58th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry

Historical Notes:
James M. Crews was authorized to raise a regiment of infantry to be called the 58th Tennessee Infantry Regiment, but failed to secure enough companies to make up a regiment, the organization having been attempted at Savannah, Hardin County, in January, 1862. Lieutenant Colonel Crews' service record shows the date of his election February 10, 1862. There are no muster rolls of the organization on file; the information given hereafter is from personal papers. Crews' Tennessee Infantry Battalion - Organized early 1862; after Shiloh consolidated into one company which became Company 'F", 9th (also called 5th) Kentucky Infantry Regiment, transferred to 23rd (Newman's) Tennessee Infantry Battalion as Company "B", November, 1862. Officers:
James M. Crews
Assignments:
Battles:
Shiloh
Rosters:
The roster of this unit contains the names of 3 men.

Company A - Captain J.M. Flatt -

Company B - 2nd Lieutenants William J. Thomas, Peter Pack

Company C - Captain W. H. Bradley, 1st Lieutenant E. Whitfield; 2nd Lieutenants G.W. Hudson, A.T. McDaniel

Company D - 1st Lieutenant B. Parnell, 2nd Lieutenants W. J. McGee, Giles Holt

Company E - Captain M.B. Brazelton, 1st Lieutenant William Bridges, 2nd Lieutenant William Parker -

Company F- Captain D.L. Ware, 1st Lieutenant G. W. Baines; 2nd Lieutenant J.F. Barnett and S. M. Houston

Company G - 1st Lieutenant W. J. Walker, 2nd Lieutenants T.D. Mathews, M.L. Haley

Bibliography for Research:
Crute, Joseph Units of the Confederate States Army Midlothian, VA: Derwent Books, 1987. Concise summary of the units service.

Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies...Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, The Confederate Units and the Indian Units. Westminster, MD: Willow Bend Books, 1995. (2 photocopied pages). E547S53.

Southern Historical Society The Southern Historical Society Papers. Cartersville, GA: Eastern Digital Resources, 1998.

U. S. Government Printing Office. Official Records of the American Civil War Davenport, IA. Eastern Digital Resources.

Rigdon, John C. - Editor Civil War Soldiers Service Records - Tennessee. 2012. Davenport, IA Eastern Digital Resources.