Colonel: Dr. James Wendell Gillespie; Lieutenant Colonel: David McKendree Key; Major: Lawson
Guthrie, William H. McKamy;
Surgeon: Lapsley Yantis Green, Ambrose W. Hodge, D. G. Blaire;
Assistant Surgeon: Joseph Loudon Abernathy, Edwin D. Gilbert, S. H. Hynes, W. B. Johnston, W. S.
Findley, Alfred Charles [Albert Carter] Blevins;
Commissary: Thomas L. Wallace, Capt. & A.C.S.;
Quartermaster
: Addison C. Day, Capt. and A.Q. M., Calvin J. Ewing, Acting A. Q. M.; Adjutant:
Summerfield Armitage Key;
Chaplain: Archibald Thompson Brooks, O. B. Caldwell; Sergeant Major:
Henry H. Knox, L. W. Graves;
Ordnance Sergeant: Thomas B. Binyon, John W. Tally; Hospital Steward:
William B. McKeldin;
Drum Major: John N. Stamper; Fife Major: P. W. Sims, Isaac J. Stamper; Forage
Master
: D. B. Bell; Wagon Master: John W. Bryan, C. M. Garrison, A. P. McClatchy; Commissary
Sergeant
: William J. Norman, Andrew A. Williams; Quarter Master Sergeant: James H. Darr,   F. M.
Pennington
Field and Staff Officers
Table of Organization
Dr. John Goodman
John Tonkin
Co. "A"
Polk County
Called into service at Hiwassee Mines,
Tenn., October 19, 1861, the fifth company
to enter the Confederate Army from Polk
County, was made up at Ducktown in the
fall of 1861
Andrew J. Cawood
Dr. William. M. Wilson
Co. "B"
Rhea County
Called into service at Sulphur Springs,
Tenn., October 16, 1861, the fourth
company to enter the Confederate Army
from Rhea county. Known as the
"Piney Boys"
William J. Hill
Alexander H. Roberson
Co. "C"
Bledsoe County
Called into service at Pikeville, Tenn.,
October 26, 1861, the second company
from Bledsoe county to enter Confederate
service. Known as the "Bledsoe Roughs"
Dr. Ambrose W. Hodge
Isom R. Binyon
Co. "D"
Meigs County
Called into service at Decatur, Meigs
County, Tenn., November 1, 1861
John W. Phillips
Joseph Huffmaster
Co. "E"
Hawkins County
Called into service at Rogersville, Hawkins
County, Tenn., November 5, 1861. Known
as the "Mount Sterling Banner Boys"
Sterling Tally Turner
Eli Cleveland Jones
Co. "F"
Roane County
Called into service at Roane County,
Tenn., November 9, 1861
David Neff
Calvin S[L]. Hensley
William H. Wiseman
Co. "G"
Jefferson County
Called into service at Mossy Creek,
Jefferson County, Tenn., October 19, 1861
William L. Lafferty
T. G. Bryan
Co. "H"
McMinn County
Called into service at Riceville, McMinn
County, Tenn., November 16, 1861
William H. McKamy
Co. "I"
Bradley County
Called into service at Charleston, Tenn.,
November 13, 1861, the first company from
Bradley county to enter Confederate
service.
Lawson Guthrie
Jasper Newton Aiken
Co. "K"
Hamilton County
Called into service at Ooltewah, Hamilton
County, Tenn., October 17, 1861
Company Commanders
Assignments
Dates
Brigade
Division
District
Dec. 1861- Jul. 1862
Unattached
 
Dept. of East Tennessee
Jul.1862 - Oct. 1862
Leadbetter's
Heth's
Dept. of East Tennessee
Aug. 1862 - Sep. 1862
Marshall's
Dist. of Abingdon
Dept. of Southwestern
Virginia [On Loan]
Oct.1862 - Dec. 1862
Reynolds'
Heth's
Dept. of East Tennessee
Dec.1862 - Apr. 1863
Reynolds'
Stevenson's
Dept. of Mississippi and East
Louisiana
Apr. 1863 - Jul. 1863
Reynolds'
Stevenson's
Dept. of Mississippi and East
Louisiana
Nov. 1863 - Nov. 1863
Vaughn's
Stevenson's
Army of Tennessee
Dec. 1863 - Jan. 1864
Vaughn's
Buckner's
Dept. of East Tennessee
Jan. 1864 - Feb. 1864
Vaughn's Cavalry
 
Dept. of East Tennessee
Feb.1 1864 - Mar. 1864
Vaughn's
 
Dept. of East Tennessee
Mar. 1864 - Apr. 1864
Vaughn's
Vaughn's
Dept. of East Tennessee
Apr. 1864 - Apr. 1864
Johnson's
Buckner's
Dept. of East Tennessee
Apr. 1864 - May 1864
Vaughn's
Cavalry
Dept. of East Tennessee
May 1864 - Apr. 1865
Vaughn's Cavalry
 
Dept. of Western Virginia and
East Tennessee
Jun. 1864 - Jul. 1864
Vaughn's
Breckinridge's
Dept. of Northern Virginia