42nd regiment, tennessee infantry
This unit history was extracted from Tennesseans in the Civil War, Vol 1. The 42nd U.S. Two companies, Jamisons and Gordons, were ordered immediately to guard the bridges south of Bowling Green, Kentucky. American Civil War Regiments (Confederate): Tennessee 42nd Infantry (Tennessee) per family oral history and U.S. Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 Contact Name: Vicki Ramirez Contact Email: Click for E-mail Date Added: 8/21/2012 Company A John A. Wills - Unknown No Comments Contact Name: sheila moore Contact Email: Click for E-mail Date Added: 2/1/2011 Company B On December 27, 1862, Lieutenant General 3. 46th Tennessee Infantry Regiment - Tennessee & the Civil War - TNGenWeb James E. Bailey (to colonel), Thomas M. Atkins (to major), Robert A. Wilson, Co. A. 40th Tennessee Infantry (5th Confederate Infantry, Walker's Regiment, Volunteers) 41st Infantry 42nd Infantry 43rd Tennessee Infantry (5th East Tennessee Volunteers, Gillespie's Regiment) 44th Tennessee Infantry Regiment 45th Tennessee Infantry Regiment 46th Infantry 47th Tennessee Infantry Regiment 48th (Voorhies') Tennessee Infantry The regiment was released on parole at Vicksburg, September 26, 1862, and declared exchanged November 10, 1862. On October 31, seven companies under Lieutenant Colonel Putnam were reported at Chattanooga. It was captured, and in September, 1862, was exchanged at Vicksburg, and soon reorganized at Clinton, Miss. Men from Bedford County. During a lull in the fighting he met his brother, Col. William B. Bate, and while talking over the battle, was in the act of giving Co. Bate a light from his cigar when he was mortally wounded. It was composed of four Alabama, four Tennessee, and two Mississippi companies. This unit history was extracted from Tennesseans in the Civil War, Vol 1. In the afternoon of the 15th of February, the 49th and one battalion of the 50th were called to help repel an assault on Brigadier General Simon B. Buckners position. The rest of the regiment was ordered to Port Hudson, Louisiana, arriving there on October 27, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, XIV Corps to October 1863. The recruits came from Gwinnett, De Kalb, Newton, Walton, Fulton, and Calhoun counties, from the Atlanta area. On September 13, 1861, the regiment was transferred to Colonel J. G. Walkers Brigade, stationed at Fredericksburg, along with the 1st Arkansas and the 12th North Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiments. January - February - Ordered to Kentucky, and duty at Henderson, Calhoun and Owensboro, Kentucky, February 10-25 - Advance on Nashville, Tennessee, March 28-April 11 - Occupation of Shelbyville and Fayetteville and advance on Huntsville, Alabama, April 29 - Advance on and capture of Decatur, Alabama, August 27-September 26 - Action at West Bridge near Bridgeport. On March 1, 1865, the 1st Colored Brigade, Army of the Cumberland, was formed under Colonel T. J. Morgan. Marshall, Co. D formerly A, also called G. . At Shiloh, the regiment was placed in Brigadier General Patrick R. Cleburnes Brigade, together with the 15th Arkansas, the 6th Mississippi, the 5th (later 35th), 23rd, and 24th Tennessee Infantry regiments. The field officers were sent to Fort Warren, Massachusetts, the line officers to Johnsons Island, Illinois and the enlisted men to Camp Douglas, Chicago. Men from Maury County. It participated in the stubborn contest at Nashville, and moved south with the army, and finally surrendered in North Carolina in April, 1865.Company A - Men from Hickman County.Company B - Men from Hickman County.Company C - Men from Cheatham County.Company D - Men from Humphreys County.Company E - An Alabama company.Company F - An Alabama company.Company G - "The Perry Blues."