1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment
The 1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment (also known as the "First Tennessee") was an infantry regiment in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War, and was successively commanded by Colonels George Maney and Hume R. Field.[1]
| 1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1861–1865 |
| Country | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Confederate States |
| Allegiance |  Tennessee |
| Branch |  Confederate States Army |
| Type | Infantry |
| Size | Regiment |
| Part of | Maney's Brigade |
| Nickname(s) | "First Tennessee" |
| Facings | Light blue |
| Arms | Enfield rifled muskets |
| Engagements | American Civil War |
| Commanders | |
| Commanding officers |
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History
The Regiment was mustered on May 2, 1861. George Maney, who commanded the Rock City Guards battalion which became companies A, B and C, was elected colonel for the first 90 days. After that, command passed to Hume Field.[2][3]
Confederate martyr Sam Davis joined the regiment as a scout, but he was later executed as a spy by Union forces despite his wearing a butternut Confederate uniform when he was captured.[4]
References
- Watkins, Sam. R. (1882). 1861 vs. 1862. "Co. Aytch", Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment; or, A Side Show of the Big Show. Nashville, Tenn.: Cumberland Presbyterian Publishing House. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
- Tennesseans in the Civil War: A Military History of Confederate and Union Units with Available Rosters of Personnel, Part I. Civil War Centennial Commission. 1964.
- Noe, Kenneth (2009). Perryville: This Grand Havoc of Battle. Kentucky: University of Kentucky Press. pp. 258–259. ISBN 978-0813137148. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
- Drake, Edwin L. (1878). The Annals of the Army of Tennessee.
Further reading
- Cannon, Devereaux D., Jr. (Winter 1988). "Flags of the Rock City Guards". Tennessee Historical Quarterly. 47 (4): 191–197.
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