Improvised Tennessee Infantry Battalion

No Marker Placed

Comprised of details from the 41st, 42d, 48th, 49th, 53d, and 55th Tennessee Infantry Regiments, this battalion was attached to Maj. Gen. Franklin Gardner's 3d Military District at Port Hudson, LA, Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton's Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, and commanded by Capt. S.A. Whiteside. [Refer to Edward Cunningham's The Port Hudson Campaign, 1862 - 1863, page 127.]