CONFEDERATE TENNESSEE TROOPS
42nd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry
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42nd Infantry Regiment was formed at Camp Cheatham, Tennessee, in November, 1861, with
five Tennessee and five Alabama companies. At the reorganization in 1862, the five Alabama
companies were transferred to the 6th (Norwood's) Alabama Infantry Battalion which later
merged into the 55th Alabama Regiment. Four Tennessee companies from the 1st Alabama,
Tennessee, and Mississippi Regiment and one Florida company then joined the 42nd. The unit
was captured in the fight at Fort
Donelson
and after the exchange became part of Maxey's
Brigade in the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. It was stationed at Port Hudson,
moved to Jackson, and in September, 1863, assigned to Quarles' Brigade, Department of the
Gulf. During the spring of 1864 the regiment joined the Army of Tennessee at Dalton with 169
effectives. It went on to participate in the Atlanta
Campaign, Hood's Tennessee operations, and
the North Carolina Campaign. Very few were included in the surrender on April 26, 1865. The
field officers were Colonels Isaac N. Hulme and William A. Quarles; Lieutenant Colonels Levi
McCollum, John H. Norwood, and Isaac B. Walton; and Major Josiah R. Hubbard.
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