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sions for such officers as were required to be commissioned, by correspondence with the authorities at Richmond it was ascertained that there were two infantry regiments numbered thirty-one from Tennessee -- one from Brownsville, commanded by Col. A. H. Bradford, and this one by Col. W. M. Bradford, of Jefferson county. At organization the regiment was assigned for duty to the Fourth Brigade, under Brig .- gen. S. M. Bartow, in Stevenson's division. The duties imposed on the reg- iment for a few months were guarding bridges on the railroad in East Tennessee and in preparation for service hy drilling. We were then ordered for duty to Cumberland Gap, where we remained under Stevenson besieging the Gap, then occupied by the Federal Gen. Morgan. When Gen. E. Kirby Smith marchied into Kentucky, Stevenson was left at the Gap with his division. When Gen. Morgan evacuated the Gap after Smith had reached his rear, Gen. Stevenson pursued Mor- gan as far as Goose Creek, in Kentucky. Thence our division was ordered to Har- rodsburg, Ky., to reinforce Gen. Bragg, which we did a few days after the battle of Perryville.
At Harrodsburg we were ordered to retreat, and returned to Lenoir's, in East Tennessee. In this campaign into Kentucky our brigade was under command of Col. T. H. Taylor, of Kentucky. At Lenoir's, in Tennessee, our brigade was as- signed to duty under Col. A. W. Reynolds.
About December 23, 1862, our brigade and division were ordered to Vicksburg, Miss., and reached there about the 27th. We participated in a little skirmishing around the city for a few hours after our arrival, the Federals being in the act of abandoning their efforts to land at Chickasaw Bayou, above the city. We were engaged in active picket duty at and around Vicksburg and Warrenton for some months, preparing to resist the landing of the Federal troops and the assaults of gun-boats. Late in February, 1863, a detachment of three companies of this reg- iment was ordered down the Mississippi from Warrenton to watch the movements of the gun-boat "Queen of the West," which had passed our batteries. This de- tail of three companies was placed on a small steam ferry-boat with two small cannon. They proceeded down the Mississippi and up Red River until the "Queen of the West" was captured. Then an expedition was fitted out with the "Queen of the West" and the " Webb " and some barge transports, and placed under command of Major M. S. Brent, who had some other troops besides these three companies. Lieut. Miller, of this regiment (Co. B), and Lieuts. H. A. Rice and John M. Carson, of Co. I, with their two companies and other troops, manned the "Queen of the West" and "Webb." In ascending the river they met and attacked and captured the iron-clad gun-boat "Indianola"-a gallant and brilliant achievement of Major Brent and these men. Herewith is annexed a report of these captures-printed in a Knoxville paper at the time-and made a part of this sketch:
NEAR VICKSBURG, MISS., March 2. 1863.
J. A. SPERRY: A few weeks ago a portion of the Thirty-first Tennessee Regiment (Col. W. M. Bradford's) was detached and ordered down the Mississippi to watch the operations of the Federal boats, which had passed our batteries at Vicksburg and were intercepting our commerce with Texas and Louisiana. After the capture of the Federal gun-boat " Queen of the West." Co. B., under command of Lieuts, Carnes and Miller, of Blount county, was placed on the " Queen." and Co. I, under command of Lients. Rice and Carson, of Jefferson county, was pineed on the " Webb," and sent up the river in pursuit of the formidable iron-elad gun- hoat " Indianola." and overtook her near New Carthage, below Vicksburg. on the 24th of Feb- ruary. The engagement was the most desperate which has occurred during this war between
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gun-boats on the river. Although it was the first battle in which these gallant men of the Thirty-first had been engaged, they fought like veterans and tigers, and after a terrible con. test of three-quarters of an hour they succeeded in the capture of the " Indianola," with im- mense stores and one hundred and twelve prisoners. Too much praise cannot be awarded these brave East Tennesseans for their naval tact and chivalry, as evidenced by the following official order of the Colonel :
HEAD-QUARTERS THIRTY-FIRST TENNESSEE REGIMENT, Vicksburg, Miss., Feb. 28, 1863. SPECIAL ORDER NO. -.
The Colonel commanding has received, with emotions of no ordinary gratification, the in- telligence of the recent gallantry and bravery of companies I and B in the attack upon the Federal gun-boat " Indianola." It would be an act of injustice to the officers and privates, as well as violence to my own feelings, to withhold from you the just tribute of praise which your chivalry in that engagement so richly merits. The capture and surrender of the boat. after the desperate defense of a well-drilled and disciplined foe, entitle yon to the highest honors of veterans. I therefore trust that the country will justly appreciate the honors which you have so nobly won, and can give you the highest assurance of the warmest gratitude and pride of your officers in thus giving tone and character to the Thirty-first Tennessee Regi- ment. May the God of battles thus favor your stout arms and nerve your generous hearts for all future emergencies of a similar character! Very truly and devotedly.
W. M. BRADFORD, Col. Thirty-first Tenn. Reg. Official : W. HAWKINS, Adjutant.
J. P. W.
Our command was soon afterward ordered to Port Gibson, to reinforce our troops engaged there in a bloody effort to repel the landing of the Federals; but the battle had disastrously terminated before we reached there.
Pemberton's forces retreated, passing around Vicksburg, until they crossed Big Black, and reached Champion Hills, near Edwards's Depot on the Jackson road. At Champion Hills the Federals defeated Pemberton. Our brigade lost no men, or very few, in this engagement, except those who were lost or captured on our forced march back to Vicksburg, as we were not actively engaged in the battle. Our regiment remained in Vicksburg during the siege-suffered greatly by privations, and lost about twenty men, as will appear by the memorial reports hereto appended.
We were surrendered on the 4th of July, 1863. 'After this lamentable surren- der we were paroled. The sufferings and privations of this siege are not here recited, as they have gone into and become a part of the public history, and it is not refreshing to detail them. Our regiment was exchanged in September, 1863, and placed under command of Brig .- gen. J. C. Vaughn. The Third Tennessee, Col. Lillard; Thirty-first Tennessee, Col. Bradford; Fifty-ninth Tennessee, Col. Eakin; Forty-third Tennessee, Col. Gillespie; and the Sixty-first, Sixty-second, and Sixty- third Tennessee regiments, were, in November or December, 1863, by order of the Secretary of War, organized into a cavalry brigade under Gen. John C. Vanghn. This brigade operated for some time in upper East Tennessee under Longstreet, Breckinridge, and Echols, and in South-western Virginia.
During the winter of 1863 our brigade was ordered to Newton, N. C. to recruit. After recruiting, about one-half of the brigade was ordered to the Valley of Vir- ginia in the spring of 1864, under command of Gen. Vaughn; and the other half, under command of Col. Bradford, of the Thirty-first Tennessee was ordered to remain in the vicinity of Bristol, to protect that place and the railroads and public stores from raids and depredations. That portion of the regiment which was sent to the Valley of Virginia was placed in command of Maj. Robert MeFarland1.
After the campaign was ended in the Valley of Virginia. the regiment and the brigade reunited at Bristol, and operated in upper East Tennessee and South- western Virginia, under command of Gens. Vaughn, John H. Morgan, Basil 30
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Duke, Echols, and others, and participated in several engagements at Greene- ville, Morristown, Saltville, Marion, Wytheville, and Bull's Gap.
That portion of the regiment under command of the gallant Major McFarland, which went to the Valley of Virginia, lost heavily and behaved gallantly, as did that portion which remained in East Tennessee under its Colonel. That portion under Major McFarland participated in various engagements in the Valley of Virginia, among which were Kernstown, Darksville, Martinsburg, Monocacy, Hagerstown, New Hope, Piedmont, Winchester, and other battles. Out of one hundred and eighteen of this regiment who went into the engagement at Pied- mont, forty-six were killed and wounded and left on the field of battle. This campaign was under command of Early, Breckinridge, W. E. Jones, and others.
When Lee surrendered we were on the march to reenforce him, and under com- mand of Echols. At or near Christiansburg, Va., when we received intelligence of Lee's surrender, our commanding General, Echols, disbanded his troops. Duke's brigade, Vaughn's brigade, and others, refused to disband at this point, and marched across the mountains to Charlotte, N. C., and there joined President Davis. Here we received intelligence of Joliston's surrender, and the fragment of our brigade under Vaughn, and of our regiment under Bradford, with Duke's, Dibrell's, Ferguson's, and other commands, marched as an escort of Mr. Davis until his capture; and we were surrendered and paroled near Washington, Georgia, and at other points, but principally at Washington, Ga. The difficulty in giving details accurately, and casualties in killed, wounded, and missing, and all the en- gagements, is insurmountable. All evidences of muster-rolls and reports were lost at Vicksburg, and in other marchies and accidents.
After we were exchanged, subsequently to the siege of Vicksburg, not more than one half of the regiment, or brigade, ever reported for duty. The regiment was scattered and irregular afterward, as well as the brigade, chiefly engaged in scouting duties and guarding the border near Bristol. Consequently no records of the regiment, so far as we can ascertain, have been preserved, as all such were lost or captured. So that it is impossible for us to remember the killed, wounded, and lost; and hence we rely alone on such information as we can gather from surviving officers and nien whom we have been able to find; and their memories, from long lapse of time, are quite defective. The memorial roll is therefore imperfect, and the difficulty cannot be remedied.
Co. A-First organization, March 28, 1862: James W. Chambers, Captain; John T. Havis, First Lieutenant; Will Trundle, Second Lieutenant; - Dyer, Third Lieutenant. Second organization, May 3, 1862: James W. Chambers, Captain; - Dyer, First Lieutenant; Will Trundle, Second Lieutenant; --- Whaley, Third Lieutenant. Casualties: Died-Lient. Will Trundle. Killed- Henderson Shields, Lieut. John T. Havis, Robert Hill. Wounded-Robert Lindsey.
Co. B-First organization: John E. Toole, Captain; Henry Miller, First Lieu- tenant; George H. Duncan, Second Lieutenant; A. W. Davis, Third Lieutenant. Second organization: Elliott E. Carnes, Captain; Henry Miller, First Lieutenant ; G. II. Duncan, Second Lieutenant; A. W. Davis, Third Lieutenant. Casualties: Killed-John Haley. Garner Redmon, Wiley Wright. Wounded-J. B. Love, A. Lane, Wm. Christopher, Win. Stalions, Peter Poston, D. K. Falkner, Josoph Runyons, Bartley Craig. Died-HI. Tefateller, Lieut. George H. Duncan.
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Co. C-First organization: John D. Thomas, Captain; Will McCampbell, First Lieutenant; R. A. Crookshanks, Second Lientenant; George W. Alexander, Third Lieutenant. Second organization: John D. Thomas, Captain; Will McCampbell, First Lieutenant; R. A. Crookshanks, Second Lieutenant; George W. Alexander, Third Lieutenant. Capt. Thomas resigned; Will McCampbell, Captain; R. A. Crookshanks, First Lieutenant; George W. Alexander, Second Lientenant; J. Tipton Thomas, Third Lieutenant; these were all by promotion except Thomas. Casualties: Killed-Lafayette Newman, Thomas Branner, R. Treadway, J. H. Mitchell, James Alexander, Lieut. J. Tipton Thomas. Wounded-A. T. Smith, B. C. Newman, W. H. Newman, Wm. Killgore, Shade Brazelton, J. H. Shadden, - C. Bassett. Died-Nat Hood, Capt. Will McCampbell, S. Pate, George Fox, Daniel Swann, J. Boren, J. Hance, Hicks Mitchell, Pack Jacobs, Alexander Lyle, Andrew Henry.
Co. D-First organization: Lemuel White, Captain; C. M. Smith, First Lieu- tenant; James Webster, Second Lieutenant; Isham B. Dykes, Third Lientenant; Second organization: James D. Spears, Captain: C. M. Smith, First Lieutenant; James Webster, Second Lieutenant; Isham B. Dykes, Third Lieutenant. Casaal- ties: Killed-Lieut. C. M. Smith, Lieut. Isham Reynolds, Sergt. Dyer, Hugh Har- per, Buck Charles, Wm. Roberts, Henderson Kite, Dick Hord, Corporal Wright, John Reynolds, Henry Reynolds, James Ball, P. Kite. Wounded-H. Everhart, Kelly Allen, Capt. J. D. Spears.
Co. E-First organization: W. W. Stringfiel:l, Captain; George H. Hynds, First Lieutenant; C. N. Howell, Second Lieutenant; D. G. Lowe, Third Lieuten- ant. Second organization: George H. Hynds, Captain; C. N. Howell, First Lieu- tenant; D. G. Lowe, Second Lieutenant; Robert H. Hynds, Third Lieutenant. Casualties: Killed-John M. Hynds. Wounded -- James Berry, Andrew Bailey. Lieut. C. N. Howell. Died-Henry Wright, Calaway Coats, E. Messer, Jerry Glenn, Lieut. D. G. Lowe, Calvin Lowe.
Co. F-First organization: Albertus Forrest, Captain; I. S. Garrison, First Lieutenant; John C. Neil, Second Lieutenant; J. Rentfro, Third Lientenant. Second organization: John C. Neil, Captain; James S. Richards, First Lieuten- ant; J. Rentfro, Second Lieutenant; A. King Stalcup, Third Lieutenant. Cas- ualties: Killed-Lieut. A. K. Staleup. Wounded-Mitchell Johnson, Sergt. A. K. Johns, McNutt.
Co. G-First organization: Joseph Ford, Captain; Will R. Armstrong, First Lieutenant. Second organization: Will R. Armstrong, Captain-resigned, and James P. Burem elected Captain; Henry Morelock, First Lieutenant; J. N. Dyker, Second Lieutenant; B. Tucker, Third Lieutenant. Casualties: Killed-Capt. J. P. Burem, Samuel Bailey. Wounded-Nathan Ball, John Barnard, Alexander Richards, Lieut. Tucker, Sergt. Long, A. J. Bailey, James White.
Co. H-First organization: S. T. Dunwody, Captain; T. N. Biggs, First Lieu- tenant; James M. Dunwody, Second Lieutenant; John Reed, resigned-James Bradford, Third Lientenant. Second organization: S. T. Dunwody, Captian; T. N. Biggs, First Lieutenant; J. M. Dunwody, Second Lieutenant; James Jones. Third Lieutenant. Casualties: Killed-Capt. S. T. Dunwody, John McSmith, E. Etter, Lient. James Jones, G. W. Clowers. Wounded-Adjt. Win. Hawkins. Died-Lieut. J. M. Dunwody, Sergt. Win. Biggs.
Co. I-First organization: Ed Watkins, Captain; James Robinson, First Lieu-
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tenant; --- Thornburgh, Second Lieutenant; John M. Carson, Third Lieutenant. Second organization: Ed. Watkins, Captain; Hampton A. Rice, First Lieutenant; John M. Carson, Second Lieutenant; --- Thornburgh and E. B. Milligan, Third Lieutenants. Casualties: Killed-George Gray, Rice, Hightower, Thomas Kid- well. Died -- M. Travis, - Travis, James Knight (or missing). Wounded- Wm. Clevenger, P. Williford, T. D. Franklin, J. H. Harris.
Co. K-First organization: Henderson Hix, Captain; Moses MeLendon, First Lieutenant; Hugh B. Henderson, Second Lieutenant; Wm. J. Wood-, Third Lieutenant. Second organization: Moses Mclendon, Captain; Hngh B. Hender- son, First Lieutenant; Gayle K. Roberts, Second Lieutenant; Jolin H. Henderson, Third Lieutenant. Casualties: J. B. Colvert, D. B. Curtis, J. F. Strickland. Wounded-Lieut. G. K. Roberts. Died-S. Lockhart, S. Belt, M. II. Bowers, A. D. Carr, Larken Raper, J. N. Veal.
The company officers, in many instances, have failed to respond to inquiries for information, and many have forgotten. So the list of killed, wounded, and dead is itaperfect and inaccurate.
Official.]
THIRTY-FIRST TENNESSEE INFANTRY.
ADJUTANT AND INSPECTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE, June 6, 1963. SPECIAL ORDER, No. 135.
XIX. To prevent the confusion arising from a similarity in the numbering of different regi. ments from the same State, it is hereby ordered that the Tennessee regiment commanded by Col. C. D. Venable, shall be known hereafter as the Fifth Tennessee Regiment; that com- manded by Col. B. J. Hill as the Thirty-fifth Regiment ; that commanded by Col. J. P. Murray as the Twenty-eighth Tennessee Regiment; that of Col. W. M. Bradford as the Thirty-ninth Regiment; that commanded by Col. E. E. Tansil as the Thirty-first Regiment; also the Missis- sippi regiment commanded by the late Col. Blythe shall be known as the Forty-fourth Missis- sippi Regiment; and the Alabama regiment commanded by Col. J. G. Coltart shall be known as the Fiftieth Alabama Regiment.
FIELD AND STAFF.
Colonel, W. M. Bradford; Lieutenant-colonel. James W. Humes; Major, Robert Mc Farland; Adjutant, William Hawkins : Assistant Surgeon, E. C. Cochran ; Quartermaster, James C. Dvi -; Assistant Commissary Subsistence, John M. Biggs; Chaplain, N. B. Goforth; Surgeon, B. W. Toole.
COMPANY A. Captain, J. W. Chambers.
Shields, W. H., k. at Vicksburg. Keyton, J. W., d. March 11, 1862.
Hill, Robert, k. at Vicksburg. Mott, W. H., d. March 17, 1862. Havis. Lient. John T., d. April 1, 1862. Parton, A. R , d. March 16. 1862. Trundle, W. C., d. July 3, 1862. Reed, S. J., d. June 8, 1863. .
MeNichols, William, d. March 4, 1862. Henderson, Wm., d. March 13, 1862.
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COMPANY B.
Captain, John E. Toole.
Hughes, James K. P., d. April 8, 1862. Wright, J. W., d. Feb. 24, 1863.
Holly, John, d. June 20, 1863.
COMPANY C.
Captain, J. D. Thomas.
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Lyle, James, d. June 20, 1862. Waves, Jesse M .. d. June 30, 1802. Partle, Caleb, d. June 20, 1562. Hance. Daniel, d. May 5, 1862. Wood, N. E., d. June 30, 1862. Jacobe. P. H., d. June 28, 1542. Turney, W. H., March 13, 1562.
! Inman, W. S., d. June 16, 1862. Allen, Orville, d. Feb., 1862. Baren, Joshua, d. Feb .. 1862. Swan, D. F., d. Feb., 1863. Calboek, John S., d. June 4. 1862. Mc Kinney, J. C., d. April 7, 1863.
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COMPANY D. Captain, J. D. Spears.
Chesnutt, W. W., k. May 16, 1863.
Ingle, G. W., k. by bush-whackers.
| Hughes, John, d. Aug. 12, 1862. | Reynolds, Lieut. Ishamn, d. Aug. 29, 1862. COMPANY E. Captain, W. W. Stringfield.
Griffin, Milton, d. March 15, 1862. Pierce, Wm. A., d. July 25, 1862.
Glenn, Jeremiah S., d. April 2, 1803. Coats, Callancy, d. June 1, 18$3.
COMPANY F. Captain, Albertus Forrest.
Thompson, Elisha, d. Dec. 6, 1362.
Malone, Michael, d. Dec. 10, 1862.
Robbarts, Andrew J., d. Nov. 28, 1862.
Shipley, David H., d. Dec. 7, 1802.
Johnson, James M., d. Feb. 2, 1863. Connor, John M., d. Jan. 28, 1563. McGuire, Wm. H., d. Feb. 22. 1863. Edwards, Samuel J., d. May 3, 1863.
COMPANY G. Captain, J. F. Ford.
Barnard, Wesley, d. April 23, 1862.
Richards, Emanuel R., d. Nov. 21, 1862.
Barnard, G. W., d. April 20, 1862.
Dalton, Thomas, d. April 15, 1862.
Dalton, W. T., d. April 17, 1862.
Ball, John, d. July 18, 1862.
Harlos, A. J., d. July 30, 1862.
Watterson, John S., d. July 19, 1862.
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Hicks, Isaac, d. Feb. 25, 1863. Bailey, Samuel, d. June 12, 1863. Wattersou, Thomas, d. May 5, 1563.
COMPANY H. Captain, S. T. Dunwody.
Smith, J. M., k. at Vicksburg. Harmon, C. A., d. Aug. 18, 1862.
Andes, J. B., d. July 6, 1862.
Lauderdale, J. M., d. Jan. 21, 1863. Sane, J. H., d. April 17, 1863. | Hays, J. S., d. June 29, 1863.
COMPANY I. Captain, Edward A. Watkins.
Cline, J. W., d. April 3, 1862.
Patter, H. G., d. June 24, 1802.
Hull, Lafayette, d. June 25, 1862.
Pratt, Isaac, d. June 26, 1862.
Vick, J. S., d. May 24, 1862.
Woods, George, d. July 14, 1862.
Kidwell, W. D., d. July 14, 1862. Moore, J. L., d. Aug. 5, 1862. Sisk, Blackburn, d. Aug. 27, 1862. Coeffee, John, d. March 6, 1863. Jay, Alfred, d. March 20, 1863. Dinston, Amos, d. March 27. 1863.
COMPANY K. Captain, M. J. Mclendon.
Bowers, A. H. M., d. July 9, 1862. Belt R. S., d. Ang. 21, 1862.
Lockhard, Silas, d. July 20, 1862. Raper, L. W., d. April 17, 1863.
THIRTY-SECOND TENNESSEE INFANTRY. BY J. P. MCGUIRE. NASHVILLE, TENN.
UNDER misapprehension of a general order from army head-quarters, the medi- cal officers of this regiment burned all the : olls, rosters, records, and books of the regiment and all its companies, shortly before the surrender of the Army of Ten- nessee at Greensboro, N. C., in April, 1865. Therefore, this sketch is necessarily imperfect, and is written altogether from memory, by one who was a participant in all the battles and important events in which the Thirty-second Tennessee was engaged.
. Richards, Wiley W., d. Oct. 22, 1862.
Harlos, John, d. April 2, 1803. Harlos, Reuben, d. Feb. 24. 1863.
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In the spring and summer of 1861 many volunteer companies organized in Middle Tennessee, reported to the Governor of the State, and were ordered to rendezvous at Camp Trousdale, Summer county, where they were placed under the command of Col. (afterward Brigadier-general) Bushrod Johnson, with Lieut. J. P. McGuire acting temporarily as Adjutant. After remaining in camp a short while ten companies formed themselves into a regiment, and offered their services formally to the Confederate Government for twelve months. These companies were from the counties of Giles, Lincoln, Lawrence, Marshall, Williamson, and Franklin, and were officered as follows:
1. Cook's company, Williamson county : Ed. Cook, Captain ; Jake Morton, First Lieutenant ; Robert F. McCaul, Second Lieutenant ; Thomas Banks, Brevet Sec- ond Lieutenant.
2. Moore's company, Lawrence county: W. P. Moore, Captain ; Thomas D. Davenport, First Lieutenant ; William D. Anderson, Second Lieutenant ; R. F. Bosliam, Brevet Second Lieutenant.
3. Winstead's company, Giles county: John M. Winstead, Captain ; Thomas Abernathy, First Lieutenant ; James H. Cook, Second Lieutenant ; Field Arrow- smith, Brevet Second Lieutenant.
4. Worley's company, Giles county: Willis Worley, Captain; Joseph Young, First Lieutenant ; W. R. Collins, Second Lieutenant ; David S. Harmand, Brevet Second Lieutenant.
5. Hannah's company, Giles county: John W. Hannah, Captain; John L. Brownlow, First Lieutenant; G. W. Hammond, Brevet Second Lientenant.
6. Tucker's company, Lincoln county : C. G. Tucker, Captain ; Joel Pigg, First Lieutenant; Harris Tucker, Second Lieutenant; Carroll Ellis, Brevet Second Lieutenant.
7. Finney's company, Lincoln county : J. J. Finney, Captain ; W. P. A. Green, First Lieutenant ; John M. Wright, Second Lieutenant; J. P. McGuire, Brevet Second Lieutenant.
8. Hunnicutt's company, Giles county : W. H. Hunnicutt, Captain; Miller Bass, First Lieutenant; G. B. Reasons, Second Lieutenant ; Robert F. Holland, Brevet Second Lieutenant.
9. O'Neal's company, Marshall county : William P. O'Neal, Captain; Jasper Smiley, First Lieutenant ; Calvin Coffey, Second Lieutenant; Frank Hall, Brevet Second Lieutenant.
10. Ikord's company, Franklin county: - Ikord, Captain ; Orville Bell, First Lieutenant; William Marsh, Second Lieutenant; Burt McFinn, Brevet Second Lieutenant.
The field officers were then chosen by ballot, resulting in the election of Capt. Ed. Cook as Colonel ; Capt. W. P. Moore, Lieutenant-colonel ; and W. J. Brown- low, Major. The staff officers were: Capt. John Sheppard, Quartermaster; Capt. E. S. Wilson, Commissary; Drs. E. M. Waters and J. F. Grant, Surgeons ; Calvin Jones, Adjutant; and Thomas Moore, Sergeant-major. Thus organized, the regi- ment was accepted and mustered into service, and ordered to report to Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston. If there was a man connected with the regiment who had the least idea of military life he is not now remembered; so we had every thing to learn. We soon, however, proved very efficient in drilling, and early in the fall we were armed with smooth-bore muskets.
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About this time we were ordered to East Tennessee to do patrol duty in Chat- tanooga and surrounding country, and to guard bridges from Bridgeport, Alabama, to Chattanooga. In December we were ordered to Bowling Green, Ky., by rail, and reached there about Christmas, when we went into winter-quarters. The military spirit was intense, and all had addressed themselves to it so diligently that by February we were fairly drilled and under pretty good discipline. About February 1, 1862, we were ordered to Russellville, Ky., to report to Gen. Buck- ner, and remained there a short while engaged in drilling and inspection prepara- tory to active service. We were not kept waiting long, and without knowing whither We were bound, orders came to prepare rations and be ready to move at "a mo- ment's notice." Railroad transportation was furnished us from Russellville, Ky., to Clarksville, Tenn., and reaching the latter place we bivonacked on the west side of the Cumberland River for a few days, when we took the old steamer "City of Nashville " and were transported to Fort Donelson, near Dover, Tenu. We reached Dover after dark, marched back about two miles and bivouacked for the night. Next morning we took our position in the line of defense immediately on the right of and supporting Graves's Kentucky battery. Our position was to the right of the center of our land line of defense, and perhaps a mile and a half from the fort. We proceeded at once to build rifle-pits and to fell the timber in our front, and otherwise strengthen our position, for we were told the enemy under Gen. Grant was moving by land on Fort Donelson, via Fort Henry on the Tennessee River, which latter point they had already invested, while a heavy feet of gun-boats was moving up the Cumberland on the fort.
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