CONFEDERATE TENNESSEE TROOPS
55th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (McKoin's)
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55th (McKoin's) Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Weakley, near Nashville, Tennessee, in January, 1862. Its members were from the counties of Bedford, Sumner, Lincoln, Davidson, Rutherford, Macon, Smith, and Williamson. Attached to General Wood's Brigade it fought at Shiloh with a force of 280 men. It suffered heavy casualties and in April merged into the 44th Tennessee Infantry Regiment. The field officers were Colonel James L. McKoin, Lieutenant Colonel Wiley M. Reed, and Major B.A. James.
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