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1ST (MANEY'S) TENNESSEE
INFANTRY REGIMENT
Records filed as 1st (Field's) Tennessee Infantry Regiment
Organized May 9, 1861 at Nashville, Tennessee; mustered into Confederate service August 1, 1861; reorganized about May 1, 1862 at Corinth, Mississippi; merged into 1st Consolidated Tennessee Regiment April, 1865; paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865.
FIELD OFFICERS
Colonels-George Maney, Hume R. Feud
Lieutenant Colonels-T. F. Sevier, John L. House
Majors-A. M. Looney, Hume R. Feud, John L. House
CAPTAINS-T. F. Sevier, Joseph Vauk, Jr., William D. Kelly, Co. "A". "The Rock City Guards," of Nashville.
James B. Craighead, John Patterson, Bailey P. Steele, Co. "B". "The Rock City Guards," of Nashville and Davidson County.
Robert C. Foster IV, John F. Wheless, Andrew H. Brown, Co. "C". "The Rock City Guards," of Nashville and Davidson County.
James P. Hanner, John L. House, Oscar F. Atkeison, Co. "D". "The Williamson Grays," of Williamson County.
George Harsch, George Leascher, Co. "E". "The Tennessee Rifiemen," of Nashville and Davidson County.
John S. Butler, Co. "F". "The Railroad Boys," of Nashville.
George W. Campbell, Lute B. Irwin, Co. "G". "The Brown Guards," from Maury County, some from Hardin County.
Abraham M. Looney, William R. Johnston, Henry I. Webster, Co. "H". "The Maury Grays," of Maury County.
William Ledbetter, Jr., Co. ~". "The Rutherford Rifles," of Rutherford County.
Hume R. Feud, William C. Flournoy, Co. "K". "The Martin Guards," of Giles County.
These were the original ten companies. Another company joined the regiment at the time of the reorganization in May, 1862, this was Company "L", Captain Joseph W. Fulcher; a consolidation of the three companies which had originally formed the Nashville Battalion (q.v.).
Colonel Maney was promoted to brigadier general for gallantry at Shiloh, and Captain Hume R. Feild was elected colonel at the reorganization; he remained in command for the duration of the war.
The regiment first went into camp at Allisonia, Franklin County, which camp they named Camp Harris, in honor of Governor Isham G. Harris. It soon moved to Camp Cheatham, Robertson County, where it received instruction in drill and tactics. On July 10, 1861, it was ordered to Virginia, and at Valley Mountain, Virginia, was joined by the 7th and 14th Tennessee Infantry Regiments to form Brigadier General Samuel R. Anderson's Brigade of Brigadier General William W. Loring's Division, Army of the Northwest. As part of this brigade, the regiment took part in the abortive Cheat Mountain Campaign in West Virginia, lasting from September 10 to 15, 1861. Although a minor action, this campaign is of interest because it was General Robert E. Lee's first campaign of the Civil War. Lee's biographer wrote: "His first campaign had ended ingloriously."
The regiment took part in no further actions until it was ordered on December 8, 1861 to Winchester, Virginia, where it formed part of the forces which Major General Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson led on his expedition to Bath, Virginia, and the banks of the Potomac River. After this campaign, the regiment returned to Winchester, where it remained until February 17, 1862, when it was ordered to the West. For the rest of the war, the regiment served in the forces which later came to be called The Army of Tennessee.
On reaching Knoxville, the left wing, consisting of Companies "A", "B", "C", "D", and was detached by Major General E. Kirby Smith, and sent to Cumberland Gap. The right wing, Companies "F', "G", "H", "I", and "K", was sent forward, and reached Corinth in time to take an active part in the Battle of Shiloh, April 6-7, 1862. The left wing did not reach Corinth until April 7, too late to take part in the battle.
At Shiloh, Maney's Battalion of the 1st Tennessee, the 7th Kentucky, 6th Tennessee, and 9th Tennessee Regiments, plus a Mississippi battery, formed the 2nd Brigade of Major General B. F. Cheatham's Division. Colonel Maney was assigned to command of the brigade, but by order of General A. S. Johnston, he, with his battalion, was detached to the extreme right to guard against a possible Federal attack from the direction of Hamburg. In his absence, Colonel W. H. Stephens was in command of the brigade. Colonel Maney joined the main battle about 2:30 P.M. on April 6, and was directed by General Cheatham to select his own forces to lead a charge against a Federal position which had been stubbornly defended. With his own battalion and the 9th and 19th Tennessee Regiments, Colonel Maney led a charge which broke the enemy's lines, and led to his retreat to the river. General Cheatham described it "as one of the most brilliant, as it was certainly one of the most decisively successful, movements of the day." On the 7th, Colonel Maney was ordered to re-enforce Brigadier General J. M. Withers, on the extreme right, who was being hard pressed, and with his battalion, led a charge which repelled the Federal advance. Major Hume R. Feild was in active command of the 1st Tennessee during the time Colonel Maney was acting as a brigade commander, and was highly commended for his efficiency.
In the reorganization following the battle Colonel Maney was promoted to brigadier general and continued in command of the 2nd Brigade, which on June 30, consisted of the 1st, 6th, 9th and 27th Tennessee Regiments, and Smith's Mississippi Battery. General Maney continued in command of the brigade until August 31, 1864, when he was given leave of absence on a surgeon's certificate of disability.
From Corinth, the army withdrew to Tupelo, Mississippi, and moved from Tupelo to Chattanooga, Tennessee. The brigade left Tupelo July 11, 1862, via Mobile, Montgomery, and Atlanta for Chattanooga. After only a brief pause, it left Chattanooga on August 19 for General Bragg's invasion of Kentucky, reaching Harrodsburg, Kentucky, October 6. The regiment suffered heavy casualties in the Battle of Perryville on October 8, 1862, losing more than half of its men in killed, wounded, and missing.
As part of General Bragg's army it retreated into Tennessee, reaching Muifreesboro in November, 1862. It was again heavily engaged at the Battle of Murfreesboro December 31, 1862.
Following this battle, in January, 1863, by order of General Bragg, the regiment was consolidated with the remnants of the 27th Tennessee Regiment to form the 1st/27th Consolidated Regiment. This was a field organization, and the regiments continued to be mustered separately except for one period of about two months, when there exists a muster roll of the lst/27th Consolidated. This field organization continued until the end of the war under the command of Colonel Hume R. Feild. The consolidated regiment was placed in Mane/s Brigade, Major General B. F. Cheatham's Division, Lieutenant General William J. Hardee's Corps.
It remained in camp around Shelbyville till July, 1863, when the army retreated to Chattanooga. There was little activity until the Battle of Chickamauga, September 18 to 20, 1863, where the regiment did valiant service. After Chickamauga, it was placed for a few weeks in Major General William H. T. Walker's Division for an expedition into East Tennessee. It returned in time to participate in the Battle of Missionary Ridge, still in Walker's Division, and helped cover the retreat to Dalton, Georgia, which it reached November 27, 1863.
In February, 1864, again in Cheatham's Division, the regiment was ordered to Mississippi to re-enforce Lieutenant General Leonidas Polk, but after reaching Demopolis, Alabama it was returned to Dalton, Georgia, At Resaca, Georgia May 16, Maney's Brigade was attached to Major General Alexander P. Stewart's Division, but was in Cheatham's Division again on the 17th at Adairsville, Georgia. At New Hope Church, May 26, Maney's Brigade was sent with Major General William B. Bate's Division to engage the enemy near Dallas, Georgia, but returned to Cheatham's Division the next day. It held the fort in the famous "Dead Angle" in the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain June 27. After Jonesboro, when General Joseph E. Johnston was replaced in command of the Army by Leutenant General John B. Hood, the regiment went with Hood back into Tennessee, taking part in the Battles of Franklin and Nashville, in November and Decemher, 1864. General Maney had relinquished command of the brigade August 31, 1864, and Colonel Hume R. Feild was in command of the brigade at the batile of Nashville. The brigade at this time consisted of the 4th Confederate, the 6th, 9th, and 50th Tennessee, 1st/27t~ Consolidated, 8th, 16th and 28th Tennessee Infantry Regiments.
After the defeat at Nashville, the army fell back across the Tennessee river, and the regiment halted at West Point, Mississippi for a short while. Then, after a long and tedious journey through Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina, it joined General Joseph E. Johnston at Bentonville, North Carolina where it was again engaged. In the final reorganization of Johnston's Army in April, 1865, the lst/27th was consolidated with the 6th, 8th, 9th, 16th, 28th and 34th Infantry Regiments, and the 24th Battalion of Sharpshooters to form the 1st Consolidated Regiment of Tennessee Infantry. The consolidated regiment formed part of General Joseph B. Palmer's Brigade, Cheatham's Division, Hardee's Corps. After the Battle of Bentonville, the regiment was surrendered by General Joseph E. Johnston at Durham, North Carolina on April 26, 1865, and was paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina May 1, 1865. Out of nearly 1200 men on the rolls of the 1st Tennessee, only 125 officers and men were left at the final surrender.
The regiment left High Point, North Carolina May 3, 1865, and reached Nashville May 21, 1865.
27th TENNESEE INFANTRY REGIMENT
Also called 25th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
Organized September 10, 1861; reorganized May 1862; consolidated January 1, 1863 with 1st (Field's) Tennessee Infantry; formed part of Company "I", 1st Consolidated Tennessee Infantry April 9, 1865; paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina May 1, 1865.
FIELD OFFICERS Colonels-Christopher H. Williams, Blackburn H. Brown, A. W. Caldwell.
Lieutenant Colonels-B. H. Brown, William Frierson.
Majors-Samuel T. Love, John M. Taylor, A. P. Allen.
All of the companies except one changed company letters when the regiment was reorganized in May 1862. The letters used after the reorganization are shown in the list below, with prior letters indicated.
CAPTAINS-Aaron Lawler, Co. "A", formerly "E". Men from Benton County.
A. M. Johnson, R. P. Johnson, Co. "B", formerly "K". Men from McNairy County.
A. W. Caidwell, Stephen S. Sanford, M. H. Campbell, T. H. C. Peery, Co. "C" formerly "B". Men from Troy, Obion County.
C. H. Williams, William P. Timberlake, John T. Priddy, John C. Lipscomb, Co. "D". "The Felix Rebels." Men from Henderson County.
Isham G. Hearn, Jo I. Sharp, Co. "E", formerly "G". "The Decatur Tigers." Men from Decatur County.
Samuel A. Sayle, John Maynard, Thomas N. Kizer, Co. "F", formerly "I". Men from Henderson County.
John P. Burns, F. J. Wood, Co. "G", formerly "C". Men from Crockett County (then Haywood).
J. L. G. Matheny, S. M. Crabtree, I. F. Looney, J. NI. Null, Co. "H", formerly "F'. Men from Weakley and Carroll Counties.
Richard Barham, John W. Carroll, Co. "I", formerly "A". Men from Henderson County.
Blackburn H. Brown, John M. Taylor, Neill A. Senter, Co. "K", formerly "H". "The Henderson County Sharpshooters." Men from Henderson County.
Of the field officers, Colonel Williams was killed at Shiloh; Lieutenant Colonel Brown, wounded; and Major Love mortally wounded and taken prisoner. Brown became colonel, but was not re-elected at the reorganization. Major Taylor was not re-elected, and Major Allen died July 22, 1864. Major Taylor served as Captain of Company "K" until he, too, was seriously wounded at the Battle of Perryville. Colonel Caldwell and Lieutenant Colonel Frierson became supernumerary, and were transferred to other assignments when the regiment was consolidated with the 1st Tennessee.
The ten companies composing the regiment had been organized in August and September 1861. They assembled at Camp Trenton where they were organized into the 27th Tennessee Infantry Regiment, with an original strength of 833 men.
Soon after organization the regiment moved to Henderson, where it remained until after the Battle of Belmont November 7, 1861, when it was moved to Columbus, Kentucky. Here for the first time, the regiment was furnished with arms. On November 22, 1861 General Leonidas Polk, at Columbus, wrote he was ordering Williams' 27th Tennessee forward, presumably to Bowling Green, Kentucky, for on December 30, at Bowling Green, General A. S. Johnston wrote that the troops from Columbus were beginning to arrive, and mentioned the 27th, aggregate strength 580, as one that had arrived. So, without a shot having been fired, the regiment had already lost 253 men in effective strength. On January 31, 1862, the regiment was reported in Colonel John S. Bowen's Brigade, Major General Hardee's Central Army of Kentucky, with headquarters at Bowling Green, Kentucky.
The brigade at this time was composed of the 9th and lOth Arkansas, 22nd and 25th Mississippi, 1st Missouri and 27th Tennessee Infantry Regiments, plus five batteries.
While the regiment was at Bowling Green, Brigadier General Felix K. Zollicoffer was killed in the Battle of Fishing Creek, and Colonel Williams, with an escort of 100 men from the 27th Regiment was selected to convoy his body to Nashville for burial. The regiment itself moved to Nashville in February 1862, where on February 23, it was reported in Brigadier General S. A. M. Wood's Brigade, Brigadier General Gideon J. Pillow's Division. The brigade was now composed of the 7th and 16th Alabama, 8th and 9th Arkansas, 27th, 44th and 55th (McKoin's) Tennessee Infantry Regiments, 3rd Mississippi Battalion, two batteries and one cavalry company. From Nashville the brigade moved to Corinth, Mississippi, in preparation for the Battle of Shiloh April 6-7, 1862. In this battle, the brigade, with 7th Alabama Regiment gone, and Avery's Georgia Dragoons and Harper's Battery added, was in Hardee's Corps. General Wood's report stated the 27th started the day with 350 muskets. At the end of the second day, Colonel Williams had been killed, Lieutenant Colonel Brown severely wounded, Major Love mortally wounded and taken prisoner. Total casualties were 142 killed and wounded and 48 missing, over half the force with which they had started the battle.
On April 26, 1862, the 27th, still in Wood's Brigade, reported only 226 effectives, a loss of nearly three fourths of its original strength in a little over seven months. At this time the brigade was composed of the 16th Alabama, 8th Arkansas, 33rd Mississippi, 27th and 44th Tennessee Infantry Regiments, a Mississippi battery and Avery's Cavalry.
After the Battle of Shiloh, Lieutenant Colonel Brown was promoted to colonel, A. W. Caldwell elected lieutenant colonel and John M. Taylor major. At the reorganization in May 1862, Caldwell became colonel; William Frierson lieutenant colonel; and A. P. Allen major. The reorganized regiment was placed in Major General Benjamin F. Cheatham's Division, Brigadier General George Maney's Brigade, composed of 1st (Feild's), 6th, 9th, 27th Tennessee Infantry Regiments and Smith's Battery. From this time to the final surrender, the 27th remained in Maney's Brigade, although the brigade underwent many changes in structure.
The brigade was part of General Bragg's Army in the invasion of Kentucky, participating in the capture of Munfordville, Kentucky, and the Battle of Perryville on October 8, 1862. At this time, the 41st Georgia Regiment was reported as a member of the brigade. The 27th, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Frierson and Major Allen, reported 210 men in action, with 112 killed, wounded, and missing.
There followed the retreat into Tennessee and the Battle of Murfreesboro on December 31, 1862. Here the 4th Confederate Infantry and Maney's 24th Sharpshooter Battalion had been added to the brigade, and the lst/27th and 6th/~h consolidated into field units. The lst/27th, commanded by Colonel Hume R. Feild, reported 457 engaged, with 83 casualties.
In January, 1863, by order of General Bragg, the consolidation of the 1st and 27th Regiments was made permanent, and from this time until the end of the war the regiments served as a unit, although separate muster rolls were maintained. The 1st supplied Companies "A" "C" "D", "E", "F", "G", and "H", and the 27th "B"', "I", and "K", of the lst/27th Consolidated Regiment. Field officers were Colonel Feild and Lieutenant Colonel John House, of the First, and Major A. P. Allen of the 27th.
The subsequent history of the consolidated regiment may be found in the history of the 1st (Feild's) Tennessee Infantry Regiment. Major Allen was killed in the fighting around Atlanta on July 22, 1864.
In the organization of General Joseph E. Johnston's Army at Smithfield, North Carolina, March 31, 1865, Maney's Brigade, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Christopher C. McKinney was composed of lst/27th, commanded by Lieutenant James Lee, and 8th/ l6th/28th Tennessee Infantry Regiments, commanded by Major W. G. Burford. In the final reorganization of the Army, April 9, 1865, the 1st, 6th, 8th, 9th, 16th, 27th, 28th, 34th Tennessee Infantry Regiments and 24th Sharpshooter Battalion constituted the 1st Consolidated Tennessee Infantry Regiment, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Oliver A. Bradshaw, of Brigadier General Joseph B. Palmer's Brigade, Cheatham's Division. The 27th formed part of Company "I" of this regiment, which was surrendered and paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina May 1, 1865.
Major John M. Taylor, of the 27th, in Lindsley's Annals, reported that at Corinth, Mississippi, after the retreat from Nashville in December 1864, General Hood furloughed all the West Tennessee troops for thirty days, and that some who did not return in time for the move to North Carolina, reported to Lieutenant General Richard Taylor in Mississippi, and surrendered with his forces in May, 1865, the last of the Confederate forces east of

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