8th Tennessee Infantry (U)

Regimental History and Service Record

Organized at Camp Dick Robinson and Camp Nelson, Ky., November 11, 1862, to August 11, 1863. Attached to District of Central Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to June, 1863, 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to July, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, to August, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to September, 1863, 2nd Brigade, Left Wing Forces, 23rd Army Corps, to January, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to February, 1865. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, to June, 1865.

SERVICE.--Duty at Nicholasville, Ky., Camp Dick Robinson, Camp Nelson and Lexington, Ky., until August, 1863. Burnside's Campaign in East Tennessee August 16-October 17. At Greenville until September 19. Carter's Depot September 20-21. Jonesborough September 21. Watauga River September 25. At Bull's Gap and Jonesborough until December. About Dandridge January 16-17, 1864. Strawberry Plains January 22. Duty in East Tennessee until April.

• May 1-September 8, 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
  • May 9-13, 1864 - Demonstration on Dalton, Georgia
  • May 8-11, 1864 - Demonstration against Rocky Faced Ridge, Georgia
  • May 14-May 15, 1864 - Battle of Resaca, Georgia
  • Cartersville May 20.
  • May 25-June 5, 1864 - Operations in Bartow County, Georgia
    • Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2.
    • Lost Mountain June 15-17.
    • Muddy Creek June 17.
    • June 18, 1864 - Skirmish at Allatoona, Georgia
  • Noyes Creek June 19.
  • Cheyney's Farm June 22.
  • Olley's Farm June 26-27.
  • Assault in Kenesaw June 27.
  • Nickajack Creek July 2-5.
  • Chattahoochie River July 6-17.
  • Buckhead, Nancy's Creek, July 18.
  • Peach Tree Creek July 19-30.
  • July 22-August 25, 1864 - Siege of Atlanta, Georgia
  • Utoy Creek August 5-7.
  • Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30.
  • Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1.
  • Lovejoy Station September 2-6.
• Pursuit of Hood into Alabama October 3-26.

Nashville Campaign November and December. Columbia, Duck River, November 24-27. Columbia Ford November 28-29. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. At Clifton, Tenn., until January 15, 1865. Movement to Washington, D.C., thence to North Carolina January 15-February 9. Operations against Hoke February 11-14.

• February 18, 1865 - Action at Fort Anderson, North Carolina
• February 19, 1865 - Capture of Fort Anderson, North Carolina

Town Creek February 20. Capture of Wilmington February 22.

• March 1-April 26, 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
  • Advance on Goldsboro March 6-21.
  • Occupation of Goldsboro March 21.
  • Advance on Raleigh April 10-14.
  • Occupation of Raleigh April 14.
  • Bennett's House April 26.
    • Surrender of Johnston and his army.
• Duty at Raleigh and in the Dept. of North Carolina until June.
• Mustered out June 30, 1865.

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Regiment Statistical Information

• Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 48 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 226 Enlisted men by disease. Total 277.

Legacy

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Sources

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 704, 705, 707, 710, 715, 823, 824, 1646-1647)