CONFEDERATE TENNESSEE TROOPS
44th Consolidated Regiment, Tennessee Infantry
- Overview:
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44th Infantry Regiment, organized at Camp Trousdale, Tennessee, in December, 1861, contained
men from Coffee, Grundy, Franklin, Lincoln, and Bedford counties. The unit fought at Shiloh
and
lost seventy-four percent of the 470 engaged. On April 19, 1862, the 55th (McKoin's) Regiment,
which also suffered heavy losses, merged into the 44th. It now had a force of 489 effectives.
After fighting at Munfordville
and Perryville
it was assigned to General B.R. Johnson's Brigade,
Army of Tennessee. During November, 1863, the unit was consolidated with the 25th Regiment.
It participated in the Battles of Murfreesboro
and Chickamauga, was
active in the Knoxville
Campaign, then joined the Army of Northern Virginia. The regiment went on to fight at Drewry's Bluff, was active in the Petersburg
trenches north of the James River, and ended the war at Appomattox. It lost thirty-four
percent of the 509 engaged at Murfreesboro and thirty-eight
percent of the 294 at Chickamauga. The 25th/44th sustained 95 casualties of the 259 at Drewry's
Bluff. This regiment, attached to General McComb's Brigade, surrendered 5 officers and 53 men.
The field officers were Colonels John S. Fulton, John H. Kelly, and Coleman A. McDaniel;
Lieutenant Colonels John L. McEwen, Jr. and Henry S. Shied; and Majors Gibson M. Crawford,
Henry C. Ewin, and James M. Johnson.
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