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Submitted: 10/16/11 • Approved: 10/17/11 • Last Updated: 9/11/12 • R601321-G0-S3
PRIVATE CSA
Company E 8 Tennessee Infantry
Civil War Confederate
1848 - July 17, 1918
CC NOTE: The following information was obtained from: http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.cfm
J.W. Gates
Regiment Name 8 Tennessee Infantry.
Side Confederate
Company E
Soldier's Rank_In Private
Soldier's Rank_Out Private
Film Number M231 roll 16
8th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry
8th Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Trousdale, Sumner County, Tennessee, in May, 1861. Its members were recruited in the counties of Smith, Overton, Lincoln, Fentress, Putnam, Jackson, Moore, and Marshall. Ordered to Virginia, the unit arrived at Huntersville in July with 887 men. Assigned to D.S. Donelson's Brigade, it participated in Lee's Cheat Mountain Campaign, then was sent to Port Royal, South Carolina. During the spring of 1862, it moved west, fought at Corinth, Munfordville, and Perryville, then joined the Army of Tennessee. During the war it was attached to M.J. Wright's and Maney's Brigade. The 8th took an active part in the campaigns of the army from Murfreesboro to Atlanta, returned to Tennessee with Hood, and saw action in North Carolina. It reported 38 casualties at Perryville, lost sixty-five percent of the 474 engaged at Murfreesboro, and took 260 into the fight at Chickamauga. During December, 1863, it totalled 233 men and 207 arms. Only a remnant surrendered on April 26, 1865. The field officers were Colonels John H. Anderson, Alfred S. Fulton, William L. Moore, and L.W. Oglesby; Lieutenant Colonels A.G. Ewing and C.C. McKinney; and Majors W.H. Botts and William G. Burford.
Contributed on 10/16/11 by bill060
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