The Civil War in the East

14th Tennessee Infantry Regiment

 

1861

May

Organized eleven companies at Camp Duncan, near Clarksville, Tennesse,

June 6

Organized into a regiment under Colonel William A. Forbes

June 7

Camp of Instruction

june 12

Ordered to Virginia; formed brigade with 1st and 7th Tennessee under Brig. Gen. Samuel Anderson.

September 5 - 17

Lee's Cheat Mountain Campaign

October 1

To Greenbriar

November 7

Winter quarters at Huntersville

December 10 - 27

March to Winchester

1862

January 1

Major General T. Jackson takes over in the Shenandoah Valley

January

Romney Campaign

 

Returned to Winchester, then Manassas Junction, then by rail to Fredericksburg

 

Attached to Holmes' Division at Aquia Creek

 

Moved to the Peninsula

May 7

Engagement at West Point

May 19

Engagement at Echo

May 24

Engagement at Bolton's Bridge

May 31 - June 1

Battle of Seven Pines

General Hatton is killed and General James Archer takes command of the brigade.

June 26 - 27

Battles of Mechanicsville and Gaines' Mills

The regiment lost 84 men, including Adjutant R. C. Bell mortally wounded

August 9

Battle of Cedar Run

The regiment lost 33 men, including Lieutenant Colonel G. A. Harrell, mortally wounded

August 28

Second Battle of Manassas

Lost 49 men

August 31

Centreville

September 1

Prospect Hill

September 2

Colonel Forbes dies

September 14 - 15

Siege of Harpers Ferry

September 17

Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)

Colonel McComb seriously wounded

September 21

Shepherdstown

 

Rest at Winchester, Virginia

 

Ordered to join General Longstreet at Fredericksburg

December 13

Battle of Fredericksburg

Lost 59 men

1863

May 3

Battle of Chancellorsville

Lost 35 men, including Colonel McComb, who is again seriously wounded

May 1863

Company F disbanded; 32 men transfer to Company E

July 1 - 3

Battle of Gettysburg

The regiment lost 15 killed, 37 wounded and 75 missing out of the 220 engaged

July 14

Falling Waters

July 24

Gaines' Crossroads

October 10

To Orange Crossroads

October 13

Bristoe Station

November 27

Mine Run

December

Winter quarters at Orange Courthouse

December 14

Operations around Staunton

1864

January 23

Regiment reenlists

January 25

To Mount Jackson

May 5 - 7

Battle of the Wilderness

May 12-21

Battle of Spottsylvania Courthouse

Colonel Fry takes over brigade as General Walker is wounded.

June 3

Battle of Cold Harbor

June 7

Siege of Petersburg begins

August 19

Genral Archer returns from captivity to command the brigade, but with his health shattered from prison, he dies on October 24.

October 31

Colonel Robert Mayo takes command of the brigade, followed by Colonel William McComb of the 14th Tennessee

1865

January

Colone McComb promoted to brigadier general, Lt. Colonel James W. Lockert takes over as colonel.

 

During the final weeks of the war both Major James Johnson and Captain William Winfield commanded the regiment.

April 9

Surendered 6 officers and 34 men at Appomattox