CONFEDERATE TENNESSEE TROOPS
11th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry
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11th Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Cheatham, Tennessee, in May, 1861. Its
companies were recruited in the following counties: Humphreys, Dickson, Davidson, Cheatham,
Robertson, and Hickman. In July the unit contained 880 effectives, moved to Kentucky, then
skirmished at Cumberland Gap and Tazewell. Later it joined the Army of Tennessee and served
in P.Smith's, Vaughan's, and Palmer's Brigade. The 11th participated in the campaigns of the
army from Murfreesboro
to Atlanta, endured Hood's
winter operations, and fought in North
Carolina. It reported 8 killed, 64 wounded, and 11 missing at Murfreesboro and 8 killed and 44
wounded at Chickamauga.
In December, 1863, it totalled 340 men and 267 arms. After the
Atlanta Campaign the regiment was consolidated with the 29th Regiment and was included in the
surrender on April 26, 1865. Its commanders were Colonels George W. Gordon, James A. Long,
and James E. Rains; Lieutenant Colonels Thomas P. Bateman, William Thedford, and Howell
Webb; and Majors John E. Binns, William Green, Hugh R. Lucas, and Philip Van Horn
Weems.
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