CONFEDERATE TENNESSEE TROOPS
61st Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry (Pitts') (81st Infantry)
OVERVIEW: 61st Infantry Regiment [also called 81st Regiment] was organized at Henderson Mills, Tennessee, during October, 1862. The men were from Greene, Sullivan, Jefferson, Grainger, and Claiborne. It was soon assigned to General Vaughn's Brigade and remained there throughout the war. Serving in the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, the unit moved to Jackson, fought at Chickasaw Bayou, then had 400 men captured at Big Black River Bridge. The rest of the regiment (112 men) marched to Vicksburg and were captured on July 4, 1863. Exchanged and reorganized as mounted infantry, it fought in the Knoxville operations and in the Valley of Virginia. Later it moved to North Carolina, then Georgia where the unit disbanded during the spring of 1865. The field officers were Colonels Fountain E. Pitts and James G. Rose, Lieutenant Colonel James P. Snapp, and Major I. Nathan Dodd.
SOLDIERS:View Regiment's Soldiers »
John's parents were David & Lydia Presley (Tenn)
Children of John & Charlotte
Rufus R Presley
1862 –
Bettie Presley
1868 –
Melissa Presley
1871 –
George Presley
1874 –
Eddie Presley
1877 –
George Presley
1879 –
Edward Presley
1881 –
BATTLE UNIT NAME:4th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry
SIDE:Union
COMPANY:A
SOLDIER'S RANK IN:Private
SOLDIER'S RANK OUT:Private
ALTERNATE NAME:
FILM NUMBER:M392 ROLL 12
PLAQUE NUMBER:
NOTES: none
61st Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry (Pitts') (81st Infantry)
OVERVIEW: 61st Infantry Regiment [also called 81st Regiment] was organized at Henderson Mills, Tennessee, during October, 1862. The men were from Greene, Sullivan, Jefferson, Grainger, and Claiborne. It was soon assigned to General Vaughn's Brigade and remained there throughout the war. Serving in the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, the unit moved to Jackson, fought at Chickasaw Bayou, then had 400 men captured at Big Black River Bridge. The rest of the regiment (112 men) marched to Vicksburg and were captured on July 4, 1863. Exchanged and reorganized as mounted infantry, it fought in the Knoxville operations and in the Valley of Virginia. Later it moved to North Carolina, then Georgia where the unit disbanded during the spring of 1865. The field officers were Colonels Fountain E. Pitts and James G. Rose, Lieutenant Colonel James P. Snapp, and Major I. Nathan Dodd.
SOLDIERS:View Regiment's Soldiers »
John's parents were David & Lydia Presley (Tenn)
Children of John & Charlotte
Rufus R Presley
1862 –
Bettie Presley
1868 –
Melissa Presley
1871 –
George Presley
1874 –
Eddie Presley
1877 –
George Presley
1879 –
Edward Presley
1881 –
BATTLE UNIT NAME:4th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry
SIDE:Union
COMPANY:A
SOLDIER'S RANK IN:Private
SOLDIER'S RANK OUT:Private
ALTERNATE NAME:
FILM NUMBER:M392 ROLL 12
PLAQUE NUMBER:
NOTES: none
CONFEDERATE TENNESSEE TROOPS
61st Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry (Pitts') (81st Infantry)
OVERVIEW: 61st Infantry Regiment [also called 81st Regiment] was organized at Henderson Mills, Tennessee, during October, 1862. The men were from Greene, Sullivan, Jefferson, Grainger, and Claiborne. It was soon assigned to General Vaughn's Brigade and remained there throughout the war. Serving in the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, the unit moved to Jackson, fought at Chickasaw Bayou, then had 400 men captured at Big Black River Bridge. The rest of the regiment (112 men) marched to Vicksburg and were captured on July 4, 1863. Exchanged and reorganized as mounted infantry, it fought in the Knoxville operations and in the Valley of Virginia. Later it moved to North Carolina, then Georgia where the unit disbanded during the spring of 1865. The field officers were Colonels Fountain E. Pitts and James G. Rose, Lieutenant Colonel James P. Snapp, and Major I. Nathan Dodd.
SOLDIERS:View Regiment's Soldiers »
John's parents were David & Lydia Presley (Tenn)
Children of John & Charlotte
Rufus R Presley
1862 –
Bettie Presley
1868 –
Melissa Presley
1871 –
George Presley
1874 –
Eddie Presley
1877 –
George Presley
1879 –
Edward Presley
1881 –
BATTLE UNIT NAME:4th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry
SIDE:Union
COMPANY:A
SOLDIER'S RANK IN:Private
SOLDIER'S RANK OUT:Private
ALTERNATE NAME:
FILM NUMBER:M392 ROLL 12
PLAQUE NUMBER:
NOTES: none
61st Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry (Pitts') (81st Infantry)
OVERVIEW: 61st Infantry Regiment [also called 81st Regiment] was organized at Henderson Mills, Tennessee, during October, 1862. The men were from Greene, Sullivan, Jefferson, Grainger, and Claiborne. It was soon assigned to General Vaughn's Brigade and remained there throughout the war. Serving in the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, the unit moved to Jackson, fought at Chickasaw Bayou, then had 400 men captured at Big Black River Bridge. The rest of the regiment (112 men) marched to Vicksburg and were captured on July 4, 1863. Exchanged and reorganized as mounted infantry, it fought in the Knoxville operations and in the Valley of Virginia. Later it moved to North Carolina, then Georgia where the unit disbanded during the spring of 1865. The field officers were Colonels Fountain E. Pitts and James G. Rose, Lieutenant Colonel James P. Snapp, and Major I. Nathan Dodd.
SOLDIERS:View Regiment's Soldiers »
John's parents were David & Lydia Presley (Tenn)
Children of John & Charlotte
Rufus R Presley
1862 –
Bettie Presley
1868 –
Melissa Presley
1871 –
George Presley
1874 –
Eddie Presley
1877 –
George Presley
1879 –
Edward Presley
1881 –
BATTLE UNIT NAME:4th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry
SIDE:Union
COMPANY:A
SOLDIER'S RANK IN:Private
SOLDIER'S RANK OUT:Private
ALTERNATE NAME:
FILM NUMBER:M392 ROLL 12
PLAQUE NUMBER:
NOTES: none
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