Mr. Gunter,

Below is a link to a capsule history of this battalion. This is taken from "Tennesseans in the Civil War, Part 1."

http://www.tngenweb.org/civilwar/csainf/csacolm.html

Also is a brief bibliography:

1st Tennessee Infantry Battalion (Colms')

Confederate Military History, Extended Edition. Vol. 10: Tennessee. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot,
1987. 806 p. E484C65.1987v10. (Contains numerous, scattered references to Tennessee units).

Crute, Joseph H., Jr. Units of the Confederate States Army. Midlothian, VA: Derwent, 1987. Ref.
See p. 274 (1 photocopied page) for a concise summary of the unit's service.

Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Tennessee. NY: Facts on File, 1992.
pp. 85-86 (2 photocopied pages). E579S53. (Unit organizational history).

I hope this helps.

Respectfully,

Gerald D. Hodge, Jr.
War Between the States Historian
Historian: 39th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment
http://39thgavolinfrgt.homestead.com/39thHomepage.html