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This Regiment was organized
November 9, 1861, under Colonel J.W. Forsyth, who having declined, Colonel
J. Ferguson took command. Lieutenant Colonels McIlvaine, Brown and Wolf
were afterwards promoted - the former falling in battle at Rocky Face
Ridge, May 9, 1864. The Regiment took the field in December, moving
into Kentucky and then to Nashville. It participated in the second day’s
battle at Shiloh, and the siege of Corinth, and after the evacuation
moved into Northern Alabama. In August it joined the race with Bragg
to Louisville, and again returned to Nashville. The Regiment participated
in the battles of Stone River and Chickamauga, sustaining a loss of
nearly 200 men. It stormed Mission Ridge and marched to the relief of
Knoxville. In the spring of 1864 it joined the Atlanta campaign, fighting
all the way to Jonesboro, and followed Hood north to Nashville, taking
active part in the battles of Franklin and Nashville. It joined in the
pursuit of Hood southward, and after the close of hostilities in Tennessee
it moved to New Orleans and then to Texas, where it remained until muster
out December 3, 1865.
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