CONFEDERATE FLORIDA TROOPS
6th Regiment, Florida Infantry
- Overview:
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6th Infantry Regiment, organized at Chattahoochee, Florida, in March, 1862, contained
men from Gadsden, Jackson, Union, Collier, and Washington counties. During April the unit had
31 officers and 511 men, and soon moved to East Tennessee. Later it was assigned to Colonel
R.C. Trigg's, and General Finley's and J.A. Smith's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. It served on
many battlefields from Chickamauga to Atlanta, was active in Tennessee with
Hoods, and ended the war in North Carolina. This regiment reported 35 killed and 130 wounded
at Chickamauga and in December, 1863, totalled 214 men and 133 arms. Only a remnant
surrendered in April, 1863. The field officers were Colonels Jesse J. Finley, Daniel L. Kenan, and
Angus D. McLean, and Lieutenant Colonel Robert H.M. Davidson.
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