8th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Union)

Historical Notes:
The 8th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry was organized at Camp Dick Robinson and Camp Nelson, Ky., November 11, 1862, to August 11, 1363. The Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 48 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 226 Enlisted men by disease. Total 277. Officers:

Colonel:

Felix A. Reeve

Lieutenant Colonels:

Isham Young

George D. La Vergne

Majors:

George D. La Vergne

William S. Barnett

Assignments:
Attached to District of Central Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to July, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, to August, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to September, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Left Wing Forces, 23rd Army Corps, to January, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to February, 1865. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, to June, 1865. Battles:
Duty at Nicholasville, Ky., Camp Dick Robinson, Camp Nelson and Lexington, Ky., till August, 1863. Burnside's Campaign in East Tennessee August 16-October 17. At Greenville till September 19. Carter's Depot September 20-21. Jonesborough September 21. Watauga River September 25. At Bull's Gap and Jonesborough till December. About Dandridge January 16-17, 1864. Strawberry Plains January 22. Duty in East Tennessee till April. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May to September, 1864. Demonstrations on Dalton May 5-13. Rocky Face Ridge May 8-11. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Cartersville May 20. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas , New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Muddy Creek June 17. Allatoona June 18. Noyes Creek June 19. Cheyney's Farm June 22. Olley's Farm June 26-27. Assault in Kennesaw , June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Chattahoochie River July 6-17. Buckhead, Nancy's Creek, July 18. Peach Tree Creek July 19-30. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 5-7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Pursuit of Hood into Alabama October 3-26. Nashville Campaign November and December. Columbia , Duck River, November 24-27. Columbia Ford November 28-29. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. At Clifton, Tenn., till January 15, 1865. Movement to Washington, D. C., thence to North Carolina January 15-February 9. Operations against Hoke February 11-14. Fort Anderson February 18. Town Creek February 20. Capture of Wilmington February 22. Campaign or the Carolinas March 1-April 26. Advance on Goldsboro March 6-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 21. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Duty at Raleigh and in the Dept. of North Carolina till June. Mustered out June 30, 1865. Rosters:
The roster of this unit contains the names of 542 men.

William C. Shelton, Co. "A". Mustered in at Camp Dick Robinson, May 16, 1863. Men from Scott and Hamilton Counties. Transferred from Colonel William Clift's 7th East Tennessee Volunteer Infantry in accordance with order dated December 22, 1862.

William S. Barnett, John A. Bowers, Co. "B". Mustered in at Camp Dick Robinson, May 15, 1863; men mostly from Greene, Hawkins and Cocke Counties.

William S. Bewley, Thomas Bible, Co. "C". Mustered in at Camp Dick Robinson, May 13, 1863; men from Greene, Cocke, Union, Jefferson, Hancock, Carter and Claiborne Counties.

Alfred Couch, Co. "D". Mustered in at Camp Dick Robinson, May 15, 1863; men from Greene, Cocke and Hawkins Counties.

Lemuel Bible (1st Lt.), Co. "E" Mustered in at Camp Nelson, June 30, 1863; men from Cocke, Greene, Hawkins, Washington, Anderson, Carter and Sullivan Counties.

No record of Co. "F". The muster-in-roll of a detachment of men commanded by 1st Sergeant James M. Friels for the 8th Tennessee bore a note that the company was transferred from the 7th East Tennessee Volunteers in accordance with order dated December 22, 1862. The detachment was described as Captain James Wilson's Company of the 8th East Tennessee Infantry. There was a Captain Wilson in the 7th Tennessee Infantry, and this detachment may have been the nucleus of Co. "F", of which there is no other record.

James W. Berry, Co. "G". Mustered in at Camp Nelson, June 30, 1863; men from Hawkins, Greene, and other East Tennessee Counties.

William K. Byrd, Co. "H". Mustered in at Camp Nelson, August 11, 1863; men from Hawkins and Greene Counties.

George W. Graham, Co. "I". Mustered in at Camp Nelson, August 11, 1863; men from Hancock, Hawkins, Grainger, and Union Counties.

James H. Kinser, Robert A. Ragan, Co. "K". Mustered in at Camp Nelson, August 11, 1863; men from Cocke and Greene Counties.

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