13th Tennessee Infantry Regiment

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The 13th Tennessee Infantry Regiment, commonly known as the "Thirteenth Tennessee", was a line infantry formation of the Confederate States Army in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.

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The regiment saw service at the battles of Shiloh, Chickamauga, and Franklin. [1] Company I captured the national colors of the 57th Indiana Infantry Regiment at the Battle of Franklin on November 30, 1864. It was returned to the 57th Indiana at their reunion in Kokomo on September 23, 1885. [2]

Regimental order of battle

Units of the 13th Tennessee Infantry Regiment included:

Field Officers

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References

  1. "13th Tennessee Infantry Regiment". Civil War Reference. Archived from the original on September 29, 2011. Retrieved June 23, 2011.
  2. Crook, Wiley M. (1917). Autobiography and Reminiscenses.

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