Tennessee State Library and Archives US Army Units Organized at Camp Nelson during the Civil WarThe US Army organized, recruited, and trained 16 units at Camp Nelson during the Civil War, including 8 White units featuring Kentucky, Tennessee and Veteran Reserve Corps Troops, and 8 United States Colored Troops [USCT] regiments, the largest Black recruitment site in Kentucky and the third largest in the United States. White Regiments8th Tennessee Infantry Regiment, Companies E-KOrganized: November 11, 1862 – August 11, 1863, Mustered Out: June 30, 1865 Colonel Felix A. Reeve 8th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment Organized: August 1863, Mustered Out: September 11, 1865 Colonel Samuel K. N. Patton 9th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, Companies B and C Organized: August 13, 1863, Mustered Out: September 11, 1865 Colonel Joseph H. Parsons 49th Kentucky Mounted Infantry Regiment Organized: September 19, 1863, Mustered Out: December 26, 1864 Colonel John G. Eve 11th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, Companies A-D Organized: May-October 1863, Mustered Out: January 9, 1865 Colonel Isham Young 1st Kentucky Light Artillery Regiment, Battery E Organized: October-December 1863, Mustered Out: August 1, 1865 Captain John J. Hawe 47th Kentucky Mounted Infantry Regiment Organized: October 5, 1863 –January 1864, Mustered Out: April 12, 1865 Colonel Andrew H. Clark Veteran Reserve Corps, 2nd Battalion, 74th Company Organized: October 8, 1863, Mustered Out: Between August 4 and November 20, 1865 Captain Richard M. Voorhees 
Paul Russinoff United States Colored Troops [USCT]13th United States Colored Heavy Artillery Organized: June 23, 1864, Mustered Out: November 18, 1865 Colonel Jacob T. Foster 114th United States Colored Infantry Organized: July 4, 1864, Mustered Out: April 2, 1867 Colonel Thomas D. Sedgwick 116th United States Colored Infantry Organized: July 6-12, 1864, Mustered Out: January 17, 1867 Colonel William W. Woodward 12th United States Colored Heavy Artillery Organized: July 15, 1864, Mustered Out: April 24, 1866 Colonel Norman S. Andrews 5th United States Colored Cavalry Regiment Organized: October 24, 1864, Mustered Out: March 20, 1866 Colonel James S. Brisbin 6th United States Colored Cavalry Regiment Organized: October 24, 1864, Mustered Out: April 15, 1866 Colonel James F. Wade 124th United States Colored Infantry Organized: January 1-April 27, 1865, Mustered Out: December 20, 1867 Colonel Frederick H. Bierbower 119th United States Colored Infantry Organized: January 18-May 16, 1865, Mustered Out: April 27, 1866 Colonel Charles G. Bartlett |
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