CONFEDERATE TENNESSEE TROOPS
14th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry
- Overview:
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14th Infantry Regiment was formed at Camp Duncan, near Clarksville, Tennessee, in May, 1861,
with eleven companies. However, Company F disbanded in May, 1863, and 32 men transferred
to Company E. Its members were recruited in the counties of Montgomery, Robertson, and
Stewart. Ordered to Virginia, the regiment participated in Lee's Cheat Mountain Campaign and
for a time served under T.J. Jackson. Later it was attached to General S. R. Anderson's,
Hatton's, Archer's, and McComb's Brigade. The 14th was prominent in many conflicts of the
Army of Northern Virginia from Seven Pines
to Cold Harbor, then was
active in the long Petersburg
siege south of the James River and the Appomattox
Campaign. It sustained 84 casualties during the Seven Day's Battles, 33 at Cedar Mountain, 48 at Second Manassas, 59 at Fredericksburg, and 35 at Chancellorsville. Of the 220 engaged
at Gettysburg, over fifty
percent
were disabled. The unit surrendered 6 officers and 34 men. Its field officers were Colonels
William A. Forbes and William McComb; Lieutenant Colonels Nathan Brandon, Milton G.
Gholson, G.A. Harrell, and James W. Lockert; and Majors James H. Johnson and Nathan M.
Morris.
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