George Martin
Luna Blevins
Enlisted as a Private
TN Batty D Light Artillery, U. S. A.
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Luna B. Blevins
Enlisted as a Private
"H" Co. TN 4th Infantry U. S. A.
Fourth Infantry
TENNESSEE
(3-YEARS)
Fourth Infantry. -- Col., Daniel Stover; Lieut.-Cols., Michael
L. Patterson, James W. M. Grayson, Thomas H. Reeves; Maj.,
Gaines Lawson.
This regiment was recruited at Louisville, in the spring of
1863, under the direction of Col. Daniel Stover of Carter
county, Tenn. It was composed wholly of exiles from East
Tennessee, who were brought out of the Confederate lines by
officers and pilots sent in for that purpose.
On May 29 the regiment left Louisville and was mustered into
service the following June. On Sept. 9, 1863, under the
command of Maj. Patterson, it marched to McMinnville, Tenn.,
where on Oct. 3, after 2 hours' hard fighting against a
greatly superior force under Gen. Wheeler, it was captured and
paroled.
Maj. Patterson, with 40 men, returned to Nashville, and the
remainder of the regiment, with few exceptions, returned to
their homes in East Tennessee. Upon the arrival of Maj.
Patterson in Nashville a court of inquiry was appointed to
examine into the circumstances connected with the surrender of
the post at McMinnville, which resulted in his complete
exoneration from all charges. He then proceeded to Camp
Nelson, Ky., to reorganize the regiment, where many of the
soldiers reported immediately for duty, the paroles being
invalid, having been given in violation of the cartel.
On Jan. 20, 1864, the regiment was assigned to the 1st
brigade, 3rd division, 23rd army corps. On the withdrawal of
Gen. Schofield's army from upper East Tennessee, the regiment
was sent to Loudon, and three companies under Maj. Reeves to
Kingston.
Maj. Patterson having been promoted to the lieutenant-
colonelcy, was detached to command the brigade with
headquarters at Loudon. The regiment remained there until
Nov., 1864, when the troops were ordered to Knoxville.
Patterson was then put in command of a brigade consisting of
the 4th Tenn. and 3rd N. C. infantry for an expedition to
Paint Rock, N. C., to cut off the retreat of the Confederates
from Gen. Stoneman. This expedition ended about Jan. 10,
1865.
The regiment remained in upper East Tennessee and vicinity
until July, when it was ordered to Nashville to be mustered
out. Col. Stover, who organized the regiment, was early
attacked by consumption and saw no service in the field.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 4, p. 379