West Tennessee was the most pro-Confederate section of Tennessee but there were a good many Unionists in West Tennessee who joined northern units when Grant came through the area before the Tennessee units were formed. The main West Tennessee Unionist regiments were the 6th and 7th Tennessee Cavalries and at least two companies of the 2nd Tennessee Mounted Infantry. Most of these men remained in West Tennessee as scouts, guards of railroads, telegraph, etc. The 13th/14th Bradford's was barely forming when it was all but eliminated at Fort Pillow and Andersonville. Members of the 13/14th not at Fort Pillow were in the 7th Tennessee Cavalry for a time at Columbus, KY but ended up in Co E 6th TN Cavalry.