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Col. R. G. Fain, now dead, left the regiment at Strawberry Plains, after which Lieut .- col. Fulkerson was promoted to be Colonel, and Maj. Aiken promoted to be Lieutenant-colonel, and Capt. Wm. H. Fulkerson, of Company A, to be Major. Col. Fulkerson, who was captured at Petersburg on the 17th of June, 1864, was held as a prisoner of war at Fort Delaware, Morris Island, Fort Pulaski, and again at Fort Delaware, until the 25th of July, 1865. Lieut. James J. Acree, of Company E, died, and A. Godsey was promoted to be Third Lieutenant.
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SIXTY-THIRD TENNESSEE INFANTRY.
Colonel, R. G. Fain; Lieutenant-colonel, Abraham Fulkerson; Major, J. A. Aiken ; Surgeon, J. S. MeDonough; Assistant Surgeon, W. F. Edmunds; Assistant Commissary Subsistence, Hiram Fain; Quartermaster, J. F. Ford; Adjutant, N. L. York.
COMPANY A. Captain, W. H. Fulkerson.
Cline, Daniel, k. at Chickamauga. Robinson, B. P., k. at Chickamauga. Jenninga. G. G .. k. at Chickamanga. Kosterson, Abraham, k. at Chickamauga. Russell, J. C., k. at Chickamauga. Wilburn, Rufus, k. at Chickamauga Campbell, D. C., d. March 15, 1863. Campbell, Timothy, d. Nov. 10, 1862. 33
Carroll, Frank, d. Ang. 22, 1862.
Gains, Christopher, d. July 15, 1962.
Hatfield, George, d. Aug. 20, 1862.
Runnion, James, d. March 15, 1863.
Shelton, Jasper, d. Nov. 15, 1863. Sanders, W. B., d. Nov. 2, 1863.
Waggoner, Garrett, d. Feb, 1, 1863.
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COMPANY B. Captain, William Lyon.
Cross, J. A., k. at Chickamauga.
Lee, Sylvester C .. d. Aug , 1862.
Soward, Robert W., d. Jan., 1863.
Taylor, Allen, d. Feb. 8, 1863.
Taylor, J. H., d. June, 1863. Waller, E. F., d. Nov., 1802.
COMPANY C. Captain, R. F. l'owell.
Earl, William, k. at Chickamauga.
Lawson, Orville, k. in battle.
Powell, G. R., d. some time during service. Flora, James, d. some time during service. Fudge, Adam, d. some time during service. Golden, C. C., d. some time during service. Hamlin, T. N., d. some time during service. Headrick, J. B., d. some time during service. Hendrick, E., d. some time during service. Hansley, J. B., d. some time during service. Mabe, Jackson, d. some time during service. Mc Neese, George, d. some time during service. Mee, A., d. some time during service. [ Unofficial.]
Holloran, John, k. at Drury's Bluff, May 16, 186-1.
Anderson, D., k. in East Tennessee, Jan., 1804. Bains, W. R., k. at Knoxville, 1863.
Brice, C. C., k. at Drury's Bluff, May 16, 1864. Earl, Robert, k. at Petersburg. 1804.
Ferrell, Andrew, k. at Drury's Bluff, May 16, 1864.
Flora, Daniel, d. in hospital at Marietta, Ga.
Farris, C. C., k. at Knoxville, 1803.
Hudgins, Joseph, d. in Greeneville. 1864. Libow, John W., d. in hospital, 1863. Norman, James, d. in hospital, Abingdon, Va., 1864. Owens, Isaac, k. at Drury's Bluff, May 16, 1864.
Merriman, James, k. at Drury's Bluff, May 16, Smith, James, d. in prison at Elmira, N. Y .. 1864. 1864. Wright, Elisha, k. at Petersburg, 1865. Galbrith, Wm., d. in hospital, 1863.
COMPANY D. Captain, A. A. Blair.
Johnson, H. H., k. at Chickamauga. Nead, M. G., k. at Chickamauga. Tipton, A. B., k. at Chickamauga.
Cooper, Robert, d. Nov. 20, 1862. Cowles, E., d. Oct. 20, 1862.
Crumley, G. S., d.
Colton, R. A., d.
Doak, James, d. a
Humphreys, W. H., d. Aug. 27, 1862. Hackney, H. H., d. Jan., 1863. Peoples, L. H., d. July, 1863. Rupe, E., d. Oct., 1562. Van Dyke, T. N., d. March, 1863.
COMPANY E. Captain, C. R. Millard.
Weaver, James, k. at Chickamauga. White, P. F., k. at Chickamauga. Smith, S. S., k. at Chickamauga. King, John R., k. at Chickamauga. Adams, W. P., k. at Chickamauga. Barnett, Henry, k. at Chickamauga. Bushong, Joseph, k. at Chickamauga. Beidleman, C. C. T., k. at Chickamauga. Jones, Samuel, k. at Brimstone Creek.
- Haley, Henry, k. at Brimstone Creek. Smith, C. T., k. at Bean's Station.
Barter, William, d. some time during service. Hughes, David, d. some time during service. Hutson, Samuel, d. some time during service. James, George. d. some time during service. Rutledge, C. A., d. some time during service. Vance, William, d. some time during service. White, G. W., d. some time during service.
[ Unofficial.] Bushong, John, d. in prison at Elmira, N. Y. MeCrory, Jacob, d. in prison at Elmira, N. Y.
COMPANY F. Captain, A. M. Willard.
Jones, John, d. Feb., 1864. Denton. Henderson, d. March 7, 1803.
Denton. W. K., d. Feb., 1864.
Miller, E. C., d. in prison at Elmira, N. Y. Smith, Geo., d. in prison at Elmira. N. Y. Sturm, W. G., d. in prison at Elmira, N. Y. Coleman, Jacob, d. in prison at Elmira, N. Y. Denton. Samuel. d. in prison at Elmira, N. Y.
ยท Hicks, W. B., d. Nov. 1, 1803. [ Unomcial.] Hilbert, Geo. W., d. in prison at Elmira, N. Y. | Miller, W. P., d. in prison at Elmira, N. Y.
MeDaid, Jesse, d. Dec. 10, 1863. Fenley, Polk, d. April, 1863.
Lamhorn, Thomas B., d. April, 1863.
Lee, Thomas N., d. April, 1863.
Galbrith, Harvey, d. in pri-on, 1864.
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COMPANY G. Captain, W. H. Wilkerson.
Alexander, John, k. at Chickamauga.
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Jenkins, J. P., d. March 15, 1863.
Alexander, W. S., k. at Chickamauga.
Greeu, Hugh, k. at Chickamauga.
Rainer, Joel, k. at Chickamauga.
Stevens, Benjamin, d. Aug. 2, 1862.
COMPANY H. Captain, W. L. Brown.
Brown, E. G., d. Dec. 6, 1862. Gold, Jacob, d. Jan., 1862.
Huffine, R. B., d. Kincannon, J. T., d. Jan., 1863.
Naler, D. C., d. Patton, W. N., d. Ritchie, Josiah, d. Smith, J. M., d.
COMPANY I. Captain, James T. Gillespie.
Erby, John F., k. at Chickamauga.
Haskins, Robert, d. -
Deaderick, Shelby M., k. at Chickamauga.
Bare, William, d.
Gillespie, Capt. James T., k. at Chickamauga.
Brown, Wiley, d.
Miller, John K., k. in battle.
Allison, George W., d.
Hays, Nathaniel, d.
Burson, Z. T., d. Willett, Samuel A., d.
COMPANY K. Captain, J. W. Robinson.
Broyles, David, k. at Chickamauga.
Andes, A. B., d. April 14, 1863.
Boyless, A. M., k. at Chickamauga.
Andes, Thomas, d. Aug. 27, 1862.
Byers, H. C., d. Jan. 27, IS63.
Robertson, J. N., d. Feb. 17, 1863.
Bell, H., d. Feb. 3, 1863.
Allen, J. P., d. Nov. 26, 1862.
Stephens, G. F., d. Nov. 28, 1862.
EIGHTY-FOURTH TENNESSEE INFANTRY.
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Colonel, S. S. Stanton.
COMPANY A. Captain, W. H. McDonald. COMPANY B. Captain, H. H. Landsen. Russell, Monroe, d. April 21, 1863. COMPANY C. Captain, W. L. Wood. Keets, A. W., K. Dec. 9, 1862. COMPANY D. Captain, Raysden Robinson. COMPANY E. Captain, S. B. Whaley.
COMPANY F. Captain, J. G. Maxwell. - Nelson, Robert, d. Feb. 9, 1863.
Webb, Samuel, d. Feb. 17, 1863. Nelson, Joseph, d. Feb. 16, 1963.
COMPANY G. Captain, W. A. Enson. Hughes, J. H., d. Feb. 2, 1863. N. B .- This regiment was consolidated with the Twenty-eighth Tennessee Regiment
Crouch, J. M., d. Dec. 21, 1862. Harker, G., d. Miller, John, d. Dec. 25, 1863.
Owens, John, d.
Jackson, L. N., d. April, 1863. Hix, Samuel, d. April 10, 1963. Howard, Robert, d. Feb. 11, 1863.
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ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FOURTH TENNESSEE INFANTRY.
BY THOS. B. TURLEY, MEMPHIS, TENN.
Tirs regiment was organized at Memphis, Tenn., several years before the break- ing ont of the war between the States. It was incorporated by an act of the Leg- islature passed March 22, 1860. The incorporators named in the charter were: Colonel, Wm. H. Carroll; Lieutenant-colonel, Preston Smith; Major, A. H. Doug- las; Major, Marcus J. Wright; Surgeon, Dr. N. Thumel; Adjutant, G. H. Mon- sarat; Captains, Win. Meeler, N. French, James H. Edmondson, J. Genet; Lien- tenants, A. Munch, M. Maier, D. N. Kendell, John Geugel, James Specht, C. L. Powers, F. Krone, Isaac Straus, and R. T. Hood.
As soon as war was declared and Tennessee called for troops, the regiment was reorganized, and enlisted for twelve months. Its field officers were: Colonel, Pres- ton Smith, of Memphis, Tenn .; Lieutenant-colonel, Marcus J. Wright, of Mem- .
phis, Tenn; Major, Ed. Fitzgerald, of Paris, Tenn. W. H. Stovall, of Memphis, was one of the earliest Adjutants. It was composed of the following companies:
1. The Light Guards, of Memphis, Capt. J. Genet.
2. The Bluff City Grays, of Memphis, Capt. J. H. Edmondson.
3. The Hickory Rifles, of Memphis, Capt. J. D. Martin.
4. The Southern Guards, of Memphis, Capt. James Hamilton.
5. The Memphis Zouaves, of Memphis, Capt. Sterling Fowlkes.
6. The Jackson Guards, of Memphis, Capt. Michael Magevney.
7. The Crockett Rangers, of Memphis, Capt. M. Patrick.
8. The Henry Guards, of Paris, Tenn., Capt. Ed. Fitzgerald.
9. The McNairy Guards, of McNairy county.
10. The Sons of Liberty, of Hardeman county, Capt. Chairs.
In the early part of May, 1861, Lieut .- col. Marcus J. Wright, under orders from Gov. Harris, proceeded to Randolph, Tenn., on the Mississippi River, with a bat- talion of four companies of the One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Regiment, and oc- cupied and fortified that place, which afterward received the name of Fort Wright. He also took with him the Steuben Artillery, of Memphis, an artillery company of the State, but attached to and under the orders of the commanding officer of the One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Regiment. All of its officers resigned before the transfer of State troops to the Confederate States, and the men were dis- charged. The guns and equipments were turned over to Capt. J. W. Stewart, in Angust, 1861. Its officers were: F. Krone, Captain; Joseph Geugel, First Lieu- tenant; Max. Maier, First Lieutenant; A. Shubert, Second Lieutenant; Geo. Schmaltzrend, Second Lieutenant.
While at Randolph, a few months after the regiment entered the service, the Southern Guards were withdrawn and formed into an artillery company, and their place was supplied by the Beanregards, of Memphis, Capt. Moreland, While at Bethel Station, and a few weeks before the battle of Shiloh, the regiment was joined by the Maynard Rifles, of Memphis, Capt. E. A. Cole. After the battle of Murfreesboro, the Bluff City Grays were detached, changed into a cavalry com- pany, and placed in the command of Gen. N. B. Forrest. The vacancy thus
BRIG GEN PRESTON SMITH
LT. COL. JOHN N CANSO 4
COL MICHAEL MAGEN NEY. JP.
LIEUT. C.W. COLLIER.
PRIVATE J E CLARY
LIEUT JOHN A POWELL
PRIVATE T B TURLEY
Memberof the 15th.
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caused was filled by Capt. DeGraffenreid's company, from Fayette county, Tenn. After this date no further company changes were made.
At the end of the first year the regiment reenlisted, and served during the re- mainder of the war in Cheatham's division, Army of Tennessee.
After the battle of Shiloh, Col. Smith and Lieut .- col. Wright were both pro- moted, and became Brigadier-generals. Major Fitzgerald was thereupon elected Colonel, Capt. Magevney Lieutenant-colonel, and Capt. John W. Dawson, Major. Col. Fitzgerald was killed at the battle of Richmond, Ky. Lient .- col. Mager- ney then became Colonel, Major Dawson Lientenant-colonel, and Capt. Marsh. Patrick Major. Lieut. Goodlett succeeded Lieut. Stovall as Adjutant. These officers continued without change until the end of the war.
The One Hundred and Fifty-fourth participated in all the campaigns and bat- tles of the Army of Tennessee with credit to itself and honor to its State. It was in the campaign in South-east Missouri under Gen. Pillow. It was at Bel- mont; at Shiloh; in the siege of Corinth; at Richmond, Ky., where it lost its Colonel and a host of gallant men; at Perryville; at Murfreesboro, or Stone's River; at Chickamauga; in the attack on Mission Ridge; at Missionary Ridge; in the fights around Dalton and Rocky Face; at Resaca; at Adairsville; at the crossing of the Etowah and Kingston; at Lost Mountain and New Hope Church; on the Kennesaw line, in front of Marietta, where it formed part of the force which held the Dead Angle; at the crossing of the Chattahoochee at Peach-tree Creek; with Hardee on the 22d of July, 1864; in the defense of Atlanta; at Jones- boro; at Lovejoy's; at the capture of Dalton; at Columbia and Spring Hill; in the bloody battle of Franklin, where Cheatham's division lost five Generals, and was left with a Colonel in command; at Nashville; in the retreat from Tennessee; and ut Bentonville, N. C., the last battle of the war.
Even if space permitted, it would now be impossible to give a correct list of the killed and wounded of the regiment. If the original roll had been called on the last day of the war, the answer to by far the greater number of names would have been, "Killed or wounded in action." The writer remembers well that in the campaign from Dalton to Atlanta, from the 7th of May to the 22d of July, one company lost twenty-seven killed and wounded out of twenty-nine who en- tered the campaign at Dalton. Nine of the twenty-seven were killed, two per- manently disabled. The rest were able to return to duty. The regiment entered its first battle eleven hundred strong. It came out of its last fight a mere hand- ful of veterans, less than one hundred in number.
Four officers of the One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Regiment became Brigadier- generals in the Confederate army, to wit: Wm. H. Carroll, Preston Smith, Mar- cus J. Wright, John D. Martin.
In conclusion, it may be said that no regiment in the Confederate army was more widely or more favorably known than the One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Senior Tennessee; and its reputation for gallantry and soldierly bearing was de- servedly second to none.
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Official. ] ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FOURTH TENNESSEE INFANTRY.
Colonel, Preston Smith; Lieutenant-colonel, Marcus J. Wright; Major, Jones Genet; Surgeon, Emmet, Woodward; Commissary, J. W. Dawson; Assistant Surgeon, R. S. Butt; Adjutant, F. H. Robinson.
, COMPANY A. Captain, Jones Genet.
Chapman, W. M., k. at Shiloh. Glancy, J., k. at Shiloh. Gagner, E., k. at Shiloh. -
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Powers, B. F., k. at Shiloh. Caison, A., d. March 23, 1862. Crum, C. S., d. July 24, 1861.
COMPANY B. Captain, Henry E. DeGraffenreid.
Morris, L. H., k. at Murfreesboro.
Barton, F. W., k. at Murfreesboro.
Williams, Henry J., k. at Richmond, Ky. Ross, N. B., d.
Bishop, J. W., k. at Murfreesboro.
Forrest, W. J., d. Oct. 2, 1862.
Carter, J. C., k. at Murfreesboro.
Ellington, B. W., d. Sept. 1, 1862.
DeGraffenreid, Capt. Henry E., k. at Murfrees- | Cannon, James W., d. April 15, 1863. boro.
COMPANY C. Captain, M. Magevney.
Barry, John, k. at Shiloh.
Reel, J. J., k. at Shiloh.
Shannon, Martin, k. at Shiloh.
Whelan, Michael, k. at Shiloh.
Walch, William, k. at Murfreesboro.
Hester, Michael, k. at Murfreesboro. Quinn, Charles W., k. at Murfreesboro. Lenehan, C., d. July, 1861. Barrett, Richard, d. Ang. 24, 1861. Duggan, John, k. at Richmond, Ky.
COMPANY D. Captain, S. Fowlkes.
Fowlkes, Capt. S., k. at Richmond, Ky.
Hamilton, Charles F., k. at Murfreesboro. Debow, Solomon, d. Aug., 1862.
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Davis, Thomas, d. Oct. 27, 1862. Jennings, J. B., d. Oct., 1862. Stowe, Joseph, d. Nov., 1802.
COMPANY E. Captain, John S. Donelson.
Moore, W. C., k. at Murfreesboro. Farris, J. J., d. March 14, 1862. Leggatt, B. F., d. July 7, 1862.
Claridge, B. F., k. at Murfreesboro.
Rockholdt, W. C., k. at Murfreesboro.
COMPANY F. Captain, Charles D. Cooney.
Camerson, D. W., k. at Shiloh.
Scott, John, k. at Shiloh.
Myrick, J. W., k. at Shiloh.
Bruce, T. M., k. at Shiloh. Alexander, P. P., K. at Shiloh.
Atkins, J. A., k. at Shiloh.
- MeCarty, James, k. at Belmont. Bennett, R. V .. k. at Murfreesboro.
Fitzgerald, Capt. Edward, k. at Richmond, Ky. | Hite, Dollie, k. in service.
Baucum, E., d. July, 1862. Covington, J. W., d. Aug., 1862.
Kennedy, J. N., d. Rust, V. G., d. April 14, 1862. Russell, W. L., d. [Unofficial.] Yowell, Lient. W. B., k. at Shiloh. Bowman, Corp. Nat A,, k. at Murfreesboro. Alexander, Thomas, d. in service.
Atkins, Boldy, k. at Shiloh. Bennett, R. A., d. in service. Conway, G. W., d. in service. Caton, James, k. at Murfreesboro. Carthon, James, k. at Belmont. Edmunds, Howell, k. in service. Dunlap, Dowen, k. in service. Deas, Bob, k. in service.
Foster, Carter, k. in service. Johnson, Henry, k. at Jonesboro. Lathan, James, k. in service. Kennedy, James, k. in service. Mckinney, Mike, k. in service. Pettijohn, A. J., k. in service. Ray, Calvin, k. in service. Wall, Henry, d. in service. Waldin, William, k. in service.
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COMPANY G. Captain, B. B. Hutchison.
Drummond, W., k. at Shiloh. Willen, Jacob, k. at Shilohi. Morrison, Jake, d. Nov. 20, 1861.
Love, James, d. Dec. 20, 1861. Green, Joseph, d. May 20, 1561.
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COMPANY H. Captain, M. M. Patrick.
Bauer, William, k. at Shiloh. Cowan, S. S., k. at Shiloh. Donnelly, James, k. at Shiloh. Lovejoy, John, k. at Shiloh. McLelland, William, k. at Shiloh.
- McElery, John, k. at Shiloh. Randolph, David, k. at Shiloh. Hendrick -, J. S., k. at Murfreesboro. Gallagher, Thomas, k. May 12, 1861.
COMPANY I. Captain, C. R. Wharton.
Wharton, M. W .. k. at Murfreesboro.
[ Covey, A. M., d. Nov. 24, 1861.
Dearen, R. P., k. at Murfreesboro.
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Jones, H. H., k. at Shiloh.
COMPANY K. Captain, T. H. Hancock.
Farned, W. M., k. at Murfreesboro.
Whittle, J. H., k. at Murfreesboro.
Grenade, W. B., k. at Shiloh.
Airs, F. M., d. Oct 20, Iso1.
Clark, W. D., d. Feb. 12, 1863. Farned. J. S., d. April 20, 1862. Hendricks, H. W., d. Dec. 15, 1861. Luttrell, W. W .. d. Jan. 3, 1862.
COMPANY L. Captain, E. A. Cole.
Hart, W. W., k. at Shiloh. Brownel!, E., k. at Shiloh.
Allen, S. B., k. at Shiloh. Marshall, J. P., k. at Shiloh.
Vaccarro, C. N., k. at Shiloh. Piper, William, d. Harris, Jesse L., d.
THE "YOUNG GUARD." BY EDWARD BOURNE, MEMPHIS, TENN.
SOME time prior to the late war between the States there was a company organ- ized here called the "Harris Zouave Cadets," which, being composed of the "flower of the land," soon became very proficient in the Zouave skirmish drill. For awhile every thing went well, but a difference of opinion upon some subject of importance relative to their company affairs arose, and a portion of the mem- bers withdrew and in April, 1861, organized the "Young Guard." (Just here, in parentheses, permit me to say that the "Harris Zouave Cadets" continued their organization, entered the army, and did noble service throughout the war.) In May, 1861, the " Young Guard" went to camp of organization at Jackson, Tenn., with a full complement of officers-commissioned and non-commissioned-and about fifty privates. From the most reliable data I have been able to obtain, the following were the officers when they left Memphis for Jackson, Tenn. Com- missioned: Captain, John F. Cameron; First Lieutenant, John Baine; Second Lieutenant, William F. Bourne; Third Lieutenant, Otis H. Smith. Non-com- missioned: Orderly Sergeant, Jerome P. Wilson; Second Sergeant, - Harney; Third Sergeant, Hunsdon Cary; Fourth Sergeant, Barna B. Blue; First Corporal. John II. Jarnigan; Second Corporal, William Thomas.
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At Jackson, Teun., about twenty men from St. Louis (Camp Jackson), Mo., joined the company, which was reorganized and officered as follows. Commis- sioned: Captain, John F. Cameron (afterward promoted to Lientenant-colonel); First Lieutenant, William F. Bourne (afterward promoted to Captain, and second in command of regiment); Second Lieutenant, Otis H. Smith (afterward pro- moted to First Lientenant, and brave as a lion); Third Lientenant, Jerome P. Wilson (afterward promoted to Major in another command). Non-commissioned: Orderly Sergeant, - Harney; Second Sergeant, Hansdon Cary (afterward pro- moted to Third Lieutenant); Third Sergeant, Barna B. Blue (afterward pro- moted to Captain); Fourth Sergeant, Bob Shipley; Fifth Sergeant, P. S. Powers (afterward promoted to Orderly Sergeant); First Corporal, John H. Jarnagin (aft- erward promoted to Captain); Second Corporal, Wm. Thomas.
At Jackson, Tenn., the company was assigned to the Fifteenth Tennessee Regi- ment, commanded by Col. Charles M. Carroll. This regiment moved to Union City, Tenn .. where it was assigned to Gen. B. F. Cheatham's brigade. By permi- sion of Gen. Cheatham the "Young Guard" were allowed to be detached from the Fifteenth Tennessee, and in June, 1861, moved to Memphis, Tenn., where the company enlisted for "three years, or during the war," in Hindman's legion, then perfecting its organization at Memphis. On July 10, 1861, Hindman's legion left Memphis, having attached to it Swett's battery, from Vicksburg, Miss. Proceeding to Arkansas, the legion encamped at Pitman's Ferry, Current River, on the line between Arkansas and Missouri. Here the troops joined and formed Hardee's brigade. This brigade, about August, 1861, moved into Missouri, going into camp near Greenville, awaiting there a junction with part of the Con- federate forces from Columbus, Ky., when it was intended to threaten St. Louis. While encamped here Hindman's legion was divided, ten of the companies forin- ing the First Arkansas Regiment, the remaining eight companies being organized as the Second Arkansas Battalion, the " Young Guard " forming part of the latter, which was placed under command of Col. John S. Marmaduke, afterward a Major- general in the Confederate service. The movement on St. Louis being abandoned, the " Young Guard," with Hardee's brigade, marched through Southern Missouri and crossed the Mississippi River to Columbus, Ky., where, after remaining in camp some days, the brigade, now commanded by Brig .- gen. Thomas C. Hindman, was ordered to Bowling Green, Ky. Here the Second Arkansas Battalion was re- enforced by two companies from Arkansas, and was reorganized as the Third Con- federate Regiment, the " Young Guard " being known as Co. B. Hindman's bri- gade was now sent forward some thirty miles above Bowling Green as advance posts of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston's army. On December 17, 1861, the " Young Guard " met the enemy for the first time at the skirmish near Woodson- ville, Ky. Capt. Cameron, in command of this company and another, deployed them as skirmishers, and met and drove in the whole of Willick's Thirty-second Indiana Regiment, the company going through the engagement without the loss of a man, and only one man slightly wounded, but killed and wounded quite a number of the enemy. It was in this skirmish that the gallant Col. Terry, of Terry's Texas Rangers, fell. The company was in no other engagement until the battle of Shiloh, April 6 and 7, 1862, in which battle they were prominently en- gaged, being in the first line of battle, under Gen. Hardee, and met with numer- ous casualties. There were a number of the company killed and wounded in this
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REGIMENTAL HISTORIES AND MEMORIAL ROLLS.
battle, but my data being incomplete I can only give a few. Killed: Robert Ship- ley, Fourth Sergeant. Wounded: Capt. John F. Cameron, First Lieut. William F. Bourne, Second Lieut. Otis H. Smith, Third Lieut. Hunsdon Cary, Orderly Sergt. - Harney, privates John Lenox, George Dent, William Frazier, and -- Shea. Though the list is incomplete, the fact that every commissioned officer, some of the non-commissioned, and a number of privates were killed or wounded shows they met the enemy bravely and like Tennesseans worthy of the nanie. In this engagement the company was complimented by Col. Marmaduke for con- spicuous bravery. After this battle and the evacuation of Corinth, Miss., the army went into camp at Tupelo, Miss., where a reorganization took place, and our reg- iment (Third Confederate) formed part of Wood's brigade, of Alabama, and our Colonel (Marmaduke) having been assigned to another command, Lieut .- col. H. V. Keep, of Vicksburg, Miss., succeeded to the command.
In July, 1862, the army proceeded to Mobile; thence to Montgomery and At- lanta, on the way to Chattanooga. At Atlanta our company (" Young Guard"; and another were detailed as a guard of honor to the city, and as a guard to trains running out of the city, our Captain (Cameron) being Provost Marshal. Gen. Bragg having inaugurated a campaign in Kentucky, the company rejoined the , army at Chattanooga, Tenn., and shortly afterward, with Gen. E. Kirby Smith in advance, entered upon the campaign and took part in the battle of Perryville, Ky., Oct. 8, 1862, in which the enemy were driven from the field and our army proceeded on its victorious tour. After advancing to a point nearly opposite Cin- cinnati, Ohio, they returned through Cumberland Gap, and encountered the ene- my again on the ensanguincd field of Murfreesboro, Tenn., December 23th, 20th, 30th, and 31st, 1862. In this battle Lieut. Otis H. Smith received a very serious wound in the neck. There were other casualties, but I have not the data. The company also took part in the battle of Chickamauga, September 20th, 1863. But to mention in detail the various battles the company engaged in would take more space than is allowed. It will be sufficient to say that it was a part of Cle- burne's division, and took part in all the marches, skirmishes, and battles that that division did until the surrender of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, in North Carolina, in April, 1865, and that when they stacked arms for the last time there were only about a dozen of the old company present, the rest of the "Young Guard" having been promoted, disabled by wounds, in prison, or killed. The writer of this, who had the honor of serving as a private in this company, was one of the few present at the surrender, and is proud to say that the remaining representatives of that gallant company were not whipped or discouraged, and only stacked their arms because ordered to do so by our beloved commander, Gen. Joseph E. Johnston. They would have gladly obeyed and nich preferred his order to march or to fight.
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