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The Confederate troops were no longer able to maintain the unequal contest against the fresh troops, and accordingly after about ninety-six hours of almost incessant toil, with no resting-place but the mud, our forces retreated without in- terruption to Corinth. In their hotly contested fight Col. Vaughn and Lieut .- col. W. E. Morgan displayed that skill and gallantry which proved them worthy of every confidence. Adjt. R. M. Harwell was wounded. In the two days con- test the Thirteenth lost in killed and wounded one hundred and twelve men, be- sides a number of prisoners.
The time of the enlistment now drawing toward a close, the attention of the regiment was directed to a reorganization. On the 28th of April eight compa- nies proceeded to reorganize according to the provision of Congress, and elected officers. Two companies-A and D-refusing to exercise this privilege, were consolidated, and the deficiency thus arising was supplied by the admission of Company L-Zollicoffer Avengers-Capt. C. B. Jones, La Grange, Tenn., for the unexpired term of the Thirteenth, or during the war. Col. Vaughn was again unanimously elected to his old position, and Lieut .- col. W. E. Morgan was also reelected and P. H. Cole, Sergeant-major, was elected Major. Soon after this the enemy, having somewhat recovered from the terrible blow inflicted upon him at Shiloh, began to advance slowly upon Corinth. Consequently, upon this movement of the enemy very frequent calls to the front became necessary, in which, however, nothing of importance occurred in connection with the regiment except a slight skirmish, which resulted in no injury to the regiment. About this time the First Brigade, recently placed under command of Brig -gen. Pres- ton Smith, formerly Colonel of the One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Tennessee, be- gan preparations for the evacuation of Corinth, and on the night of the 30th of
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May, took up the line of march for Baldwyn, Miss., which point it reached with- out interruption, on the evening of the Ist of June, and thence proceeded to Tu- pelo, Miss., where the health of the regiment-greatly impaired by the long use of the impure water at Corinth-improved to a gratifying extent. Here undi- vided attention was given to a thorough training and disciplining of the troops, until orders were received for the brigade to proceed by railroad, via Mobile and Atlanta, to Chattanooga, where it arrived early in August. On the 10th it was detached from the First Division, First Corps, Army of Mississippi, and ordered to the department of East Tennessee. At Knoxville it was placed under command of Brig .- gen. Pat. Cleburne, and on the 13th of August took up the march for Kentucky, via Wilson's Gap, and arrived at Barboursville, in rear of Cumber- land, on the 18th, after a severe and toilsome march of five days. From this point, after a short stay and a slight change in the title of the corps-Army of Kentucky being substituted for East Tennessee-the command moved toward Richmond, by way of Manchester, and by rapid marches arrived within eight miles of that place on the evening of the 29th of Angust. A battle was now im- minent, for Gen. Nelson, who had moved forward with a heavy force to check the advance of our column, was now within three miles of the point where our troops, in line of battle, had halted to bivouac for the night. Early on the morn- ing of the 30th our army was in motion, and by 8 o'clock the battle was opened by Gen. Preston Smith's brigade, and raged with great fury for more than an hour, when the enemy were driven back in confusion. Gen. Cleburne was disabled in the first engagement by a wound in the mouth, which threw the command of the division upon Brig .- ger. Preston Smith. Col. Vaughn, in consequence, took charge of the brigade, and Lient .- col. W. E. Morgan, was left over the Thir- teenth Regiment. Under this disposition, our troops again met and routed the enemy where he had made his second stand, and completely demoralized him, where for the last time he offered battle near Richmond. In this engagement the regiment captured a sufficient quantity of Minie rifles to supply the places of their muskets. Lieut .- col. W. E. Morgan was temporarily made Provost Mar- shal of Richmond, and the Thirteenth Regiment was charged with guarding the town, until orders were received to proceed to Lexington. The next event of importance was the battle of Perryville, fought on Oct. 8th, in which, however, the Thirteenth Regiment took no part, as Gen. Preston Smith's brigade, in the disposition of the forces, was held in reserve. After the battle the brigade was assigned to the important and dangerous duty of bringing up the rear of our forces, which had been during the entire morning moving back toward Harrodsburg. In this service the Thirteenth Regiment lost no men. After remaining in Ken- tucky a day or two longer, the division marched out of the State by way of Crab Orchard, Barboursville, and Cumberland Gap, for Knoxville. This retreat was one of great trial to the men. The greater portion of country passed over was almost a wilderness destitute of supplies, while the quantity transported being necessarily small, rendered their provisions very scarce.
The temporary absence of Gen. Preston Smith about the 20th of October again placed Col. Vaughn in command of the brigade, which reached Knoxville four days subsequently, and was moved by railroad to Tullahoma. Here the men received a fresh supply of clothing and blankets, which were greatly needed, and after a few weeks rest were marched to Murfreesboro, where the command
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arrived in the latter part of November. About this time several cases of small- pox appearing in the Thirteenth Regiment, it was detached from the brigade, and kept under strict quarantine until by means of vaccination and other sanitary regulations the disease was checked. The advance of Rosecrans rendering a bat- tle necessary, the regiment was ordered back to the brigade on December 28th. On the following day Col. Vaughn, commanding the brigade, was ordered to move beyond Stone's River to a point immediately on the left of the Triune road, where he had bivouacked for the night in line of battle. Early on the morning of the 30th, having received orders to form up on the right of the road with his left resting upon it, Lieut .- col. Morgan was directed to move the regiment to the right several hundred yards, where he formed it in proper position. Here the regiment remained during the entire day, bivouacking the second night in line of battle. Early on the morning of the 31st the battle opened with great spirit on the left, and the brigade was immediately moved forward to support Gen. Gardner in its immediate front. Scarcely had it come in supporting distance when the firing, having commenced a short time before on the extreme left and rapidly extended down the line, opened with terrific fury upon Gen. Gardner's brigade. Col. Vaughn ordered his men to lie down, which was scarcely done when the line in front gave way and the Second Brigade was ordered forward. Now came a scene of terror. Promptly obeying orders, the men sprung up with a yell and advanced through an open field, while the enemy, strongly posted with artillery in a wood beyond, disputed the advance with a perfect storm of deadly missiles. Our ranks were thinned at every step, but nothing could shake the de- termination of these Tennessee veterans. On they went, their shouts rising above the din of battle, until, capturing the enemy's artillery, they drove him from his position. Lieut .- col. W. E. Morgan and Maj. P. H. Cole having both fallen mor- tally wounded about this time, and J. W. Crook, senior Captain, being severely wounded, the command of the regiment devolved upon Capt. R. F. Lanier, next in point of seniority, who moved forward after the slowly retiring enemy until, owing to the tardiness of the forces on our right, a heavy enfilading fire was opened upon our left flank, when Col. Vaughn ordered the brigade to retire be- yond the field through which he had charged. The command was then moved up to the Triune road where, a fresh supply of ammunition being obtained, it proceeded to take position on the left of Gen. Maney's brigade. Here the regi- ment was exposed to a severe artillery fire that wounded several men. From this point Col. Vaughn was soon ordered forward, and proceeded to the Wilkerson pike, changed "front forward," and advanced his brigade in a line nearly parallel with the pike, again encountering the enemy beyond a dense thicket of cedars at the edge of a field. Though exposed to a raking fire of grape and canister from the battery on the right, he succeeded in driving him from his artillery in front back to the Nashville pike, when a heavy fire upon the right and left flanks forced him to retire. He accordingly returned to the Wilkerson pike, and the command bivouacked for the night. The conduct of the Thirteenth Regiment during this entire engagement was most gallant. In both charges it drove the enemy from his guns and sealed its devotion to the cause with the blood of its best officers and men. The loss in killed and wounded was 110 out of 226 men. Major P. H. Cole died from his wound on the evening of this day, but Lient .- col. Morgan did not expire till January 4th, 1863.
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On the first of January the brigade was moved down the Wilkerson pike a short distance to the point where Gen. Cheatham's division was massed, and here formed in line near to and parallel with the thoroughfare. Here Gen. Preston Smith returned, and Col. Vaughn once more took charge of the regiment, after having led the brigade through its severest battles with great credit to himself and the command. On the following day we were advanced about a half mile, where we passed the night, and in the morning proceeded to occupy the front line. The command remained at this point, greatly annoyed by the sharp-shoot- ers' shells, until 11 o'clock p.M., when the brigade was ordered to move toward Murfreesboro, and the retreat to Shelbyville began. The command reached Shel- byville the following day, and went into camp. Here the deficiency of field offi- cers in the Thirteenth Regiment was supplied in part by the appointment of Capt. R. W. Pitman, of Co. H, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Lieut .- col. W. E. Morgan. Capt. J. W. Crook, next in point of seniority, who was wounded and captured at Murfreesboro, being absent, the office of Major was temporarily filled by Capt. R. F. Lanier, of Co. G. About the Ist of March, for convenience in field operations, the Thirteenthi Regiment, now greatly reduced in number, was consolidated with the One Hundred and Fifty-fourth (Senior) Tennessee Regiment. Maj. J. W. Dawson, of the latter, filled the same office in the consolidated reg- iment, and together with A. J. Vaughn, Colonel, and R. W. Pitman, Lieutenant- colonel, constituted the field officers of the Thirteenth and One Hundred and Fifty- fourth regiments.
After remaining some time at Shelbyville, the command moved, and fought the battle of Chickamauga. Here, Gen. Preston Smith having been killed, Col. A. J. Vaughn was promoted to be Brigadier-general, and Lieut .- col. R. W. Pitman to be Colonel of the consolidated regiments. The regiment, now known as the Thirteenth and One Hundred and Fifty-fourth (Senior) Tennessee, was in actual service till the close of the war. The writers have not sufficient data from which they can give a part it took in each battle. It will be sufficient to say that the regiment fought at Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, and in almost daily battles during the Geor- gia campaign. It was a part of the brigade that held Dead Angle, in which en- gagement, while losing but one man, it killed eight hundred of the enemy. After leaving Georgia, the regiment was at Columbia, Tenn., Spring Hill, the bloody battle of Franklin, and the battle of Nashville, in all of which its conduct was most gallant. Having joined Gen. J. E. Johnston in North Carolina, the regi- ment, "few and faint, yet fearless still," surrendered at Bentonville after four years of active and honorable service. These gallant men suffered privations, performed long and arduous marches, and shed their blood like water for the cause they believed to be right. Their courageous conduct on every field from Belmont to Bentonville shed luster upon the Confederate arms. The story of their bravery and devotion to duty forms a bright page in the history of Tennes- see valor. Well did they deserve the compliment of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston when he said they were "unsurpassed by the Old Guard of Napoleon or the army that Wellington marched out of Spain into France."
NOTE .- Lieut. J. D. West, of Co. L, was detailed at Shelbyville. Tenn., in 1863, to write a history of the Thirteenth Regiment from the beginning of the war up to that time. This duty he per- formed while the events were fresh in his memory. The history here given is taken, for the most part, from Lieut. West's production without change. The revision was made by S. D.
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Weakley, jr., who also wrote the latter part of the history from notes furnished by Gen. A. J. Vaughn, of Memphis, Tenn.
Official.] THIRTEENTH TENNESSEE INFANTRY.
Colonel, John V. Wright; Lieutenant-colonel, A. J. Vaughn; Major, W. E. Winfield; Adju- tant, W. E. Morgan; Surgeon, J. A. Forbes; Assistant Surgeon, B. F. Dickmire; Quartermas- ter, I. F. Cabber; Chaplain, W. D. F. Hafford.
COMPANY A. Captain, W. C. Burton.
Pathan, Geo., d. at Tupelo, Miss.
Cairy, C. M, d. at Chattanooga, Oct. 10, 1862.
Duncan, W. C., d. May 5, 1862.
Donaldson, R. A., k. at the battle of Richmond, Ang. 30, 1862. Eaton, B. F., k. at the battle of Shiloh.
Fullerton, W. L., k. at the battle of Richmond, Ky., Aug. 30, 1882.
Hunt, H. B., k. at the battle of Shiloh.
Lawrence, S. G., k. at the battle of Richmond, Ky.
Kelly, J. C., k. at the battle of Murfreesboro, Dec. 31, 1862. Stephens, W. J., k. at the battle of Chicka- mauga. Rhea, Lieut. Mathew, k. at the battle of Bel- mont, Nov. 7, 1862. Middlemiss, A., k. at the battle of Belmont, Nov. 7, 1962. Goodbread, J. W., d. Sept .. 1861. Jordon, Hardy, d. June, 1862. Kelly, P. M., d. Nov .. 1862. Moore, James, k. at Shiloh.
Parks, R. H., d. at Tupelo, Miss.
Moore, J. M., k. at the battle of Shiloh.
Thompson. R. M., k. at Shiloh.
Nobles, J. A., d. May 19, 1862.
Tucker, W. C., d. in Kentucky.
Reeves, C. J., d. March, 1862.
Rankin, W. L., d. May 28, 1862.
Stafford. Wm., d. Nov., 1861.
Harrison, R., k. at Shiloh.
Thompson, Robt., k. at Shiloh.
Shaw, W. J., d. June 15, 1862.
Robinson, J. W., k. in battle.
Ward, E., d. May, 1562. Whitman, C. H., k. at the battle of Shiloh.
COMPANY B. Captain, B. F. Lightle.
Gaither, T. F., k. at the battle of Richmond, [ Stidham, W. C., k. at the battle of Chicka- Ky., Aug. 30, 1862. mauga, Sept. 19, 1863.
Adams, G. H., k. at the battle of Murfreesboro. Tharp, J. C., k. at the battle of Murfreesboro. Waller, E. M., k. at the battle of Murfrees- boro.
Dougan, Lieut. S. B., k. at the battle of Shi- loh. Stockinger, F. M., k. at Belmont.
Burnett, W. H., k. at Belinont.
Babbitt, J. J., k. at Shiloh.
Deener, S. F., d. Oct. 14, 1861.
Mitchell, J. C., d. Oct. 29, 1861.
Walker, J. H., k. at the battle of Shiloh.
Williams, W. J., d. Aug. 4, 1861.
COMPANY C. Captain, E. W. Douglass.
Duke, W. B., k. at the battle of Shiloh. Graham, C. P., k. at the battle of Shiloh. Hutchison, H. J., k. at the battle of Shiloh. Lokes, W. L., k. at the battle of Shiloh. Raury, Thomas, k. at the battle of Shiloh. Rhodes, W. L., k. at the battle of Richmond, Ky., Aug. 30, 1:82.
Holman, Wayne, k. at the battle of Murfrees- | Pitman, A. R., k. at Belmont. boro, Dec. 31, 1862. Rogers, J. W., k. at Belmont. Duke, Lieut. R. T., k. in battle. Sims, T. J., d. Oct. 7. 1561. Puggle, P. P., k. in battle.
Brooks, H. H., k. at the battle of Missionary Ridge.
Bettis, T. A., k. at the battle of Chickamauga. Morgan, Capt. J. H., k. at the battle of Stone's River.
Burton, Logan, d. June 1, 1861.
Farrow, J. P., k. at Shiloh. Harris, J. W., k, at Belmont. Kyle, W. G., d. May 17, 1862.
Tugger, P. P., k. at Murfreesboro. Brackett, L. J., d. June, 1862.
Carter, W. R., k. at the battle of Murfreesboro. Mckinstry, J. L., k. at the battle of Murfrees- boro. Reid, W. B., k at the battle of Murfreesboro. Barron, J. T., d. Dec. 2, 1863.
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Matthews, A. N., k, at the battle of Shiloh. Poor, Thomas, d. Dec., 1861. Poston, Frank, d. Dec .. 1861.
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COMPANY D. Captain, J. A. Wilkins.
Wilkina, J. A., k. at the battle of Shiloh, April , McCorkle, E. J., d. Aug., 1862. 6, 1863.
Cunningham, Lieut. J. W., d. May, 1862.
Minton, W. H., k. at Richmond.
Cowan, W. F., k. at Shiloh.
Minton, J. S., d. June, 1861. Parks, R. H., d. July, 1862.
Archibald. J. G., d. June, 1861.
Patton, G. W., d. July, 1862.
Carey, C. M., d. Sept. 1862.
Rankin, W. D., d. May, 1862.
Dozier, B. M., k. at Belmont.
Polk, W. H., k. at Belmont.
Demkin, W. C., d. June, 1862.
Roach, Harwood, k. at Belinont.
Eaton, R. D., k. at Shiloh.
Shaw, J. H., k. at Belmont.
Shaw, W. J., d. June, 1802.
Fullerton, W. L., k. at the battle of Richmond, Ky. Lawrence, J. J., k. at Richmond.
Tucker, W. C., d. Oet., 1862. Wherry, L. C., d. Jan., 1862.
Hunt, H. B., k. at Shiloh.
COMPANY E. Captain, John A. Woody.
Green, Wm., k. at the battle of Murfreesboro. | Duke, W. A., d. March 25, 1862.
Holliday, G. W., d. Nov. 1, 1861.
Grissom, N. C., k. at Shiloh.
Black, J. C., k. at the battle of Shiloh.
Robertson, Alfred, d. Oct., 1861.
Bull, D. C., k. at Shiloh.
Robertson, S. J., k. at Belmont.
Cowan, James, d. May 1, 1862.
Tiller, G. R., k. at Belmont.
COMPANY F. Captain, D. M. Wisdom.
Wigley, James, d. Aug., 1861.
Morgan, John, k. at Shiloh.
Burns, M. N., k. in the battle of Murfreesboro. | MeHughes, J. F., d. Oct. 1862.
Barnett, H. H., k. at Belmont.
Sims, J. A. L., d. July, 1861.
Denphy, M., k. at Shiloh.
Sanders, Wm., k. at the battle of Shiloh.
English, W. E., d. Aug. 10, 1862.
Springer, J. D., k. at the battle of Shiloh.
Gullett, J. P., d. March 1, 1862.
Thomas, B. L., k. at Shiloh.
Guthrie, J. N., k. at Shiloh.
Williams, J. E., d. June, 1861.
Hill, E. H., k. at Belmont.
Isbell,'S. M., d. May, 1862.
Winingham, H. L., k. in the battle of Rich- mond, Ky.
Jones, John A., jr., k. at Belmont.
Young, J. E., d. Nov., 1862.
Middleton, C. H., k. at Belmont.
Reaves, W. H., d. in the service.
Roberson. J. F., d. in the service.
Dicks, Edward, k. in the battle of Richmond, Ky., Aug. 30, 1862.
Connor, Charles, d. Nov. 12, 1862.
Jones, J. A., d. June 15, 1861.
Gloster, J. A., k. in the battle of Murfreesboro.
Jones, J. W., k. at Murfreesboro.
Parham, W. S .. died.
Muston, J. M., d. at Chattanooga, Jan. 22, 1863. | Simmons. W. H., K. at Murfreesboro.
Mitchell, J. H., d. at Cleveland.
Brown, J. H., k. in the battle of Shiloh.
McKinney, M. M., k. in the battle of Shiloh.
Winfield, J. O., k. at Shiloh.
COMPANY H. Captain, R. W. Pitman.
Torgey, J. T., k. in the battle of Stone's River. [ Chambers, E. O., k. at Shiloh. Loring, A. R., d. Nov. 19, 1861. Cole, S. O., k. at Shiloh.
Akin, S. A., d. at Murfreesboro.
Craig, W. E., d. Aug. 8, 1862.
Bass, E., d. May 26, 1862.
Crouch, R. A., k, at Richmond.
Bagimore, T. W., d. Nov. 19, 1862.
Claiborne, W. B., k. at Richmond.
Bond, R. B., d. April 18, 1862. Brown, W., d. Sept. 10, 1861. 21
Dunlap, W. J., k. at Belmont.
Echlin, J. B., d. in prison.
COMPANY G. Captain, W. E. Winfield.
Bennett, P. N. D., k. in the battle of Belmont, Nov. 7, 1861.
Stewart, M. D .. d. Jan. 15, 1862.
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Parham, A., d. March 22, 1863.
Montgomery, G. R., d. June, 1861.
Brewer, J. A., d. July, 1861.
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Goodloe, R. C., d. Sept. 30, 1861.
Snell, J. T., k. at Richmond.
Hall, George, k. at Belmont.
Marshall, W. A .. d. Oct. 8, 1851.
Stephenson, J. J., k. at the battle of Richmond. Starr, H., k. Dec. 20, 1862. Tally, A. J., k. at Shiloh.
Thomas, W., d. Oct. 5, 1861.
Turner, W. W., d. May 27, 1862.
Williams, J. K., d. Sept. 19, 1861. Young, J. K., k. at Shiloh.
COMPANY I. Captain, G. L. Ross.
Cawthon, C. C., k. at the battle of Belmont.
Hamlet, L. F., k. in the battle of Belmont.
Antry, John, d. Oct. 15, 1861.
McKeeley, F. W., d. April 2, 1862.
Halthom, B. F., k. in the battle of Richmond. | Mclaughlin, J. H., k. in the battle of Murfrees-
Alsup, William, d. Aug. 10, 1861.
boro.
Berger, G. W., k. at Shiloh.
Mitchell, John, k. at Shiloh.
Bell, John, d. Aug, 1, 1861.
Neill, G. H., d. June 1, 1862.
Beaver, W. H., d. Oet. 4, 1861.
Nesbit, John G, k. in the battle of Belmont.
Brewer, John, d. Oct. 7, 1561.
Reid, John, k. at Richmond, Ky.
Barham, John, d. July 19, 1861.
Robertson, Louis, k. at Shiloh.
Carner, Henry, d. Sept. 11, 1861.
Smith, A. J., d. at Lauderdale Springs, Miss.
Crow, G. W., d. Dec. 13, 1861.
Stone, R. R., k. at Richmond, Ky.
Dickinson, W. B., d. Aug. 29, 1861.
Tillman, D. R., k. at Murfreesboro.
Green, G. B., k. in the battle of Murfreesboro. |Vandike, J. N., k. at Shiloh.
Hendrix, J. E., d. at Oxford, Miss.
Wilson, N. D .. d. July 5, 1861.
Hurt, Jeremiah, d. Oct. 2, 1862.
Waggoner, H. N., k. at the battle of Belmont.
COMPANY K. Captain, Samuel R. Latta.
Maddrey, James R., d. Aug., 1862.
Kirk, M. K., d. Dec., 1861.
Brent, William H., d. Feb .. 1862.
: Prater, Frank, d. July, 1861.
Chitwood, Carroll A., k. at the battle of Shiloh.
Parrish, A., k. at Belmont.
Chrisman, James H., d. May, 1862.
Redding. Henry P., d. Nov. 20, 1861.
Duke, James F., k. at the battle of Murfrees- Spott, Thomas, d. Oct., 1861.
boro.
Gooch, Alexander Campbell, d. at Columbus, Ky., Sept., 1861.
Hall, Young W .. k. at Belmont.
Hardin, Wm. C., d. June, 1862.
Howard, James L., d. Nov. 2, 1862.
Walker, James Archer, d. Oct., 1861. Walker, Washington L. d. Oct., 1861.
COMPANY L. Captain, C. B. Jones.
Gates, John H., k. in the battle of Richmond, ; Jenkins, S. T., d. Aug. 1, 1862. Ky. MeCaskill, J. A., d. Aug. 15, 1862.
Sims, B. G .. k. at Richmond.
Mason, David, d. Dec. 20, 1862. Shinault, Isaac, d. June, 1862.
Askew, N. B., d. Nov. 11, 1662.
Bailey, R. J., k. in the battle of Murfreesboro.
Sharp, John. d. April 1, 1863.
Collins, Samuel, d. May 10, 1862.
Wooten. Henry, d. Oct. 28, 1862.
Doyle, O. A .. d. Aug. 15, 1862.
Winfield. W. R .. k. in battle at Richmond.
Wilkinson, W. W., d. May, 1862.
Farmer, John, d. May, 1862. Gough, E., d. Dec., 1862.
Gordon, J. K., d. Jan. 1, 1863.
Gray, H. A., k. at Richmond, Ky. Gray, W. C., d. a prisoner of war.
Jenkins, J. L., k. at Richmond, Ky.
Wilkinson, B. W., k. in the battle of Richmond, Kv. Batte. T., died. King, B., d. May, 1862. Webster, John, d. May 21, 1862.
Massey, J. W., d. April 28, 1863.
Moore, J. R., d. June S, 1862. Owen, W. T., d. Sept. 13, 1861. Rogers, W. W., died.
Royster, D. R., k. at Shiloh.
Russell, J. W., k. at Shiloh.
Skipwith, Carter E., k. in the battle of Mur- freesboro. Smith, James Lowry, k. at the battle of Bel- mont.
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FOURTEENTH TENNESSEE INFANTRY. BY R. E. MCCULLOCH, CLARKSVILE, TENN.
THE Fourteenth Tennesseee Regiment was organized at Clarksville, Tenn., in May, 1861, under the first call of Governor Isham G. Harris for troops to serve in the war between the States. The regiment was composed of eleven companies, to wit: Co. A, Clarksville, Tenn .- W. A. Forbes, Captain ; Co. B, Montgomery county -M. G. Gholson, Captain; Co. C, Robertson county-Wash Lowe, Captain; Co. D, Stewart county -- H. C. Buckner, Captain; Co. E, Stewart county-N. Brandon, Captain; Co. F, Stewart county-W. E. Lowe, Captain; Co. G, Montgomery county-Isaac Brunson, Captain; Co. H, Clarksville, Tenn .- F. S. Beaumont, Cap- tain; Co. I, Robertson county-W. P. Simmons, Captain; Co. K, Montgomery county -- J. W. Lockert, Captain; Co. L, Montgomery county-E. Hewett, Captain. These eleven companies, representing in the aggregate over one thousand men, were brought together at " Camp Duncan," in the vicinity of Clarksville, and the organization was completed by choosing the following field and staff officers: W. A. Forbes, Colonel; M. G. Gholson, Lieutenant-colonel; N. Brandon, Major; W. W. Thompson, Adjutant; Dr. J. F. Johnson, Surgeon; Dr. John Martin, Assistant Surgeon ; Maj. John Gorham, Quartermaster; Capt. Frank Green, Com- missary ; P. J. Goostree, Assistant Commissary ; Dr. J. M. Pirtle, Chaplain.
The regiment, thus organized, remained at Camp Duncan about two weeks, when it moved ten miles farther out on the Louisville and Nashville railroad, where we remained several weeks, perfecting the command in company and bat- talion drill.
At this point, known as "Camp Quarles," the regiment received its arms and accouterments. The arms with which we were supplied were antiquated in pat- tern, having been changed from flint to percussion locks; but they were the only muskets to be had, and the men received them without complaint.
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