Tennessee USCT Regiments

Tennessee USCT Regiments.

Thirty-four USCT Regiments were organized and/or served in the State of Tennessee. Thirteen USCT Infantry Regiments were organized in Tennessee.  Eleven other USCT Regiments provided service in the state. Four Heavy Artillery Regiments and two Light Artillery regiments were organized in Tennessee and at least one other is known to have served here. Additionally, two US Colored Cavalry regiments served in the state. The regiments organized in Tennessee provided the third-largest number of Black men to the  US Colored Troops of any state - second only to Louisiana and Kentucky. To date, men from Williamson County have been identified who served in all but ten of these Tennessee regiments.

Tennessee USCT Infantry Regiments

1. 11th USCI (New) - Served at Memphis

2. 12th USCI - Organized in Tennessee at large July 24 to August 14, 1863.

3. 13th USCI - Organized at Nashville, Tenn., November 19, 1863. A

4. 14th USCI - Organized at Gallatin, Tenn., November 16, 1863, to January 8, 1864.

5. 15th USCI - Organized at Nashville, Tenn., December 2, 1863, to March 11, 1864.

6. 16th USCI - Organized at Nashville, Tenn., December 4, 1863, to February 13, 1864. 

7. 17th USCI - Organized at Nashville, Tenn., December 12 to 21, 1863. 

8. 18th USCI - Service in Nashville

9. 20th USCI - Service in Nashville

10. 40th USCI - Organized at Nashville, Tenn., February 29, 1864. 

11. 42nd USCI - Organized at Chattanooga, Tenn., and Nashville, Tenn., April 20, 1864.

12. 44th USCI - Organized at Chattanooga, Tenn., April 7, 1864. 

13. 46th USCI - Service at Memphis

14. 55th USCI - Service at Memphis

15. 59th USCI - Organized March 11, 1864, from 1st Tenn Infantry (African Descent). 

16. 61st USCI - Organized March 11, 1864, from 2nd Tenn Infantry (African Descent).

17. 64th USCI - Organized March 11, 1864, from 7th Louisiana Infantry (African Descent) - Organized at Memphis, Tenn., Holly Springs, Miss., and Island No. 10, Mo., December 1, 1863. 

18. 68th USCI - Served in Memphis

19. 88th USCI (New) - Served in Memphis

20. 100th USCI - Served in Nashville

21. 101st USCI - Organized in Tennessee at large September 16, 1864. 

22. 106th USCI - Served in Pulaski

23. 110th USCI - Served in Pulaski, Gallatin and other points in Middle Tennessee

24. 111th USCI - Served in Pulaski and other points in Middle Tennessee

Tennessee USCT Artillery Regiments

• Heavy

  1. 1st USCHA, Organized at Knoxville, Tenn., February 20, 1864.

  2. 3rd USCHA, Organized from 1st Tennessee Heavy Artillery (African Descent). 

  3. 4th USCHA, Organized from 2nd Tennessee Heavy Artillery (African Descent).

  4. 9th USCHA, Organized at Clarksville and Nashville, Tenn., October 8 to November 1, 1864.

  5. 12th USCHA, Served in Franklin.

• Light

  1. 2nd USCLA, Battery A, Organized at Nashville, Tenn., April 30, 1864.

  2. 2nd USCLA, Battery F, Organized from Memphis Light Battery, African Descent. 

  3. 2nd USCLA, Battery I, Organized at Memphis, Tenn., April 19, 1864. 

Tennessee USCT Cavalry Regiments

1. 3rd USCC, Served in Memphis

2. 6th USCC, Served at LaGrange