CONFEDERATE TENNESSEE TROOPS
43rd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Gillespie's) (5th East Tennessee Volunteers)
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43rd Infantry Regiment [also called 5th East Tennessee Volunteer Regiment] was organized at
Knoxville, Tennessee, during December, 1861. Its members were recruited in the counties of
Polk, Rhea, Meigs, Bledsoe, Hawkins, Roane, Jefferson, McMinn, Bradley, and Hamilton. It
moved to Virginia, Kentucky, then Mississippi where it was assigned to A.W. Reynolds' Brigade
in the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. The unit fought at Champion's Hill and Big Black River Bridge, then
was captured in the fight for Vicksburg. After being exchanged
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reorganized as mounted infantry, it was attached to General Vaughn's Brigade and during April,
1864, contained 215 effectives. It joined General Early in the Valley of Virginia and was active in
the battles and skirmishes of his campaign. Later the regiment fought at Russellville in Tennessee,
returned to Virginia, moved to North Carolina where it joined President Davis' escort, and ended
the war at Washington, Georgia, in May, 1865, with a force of 123 men. The field officers were
Colonel James W. Gillespie, Lieutenant Colonel David M. Key, and Majors Lawson Guthrie and
William H. McKamy.
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