CONFEDERATE TENNESSEE TROOPS
Morton's Company, Tennessee Light Artillery
- Overview:
- Porter's-Morton's Battery was organized in July, 1861, and entered Confederate service in September at Nashville, Tennessee. The unit was captured at Fort Donelson and reported 31 killed and wounded of the 48 engaged. After being exchanged and reorganized, it was attached to Forrest's Cavalry. It fought at Chickamauga, Okolona, Brice's Cross Roads, Harrisburg, and Athens, then supported General Hood's invasion of Tennessee. The company later moved to Mississippi and then Alabama. It was included in the surrender on May 4, 1865, and commanded by Captains John W. Morton and Thomas K. Porter.
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