CONFEDERATE TENNESSEE TROOPS
49th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry
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49th Infantry Regiment, organized in December, 1861, at Fort Donelson, Tennessee, contained men recruited in Montgomery, Dickson, Robertson, Benton, and Cheatham counties. On February 16, 1862, it was captured at Fort Donelson and reported 300 engaged and 21 killed or wounded. Exchanged in November, the unit was assigned to General Maxey's Brigade in the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. For a time it served at Port Hudson, then took an active part in the fight at Jackson. Later it was attached to General Quarles' Brigade, moved to Mobile, and joined the Army of Tennessee at Missionary Ridge. The 49th participated in the Atlanta Campaign, returned to Tennessee with Hood, and saw action at Bentonville. It totalled 227 men and 220 arms in December, 1863, and there were 183 present for duty in April, 1864. The regiment lost seventy-one percent of the 129 engaged at Franklin and only a remnant ended the war in North Carolina. The field officers were Colonels James E. Bailey, David A. Lynn, and William F. Young; Lieutenant Colonels Thomas M. Atkins, Jerome B. Cording, Thomas K. Grigsby, Alfred Robb, and William A. Shaw; and Major Robert H. McClelland.
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