13th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry

United States  U.S. Military   Tennessee    Tennessee Military   Tennessee in the Civil War 13th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry

Brief History
The 13th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry was organized at Jackson, Tennessee, in June, 1861. Few were included in the surrender on April 26, 1865.

Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.


 * Company A - Fayette Rifle Grays
 * Company B - Macon Grays
 * Company C - Secession Guards - organized at Germantown, Tennessee
 * Company D - Yorkville Rifles
 * Company E - Dixie Rifles - composed in part of Mississippians and in part of Tennesseans, organized at Moscow, Tennessee
 * Company F - Wright Boys
 * Company G - Gain's Invincibles
 * Company H - Yancey Rifles
 * Company I - Forky Deer Vounteers
 * Company K - Dyer Grays

Other Sources

 * Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier or sailor. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in 'Tennessee in the Civil War' and 'United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865' (see below).


 * National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.


 * Tennessee in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Tennessee, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.
 * MORTALLY SMITTEN CONFEDERATE INFANTRYMEN OF THE 27th AND 13th INFANTRY REGIMENTS, CIVIL WAR, Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith, (accessed 26 Sep 2011). The information for these listings was taken by the present writer from the "Compiled Military Service Records, Confederate.