CONFEDERATE TENNESSEE TROOPS
59th Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry (Cooke's) (Eakin's 1st Battalion)
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59th Infantry Regiment was organized in June, 1862, using the 1st (Eakin's) Tennessee Infantry Battalion as its nucleus. Its members were from the counties of McMinn, Monroe, Carter, Knox, Grainger, Hamblen, and Polk. For a time the unit served at Cumberland and Big Creek Gaps, then was assigned to A.W.Reynolds' Brigade, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. It fought in the Vicksburg Campaign and was captured on July 4, 1863. After being exchanged and reorganized as mounted infantry, the regiment was placed under the command of General Vaughn. It went on to take part in the operations around Knoxville and in May, 1864, an inspection report showed the 59th with 241 present. The unit participated in the Shenandoah Valley Campaign, and during the spring of 1865 it disbanded in Southwestern Virginia. The field officers were Colonels James B. Cooke and William L. Eakin, Lieutenant Colonel James P. Brown, and Majors Chares M. Alexander and James F. Love.
Predecessor unit:
1st (Eakin's) Infantry Battalion [also called East Tennessee Battalion] was organized in February, 1862, with five companies. Its numbers gradually increased, and in June it became the 59th Tennessee Infantry Regiment. The unit was commanded by Major W.L. Eakin.
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