CONFEDERATE TENNESSEE TROOPS
19th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry
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19th Infantry Regiment was assembled at Knoxville, Tennessee, during May and June, 1861, and
entered Confederate service at Cumberland Gap. The men were recruited in the counties of
Hamilton, Sullivan, Washington, Rhea, Knox, Polk, McMinn, and Hawkins. It fought at Fishing Creek, Shiloh, and Baton Rouge, and after serving in the
Vicksburg area joined the Army of Tennessee. The 19th was assigned to Stewart's, Strahl's, and
Palmer's Brigade, and participated in the difficult campaigns of the army from Murfreesboro
to Atlanta. Later it moved with
Hood back to Tennessee and saw action in North Carolina. During September, 1861, it had 812
men present for duty, reported 34 casualties at Fishing Creek, and lost about twenty-five percent
of the 400 at Shiloh and thirty-three percent of the 380 at Murfreesboro. The regiment suffered
94 casualties of the 242 engaged at Chickamauga, had 34 disabled at Chattanooga, and in December,
1863, totalled 195 men and 119 arms. On April 26, 1865, it surrendered with 64 men. The field
officers were Colonels David H. Cummings, Carrick W. Heiskell, and Francis M. Walker;
Lieutenant Colonels James G. Deadrick and Beriah F. Moore; and Majors Abraham Fulkerson
and Rufus A. Jarnagin.
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