Miller, Charles F.
REGIMENT NAME:1st Regiment, Tennessee Heavy Artillery (Jackson's)
SIDE:Confederate
COMPANY:KCB
SOLDIER'S RANK IN:Private
SOLDIER'S RANK OUT:Private
ALTERNATE NAME:
FILM NUMBER:M231 roll 30
Miller, John B.
REGIMENT NAME:1st Regiment, Tennessee Heavy Artillery (Jackson's)
SIDE:Confederate
COMPANY:K,C
SOLDIER'S RANK IN:Private
SOLDIER'S RANK OUT:Private
ALTERNATE NAME:
FILM NUMBER:M231 roll 30
CONFEDERATE TENNESSEE TROOPS
1st Regiment, Tennessee Heavy Artillery (Jackson's)
OVERVIEW: 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment was organized at Fort Pillow, Tennessee, in May, 1862. The men were from Memphis and Lake and Tipton counties. It was ordered to Mississippi and assigned to J.C. Moore's Brigade in the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. The regiment manned the upper batteries near Fort Hill during the long Vicksburg siege and was captured on July 4, 1863. After being exchanged in December, it moved to Fort Morgan, Alabama, during April, 1864. Serving under General Page with about 200 men, the unit was again captured in August. The field officers were Colonel Andrew Jackson, Jr., Lieutenant Colonel Robert Sterling, and Majors F.W. Hoadley and J.D. Upton
If they were " forced " into the Confederate Army they may have " changed colors " at their first opportunity. A number of Tennesseans paroled at Vicksburg came home and changed sides There is listed a John B. Miller in the Union 7th Tenn. Mounted Infantry and a Charles Miller in the Union 1st Tenn Light Artillery. Also a Charles Miller in the Union 1st Tn. Infantry and 8th Tn. Cavalry but these units made up of men from my east Tennessee.
Good luck in your research,
Glenn Land