenant, and Alexander Hicks, second lieutenant. Company I, John W. Watkins, captain; Robert A. Hunter, first lieutenant, and Enoch Shipley, second lieutenant. Company K, James C. Meyers, captain; James Henderson,
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first lieutenant, and A. L. Stone, second lieutenant. Company L, Leonidas Blizzard, captain; B. W. Padgett, first lieutenant, and H. H. Burk, second lieutenant. Company M, A. D. Stone, captain.
The Eighth Tennessee Cavalry was formed from two partially organized regiments, the Eighth and Tenth East Tennessee Cavalries, which were consolidated in February, 1864. The Eighth Regiment was begun by Lieut .- Col. Thomas J. Capps, and was commanded by Maj. John M. Sawyers, of Grainger County. The Tenth Regiment was begun by S. K. N. Patton, of Washington County, who became colonel of the consolidated regiments. Com- pany A was organized by Capt. F. M. McFall at Lexington, Ky., with men from Greene, Carter and Washington Counties. The lieutenants were John B. Guthrie and J. T. John- son. Company B was composed of men from Knox, Grainger and other counties, and was organized with Wiley Galyon, captain. Company C, mainly from Greene and Han- cock Counties, was originally commanded by Morgan Lane, with Francis Irwin. first lieutenant, and J. W. Kirkpatrick, second lieutenant. Company D, from Washington County, was organized with George McPherson, captain; S. C. Morley, first lieutenant, and Josiah Mahoney, second lieutenant. Company E was organized at Sneedville, Tenn., on October 10,1863, with L. M. Jarvis, captain; William B. Davis, first lieutenant, and J. W. Cope, second lieutenant. The organization of Company F was effected on August 11, 1863, by the election of James C. Massengill, captain. Company G was organized at Camp Nelson, Ky., August 14, 1863, with C. C. Kenner as captain; John S. Mott. first lieutenant, and William E. Cunningham, second lieutenant. Company H was from Washington County, and was organized in November, 1863, with James E. Deakins as captain. Company I was also from Washington County. It was commanded by George I. Grisham, succeeded by James P. Kendrick. Company K was from Cocke and the sur- rounding counties. The officers were J. M. Hendrickson, captain; J. R. Shultz, first lieutenant, and P. M. Lissenby, second lieutenant. Company L was organized in Decem- ber, 1863, from Upper East Tennessee men, with D. W. Brown as captain. Company M was from what is now Unicoi County and was organized with Nelson Mclaughlin, captain. He was succeeded in July, 1865, by S. E. Erwin.
The Ninth Tennessee Cavalry, as mustered out, was formed by the consolidation of the Eleventh Cavalry with the original Ninth. The Eleventh was organized in the fall of 1863, with Isham Young, colonel; R. A. Davis, lieutenant-colonel, and James H. John- son and Edward Black, majors. The officers of the Ninth were Joseph H. Parsons, of Knox County, colonel; John B. Brownlow, of Knox County, lieutenant-colonel, and J. H. Hornsby, of McMinn County, major. While it contained men from nearly every county in East Tennessee, the majority came from the counties of Jefferson, Sevier and McMinn. The company officers, after the consolidation, were as follows: Company 1. Lafayette Jones, captain; Samuel Bell, first lieutenant, and P. E. Walker, second lieuten- ant. Company B, D. M. Caldwell, captain; S. E. Rankin, first lieutenant, and Thomas S. Northern, second lieutenant. Company C, Rufus MeSpadden, captain; B. F. Bratcher, first lieutenant, and R. E. Newman, second lieutenant. Company D, James W. Bell. captain; L. W. Hooper, first lieutenant, and Ezekiel Wetherford, second lieutenant. Com- pany E. H. E. Warren, captain; Henry Jackson, first lieutenant, and Alfred Nicely. sec- ond lieutenant. Company F, James B. Sharp, captain; C. M. Mort, first lieutenant. and W. R. Murphy, second lieutenant. Company G, J. W. Harrington, captain: B. G. Hol- land, first lieutenant, and J. II. McNutt, second lieutenant. Company H, W. C. Peter- son, captain: E. S. Carroll, first lieutenant, and W. A. Morton, second lieutenant. Com- pany I, W. B. Robbins, first lieutenant, and A. R. Rowden, second lieutenant. Company K, Thomas McDermott, captain; John Curtis, first lieutenant, and M. D. Wallace, second lieutenant. Company L, B. F. Green, captain; Samuel Couch, first lieutenant, and Silas Woodson, second lieutenant. Company M, John Wilson, captain.
The Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry was mainly from Johnson and Carter Counties, but contained some men from North Carolina. It was organized at Stromberg Plains, just after Burnside's arrival in East Tennessee. The original officers were John K. Mil- ler, of Carter County, colonel; R. R. Butler, of Johnson County, lieutenant-colonel, and
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J. W. M. Grayson, major. The last two resigned in April, 1864, and were succeeded by W. H. Ingerton and E. N. Underwood. Lieut. Col. Ingerton, one of the best officers in the command, died from a pistol shot in December. 1864, and was succeeded by B. P. Stacy. The company officers were Company A, Pleasant Williams, captain; H. C. Pierce, first lieutenant, and J. N. Carriger, second lieutenant. Company B. P. F. Dyer, captain; W. B. Honeycutt, Arst lieutenant, and George A. Miller, second lieutenant. Company C, W. D. Jenkins, captain; D. B. Jenkins, first lieutenant, and J. L. Hyder, second lieutenant. Company D. R. H. M. Donnelly, captain; W. W. Wilkinson, second lieutenant. Company E, Thomas J. Barry, captain; Andrew Campbell, first lieutenant, and Peter L. Barry, second lieutenant. Company F. B. P. Stacy, captain, succeeded by B. A. Miller; B. B. Ferguson, first lieutenant, and A. C. Williams, second lieutenant. Company G, C. C. Wilcox, captain; S. P. Angel, first lieutenant. Company H, Landon Carter, captain; J. B. Miller, first lieutenant, and J. N. Freols. second lieutenant. Com- pany I. S. E. Northington, captain; H. C. Northington, first lieutenant, and William Arundel, second lieutenant. Company K, John G. Dervan. captain; H. M. Walker, first lieutenant, and H. F. Hyder, second lieutenant. Company L, John W. Ellis, cap- tain; H. H. Haymer, first lieutenant. Company M, James B. Wyatt, captain; George W. Luttrell, first lieutenant.
Of the mounted infantry the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Regiments were recruited in East Tennessee. The Fifth Regiment was from the counties of Bradley. Polk and James. The officers were Spencer B. Boyd, of Polk County, colonel; Stephen Beard, lieutenant- colonel, and James Bradford, major. The company officers were as follows: Company A-C. A. Pickens, captain; Thomas N. Epperson, first lieutenant; James Bradford, second lieutenant. Company B-Thomas Rains, captain; Isaac B. Newton, first lieutenant. Company C-Van Stuart, captain; Charles K. Stuart, first lieutenant, and William C. Kirby, second lieutenant. £ Company D-Joseph W. Gibson. captain; James D. Porter, first lieutenant, and Henry Rice, second lieutenant.
Company E-P. W. Norwood, cap- tain; W. S. Hunter, first lieutenant, and W. G. Jones, second lieutenant. Company F- James A. Davison, captain; T. M. Sutton. first lieutenant, and J. L. Sullivan, second lieuten- ant. Company G-S. S. Buck, captain; T. R. Wyatt, first lieutenant, and Hamilton Pierce, second lieutenant. Company HI-William A. Twiggs, captain; R. P. Woody, first lieutenant, and N. B. Long, second lieutenant. Company I-W. D. Webster, captain; William Lillard, first lieutenant, and A. J. Irons, second lieutenant. Company K-M. V. Wood, captain; C. C. Christ, first lieutenant, and S. Goode, second lieutenant.
The Sixth Regiment, consisting of seven companies, was organized on October 24, 1864, and was composed of men from Hamilton County and vicinity. It was commanded by Lieut .- Col. George A. Gowin and Maj. William H. Bean. The companies composing the regiment were as follows: Company A-W. H. Bean, captain. Company B-John P. Walker, captain. Company C -- William Pryor, captain. Company D-Daniel MeWill- iam, captain. Company E-George W. Heard, captain. Company F-William Hughes, captain. Company G-A. M. Payne, lieutenant.
The Seventh Regiment was organized at Athens, and was recruited in the counties of Campbell, Anderson, McMinn, Knox, Meigs and Monroe. The officers were James T. Shelby. colonel; James J. Dail, lieutenant-colonel, and O. M. Dodson, major. The com- pany officers were as follows: Company A-W. A. Cochran, captain; William Lasater. first lieutenant, and William A. Duggan, second lieutenant. Company B-James Howe, captain; W. S. McGaughey, first lieutenant. and J. D. Moore, second lieutenant. Com- pany C -- W. C. Burnett, captain; M. L. Cook, first lieutenant, and W. S. Littleton, second lieutenant. Company D-Louis Collins, captain: S. Swafford. first lieutenant, and Will- iam J. Roines, second lientenant. Company E-Thomas P. Duggan. captain; David C. Duggan, first lieutenant, and W. H. C. Thompson, second lieutenant. Company F- Charles W. Cross. captain; T. L. B. Huddleston, first lieutenant, and S. D. Whitton, sec- ond lieutenant. Company G-S. W. Tindell, captain; B. Cross. first lieutenant, and W. F. Crippen, second lieutenant. Company H-J. E. Wood. captain; G. W. Biddinger, first lieutenant, and C. N. Welsh. second lieutenant. Company I -- J. H. Galbraith, cap. tain: A. N. McBath, first lieutenant, and Nathaniel Irvin, second lieutenant.
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Of the First Tennessee Light Artillery four batteries were raised in East Tennessee. Battery B was organized at Lexington, Ky., in April, 1863, by Capt. R. C. Crawford, with Vincent Myers and A. B. McCaleb, first lieutenants, and James A. Childress and Isaac P. Knight, second lieutenants. Capt. Crawford was promoted to be lieutenant-colonel. and was succeeded by William O. Beebe. Battery C was organized 'in September. 1863. and was composed chiefly of men from Grainger and Claiborne Counties. It was commanded until March 12. 1865, by Vincent Meyers, who was succeeded by Joseph Grigsby. Battery D was begun in the fall of 1863. and was recruited principally from Knox and Anderson Counties. The original officers were David K. Young, captain; S. D. Leinart, first lieu- tenant. and E. J. Cobb. second lieutenant. Battery E was recruited in Upper East Ten- nessee, and was commanded successively by H. C. Lloyd, H. C. Kelly and W. J. Pat- terson.
The first troop raised in East Tennessee for service in the Confederate Army was the Third Tennessee Infantry, which was organized at Knoxville, on May 20, 1861, with John C. Vaughn, of Monroe County, colonel; J. J. Reese, of Jefferson County, lieutenant-col- onel, and Wash. Morgan, of Monroe County, major; I. G. Cross. Monroe County, adjutant. The companies were recruited as follows, the captains at both the organization and reorganization being given: Company A, from Knox County, L. C. May and G. H. Ross; Company B, from Monroe County, J. H. Parker and J. M. Mason; Company C, from Polk County, William Douglass and J. W. Fender; Company D, from Polk County. John F. Hannah and B. F. Gaddis; Company E, from Blount County. J. A. McKamy and Sam Toole: Company F, from Monroe County, William C. Morelock: Company G, from McMinn County, Harry Dill and J. K. P. Giddens;' Company H, from Monroe County, J. C. Boyd and W. H. Rudd; Company I, from Meigs County, N. J. Lillard and I. G. Cross; Company K, from Sullivan County, George Mathes. The last named com- pany was transferred to the Sixty-third Regiment, and its place was supplied by a com- pany from Monroe County commanded by J. C. Boyd. The reorganization of the rogi- ment took place on May 1, 1862, at Big Creek Gap, when J. C. Vaughu was re-elected colonel; N. J. Lillard, lieutenant-colonel. and D. C. Haskins, major. D. C. Haskins after- ward became lieutenant-colonel and. J. C. Boyd major. The latter died. and was suc- ceeded by W. C. Morelock who, after becoming lieutenant-colonel, was cashiered. That position was then filled by Sam Toole.
The Nineteenth Tennessee Infantry, the second regiment from East Tennessee mus- tered into the service, was organized at Knoxville in May, 1861, with D H. Cummings. of Anderson County, colonel; F. M. Walker, of Hawkins County, lieutenant-colonel, and Abraham Fulkerson. of Hawkins County, major. It was reorganized a year later with F. M. Walker as colonel; B. F. Moore, lieutenant colonel. and R. A. Jarnagin, major. The following is a list of the companies with the captains at each organization and the coun- ties when recruited: Company A. from Hamilton County. John D. Powell and D. A. Kennedy; Company B, from Washington County, Z. T. Willett and J. G. Deaderick : Company C, from Sullivan County, James K. Snapp and W. C. Harvey; Company D. from Rhea County, J. E. Colville and J. G. Frazier; Company E, from Knox County. John W. Paxton and W. W. Lackey; Company F, from Polk County, J. H. Hannah: Company G, from Sullivan County, A. S. Gammon: Company H. from MeMinn County. - Loury and W. P. H. McDermott; Company I, from Hamilton County, Thomas H. Walker and J. D. Lively: Company K. from Hawkins County, C. W. Heiskell and J. C. Hodges; Col. Walker was killed in July. 1863, and Capt. J. G. Deaderick became lieu- tenant-colonel. Among other promotions were T. M. Brabson to captain of Company B; A. W. Smith to captain of Company C; S. J. A. Frazier to captain of Company D: H. . 1. Waller to captain of Company E; R. L. Blair to captain of Company G. and J. H. Huff- master to captain of Company K.
The Twenty-sixth Tennessee Infantry was organized, on September 6. 1861, near Knox- ville, Tenn., with John M. Lillard. of Meigs County, colonel; James J. Odell, of Sullivan County, lieutenant colonel; Thomas M. McConnell, of Grainger County, major, and J. 1. Howell, of Rhea County, adjutant. About a year later a reorganization took place when
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J. M. Lillard was re-elected colonel; J. L. Bottels, lieutenant-colonel; R. M. Saffell, major. and A. C. Hickey, adjutant. The companies composing the regiment were recruited and organized as follows: Company A. from Meigs County, A. F. Boggess, captain; Franklin Hoyl, first lieutenant, and Lee Neil and T. B. Bowling, second lieutenants. Company B, from Washington County, J. L. Bottels, captain : Linville Hunter, firstflieutenant, and J. R. Gaba and S. M. Bottels, second lieutenants. Company C, from Cocke County, Edward Allen, captain: A. C. Hickey, first lieutenant, and J. W. McNabb and A. H. Swaggerty, second lieutenants. Company D, from Grainger County, W. M. McConnell, captain; H. C. Evans, first lieutenant, and J. W. Easley and Levi Mobley, second lieutenants. Com- pany E, from Rhea County, John Crawford, captain; A. C. Blevins, first lieutenant; J. A. Howell and Hannibal Paine, second lieutenants. Company F, from Knox County, H. L. McClung, Jr., captain; R. M. Saffell, first lieutenant, and HI. W. Graham and J. T. Butler, second lieutenants. Company G, from Hamilton County, C. D. McFarland, cap- tain; A. H Foster, first lieutenant, and C. L. Reid and G. T. Willis, second lieutenants. Company H, from Hamilton County, and Walker County, Ga., J. C. Gordon, captain: W. L. Gordon, first lieutenant, and B. Hendrix and G. W. Carlock, second lieutenants. Com- pany I, from Roane County, B. F. Welcker, captain; T. B. Brown, first lieutenant, and W. E. McElwee and T. J. Brown, second lieutenants. Company K, from Sullivan County, J. R. Morrell, captain; W. B. Carrier, first lieutenant, and C. C. Frazier and C. R. Morrill, second lieutenants.
The Thirty-first Tennessee Infantry was organized at Knoxville on March 28, 1862, with W. M. Bradford, of Jefferson County, colonel; James W. Humes, of Knox County, lieutenant colonel; Robert MeFarland, of Greene County, major: William Hawkins, adju- tant; James C. Davis, quartermaster; B. W. Toole, surgeon, and John M. Biggs, commis- sary. The following is a list of the companies, with the original organization and the cap- tains of the reorganization: Company A, from Sevier County, James W. Chambers," captain, J. T. Havis, first lieutenant, and Will Trundle and --- Dyer, second lieutenants. Company B, from Blount County, John E. Toole and Elliott E. Carnes, captains; Henry Miller, first lieutenant, and G. H. Duncan and A. W. Davis, second lieutenants. Com- pany C. from Jefferson County, John D. Thomas, captain; Will McCampbell, first lieuten- ant, and R. A. Crookshanks and G. W. Alexander, second lieutenants. Company D. from Hawkins County, Lemuel White and James D. Spears, captains; C. M. Smith. first lieuten- ant, and James Webster and 1. B. Dykes, second lieutenants. Company E, from Jeffer- son County, W. W. Stringfield and G. H. Hynds, captains; G. H. Hynds, first lieutenant. and C. N. Howell and D. G. Lowe, second lieutenants. Company F, from MoMinn County, Albertus Forrest and John C. Neil, captains; 1. S. Garrison, first lieutenant, and John C. Neil and J. Rentfro, second lientenants. Company G, from Hawkins County, Joseph Ford and W. R. Armstrong, captains; W. R. Armstrong, first lieutenant. Com- pany H, from Greene County, S T. Dunwoody, captain; T. N. Biggs, first lieutenant. and J. M. Dunwoody and James Bradford. second lieutenants. Company I, from Jeffer- son County. Ed. Watkins, captain; James Robinson, first lieutenant, and ---- Thornburgh and J. M. Carson. second lieutenants. Company K, from Monroe County, Henderson Hix and Moses MeLendon, captains; Moses Mclendon, first lieutenant, and H. B. Hender- son and W. J. Woods, second lieutenants.
The Thirty-seventh Tennessee Infantry. first known as the Seventh Tennessee Regi- ment, was organized at Knoxville on October 10, 1861. with W. H. Carroll, of Shelby County, colonel; Moses White, of Knox County, lieutenant-colonel, and H. P. Moffatt, of Coffee County. major. In May, 1862, the regiment was reorganized with Moses White as colonel; R. D. Frayser, lieutenant-colonel, and J. T. MeReynolds. major. The companies from East Tennessee in this regiment were as follows: Company B, from Claiborne County, - Thomas, captain, succeeded by W. H. Barnard: Company C. from Jefferson and Grainger Connties. S. M. Cocke, captain; Company D. from Hamilton County, R M. Tankesley, captain: Company F, from Washington County, - Rodeley, captain: Company G. from Bradley County, - Hawkins, captain, succeeded by R. S. Marshall: Company I, from
*Where but one captain is mentioned, he was elected at both organizations.
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Blount and Sevier Counties, J. T. McReynolds, captain, succeeded by James E. Sivan; Company K, from Grainger County, -- MeNally, captain, succeeded by J. C. Jarnagin.
The Forty-third Tennessee Infantry was organized, in November, 1961, with J. W. Gillespie, colonel: D. M. Key, of Hamilton County, lieutenant-colonel: Lawson Guthrie, of Hamilton County, major, and S. A. Key, adjutant. The following is a list of the com- pauies with their successive commanders: Company , from Polk County. John Goodman and John Tonkin. Company B, from Rhea County, A. J. Cawood and Wm. M. Wilson. Company C, from Bledsoe County, J. D. Hill, A. H. Robertson and W. J. Hill. Company D, from Meigs County. A. W. Hodge and J. R. Bingan. Company E, from Hawkins County, John W. Phillips and Joseph Huffmaster. Company F, from Roane County, E. C. Jones and Sterling T. Turner. Company G, from Jefferson County, James Neff, C. L. Hensley and W. H. Wiseman. Company H, from MeMinn County, W. L. Lafferty and Thomas Bryan. Company I, from Bradley County. W. Il. McKamy and John B. Graves. Company K, from Hamilton County, J. N. Aiken. Maj. Guthrie resigned and, after the seige of Vicksburg, Capt. MeKamy was appointed to succeed him.
The Fifty-ninth Tennessee Infantry was organized from East Tennessee troops. The officers were J. B. Cocke, colouel; W. L. Eaken, lieutenant-colonel; C. M. Alexander, major; J. F. Love, adjutant; S. S. Stakely, quartermaster; W. D. Vandyke, commissary, and G. W. Thomason, surgeon. The companies were commanded as follows: Company A, B. A. Profet; Company B. James P. Brown; Company C, J. M. Hays; Company D, Reuben Giles; Company E, J. A. McDermott: Company F, H. D. Giesler; Company G, John W. Stratton; Company H, John. B. Cobb; Company I, William H. Smith; Company K, John S. Duckworth.
The Sixtieth Tennessee Infantry was organized at Johnson City, in 1862, fromn troops from Washington. Sullivan and Greene Counties. The officers were John H. Crawford, colonel; James A. Rbea, lieutenant-colonel; Nathan Gregg. major. and C. S. Newman, adjutant. The companies were commanded as follows: Company A. Frank S. Blair; Company B, S. R. Gammon; Company C, John H. Crouch; Company D, J. I. Hole; Company E, W. P. Barron: Company F. Mark Bacon; Company G. Joseph R. Crawford; Company H. J. C. Hodges; Company I, W. A. Walsh; Company K, J. M. Morrow; Company L, Harvey Hamilton.
The Sixty-first Tennessee Infantry was organized at Home Depot, in Greene County, on November 10, 1862, with Fountain E. Pitts as colonel: James G. Rose, of Hancock County, lieutenant-colonel; James P. Snapp. of Sullivan County, major; F. W. Earnest, of Greene County, captain and quartermaster; W. H. Armstrong. captain and commissary; James Pitts, surgeon, and W. II. Crawford, chaplain. In 1863 James G. Rose became colonel, James P. Snapp, lieutenant-colonel, and Nathan Dodd, major. The companies composing the regiment were recruited as follows: Company A. Greene County. Nathan Dodd, captain; Company B, Hawkins County, William F. Sturm, captain; Company C. Greene County, James C. Jackson, captain; Company D, Greene County, J. C. Gallagher, captain; Company E, Sullivan County, L. H. Denny, captain; Company F, Jefferson (and what is now Hamblen) County, J. M. Alexander, captain: Company G. Grainger and Hamblen Counties. F. M. Jackson, captain; Company H, Claiborne and Hancock Coun- ties, S. C. Mitchell, captain; Company I, Greene County, W. N. Bewley, captain; Com- pany K, Sullivan County, S. H. Kelton. captain.
The Sixty-second Tennessee Infantry was organized with John Rowan as colonel; William Parker, lieutenant-colonel; S. D. Reynolds, major, and P. B. Mayfield, adju- tant. The companies were recruited and commanded as follows: Company A, Bradley County, Nathaniel Atkinson; Company B, Polk County, P. L. Bible; Company C, MeMinn County. W. A. Mayo; Company D. Monroe County. R. C. Rowan; Company E. Bradley County, F. M. Lowery; Company F, Loudon County. J. G. Blair; Company G. MeMinn County, W. W. Grubb; Company H. Monroe County, Samuel Henley; Company I, Cocke County, William Smith; Company K, Monroe County, Joshua Holcomb.
The Sixty-third Tennessee Infantry was organized, July 30, 1862, with R. G. Fain, of Hawkins County, colonel; Abraham Fulkerson, of Hawkins County, lieutenant-colonel;
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J. A. Aiken, of Washington County. major, and W. L. York, of MeMinn County, adju- tant. The companies were organized as follows: Company A, Claiborne and Hancock Counties, W. H. Fulkerson, captain; Henly Fugate, first lientenant, and I. Parkey and H. J. Baker. second lieutenants. Company B, Roane County, William Lyon, captain : Samuel Saffell, first lieutenant: A. M. Hardin and J. H. McClure, second lieutenants. Company C, Hawkins County, Richard F. Powell, captain; G. H. Neil, first licutentant: L. L. Etter and Thomas W. Powell, second lieutenants. Company D, Washington County, A. A. Blair, captain; J. R. McCallum, first lieutenant; J. W. Carter and J. L. Wilson, second lieutenants. Company E. formerly Company K, of the Third Tennessee Infantry, Sullivan County, C. R. Millard, captain; J. J. Acree, first lieutenant, and A. H. Bullock and J. G. S. Arrants, second lieutenants. Company F, Sullivan County, A. M. Millard, captain; W. P. Rhea, first lieutenant; G. W. Yosh and S. M. Jones, second lieutenants. Company G, F. A. Dyer, captain; W. H. Wilkerson, first lieutenant, and J. T. Layne and J. A. Jackson, second lieutenants. Company H, B. F. Brittian, captain; R. A. Rutledge, first lieutenant, and C. L. Hutebeson and G. M. Rooth, second lieutenants. Company I, Washington County, J. T. Gillespie, captain: J. G. Haynes, first lieutenant; John A. Gammon and S. A. Willett, second lieutenants. Company K, Washington County, J. W. Robinson, captain: D. K. Byers. first lieutenant; J. P. Jackson and W. T. Battles, second lieutenants.
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