Tennessee Civil War Union Artillery Units

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The information in this list of Tennessee Military Units comes from the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors web site (CWSS). That web site can also be searched by the name of a soldier.


 * 1st Battalion, Tennessee Light Artillery (Union) Also called 1st Tennessee Light Artillery Regiment. Organized at Memphis, Tennessee, Nashville and Knoxville, Tennessee, June 13, 1862, to October 16, 1863. Mustered out July, 1865.


 * 1st Battery, Tennessee Light Artillery (African Descent)(Union) Memphis Light Battery (African descent). afterward 1st Battery Tennessee Light Artillery (African descent)(Light) Battery D, afterward Battery F)


 * 1st Regiment, Tennessee Heavy Artillery (African Descent) (Union) Organized at Fort Pickering, Memphis, in 1863. March 11, 1864, changed to 2nd U. S. Heavy Artillery Regiment (Colored). April 26, 1864, changed to 3rd U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery Regiment.


 * 2nd Regiment, Tennessee Heavy Artillery (African Descent) (Union) Also called 2nd West Tennessee Heavy Artillery Regiment (African Descent). Organized at Columbus, Kentucky, June, 1863. Ceased to exist on April 26, 1864 to 4th United States Colored Heavy Artillery Regiment.


 * Tennessee, or West Tennessee Infantry, 1st Regiment (African descent) Designated 58th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry.


 * Tennessee, or West Tennessee Infantry, designated 61st Regiment, United States Colored Infantry.


 * Tennessee, or West Tennessee Infantry, 3rd Regiment (African descent) Designated 71st Regiment, United States Colored Infantry.