Thomas Legion (North Carolina) Infantry
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- September 27, 1862 - Organized with a mixture of white and Cherokee companies at Knoxville, Tennessee
- Companies I/H assigned from [[Thomas Legion (Walker's) (North Carolina) Infantry Battalion / (I) Companies D/F
- ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
- September 1863 - Cherokee companies detached, reducing regiment to 8 companies
- September 8, 1863 - Telford's Station
- September 8, 1863 - Limestone Station
- October 10, 1863 - Blue Springs
- October 11, 1863 - Henderson's Mill
- October 27, 1863 - in Cherokee County, North Carolina
- January 1864[1] - reorganized
- June 1864 - Lynchburg Campaign
- June 5, 1864 - Piedmont
- June 9, 1864 - Monocacy
- September 19, 1864 - 3rd Winchester
- September 22, 1864 - Fisher's Hill
- October 19, 1864 - Cedar Creek
- May 9, 1865 - Waynesville, North Carolina [Company F]
- May 1865 - Surrendered by detachments in East Tennessee and western North Carolina
DESIGNATIONS
- Department of East Tennessee / Unattached (September 1862-February 1863)
- Department of East Tennessee / Jackson's Brigade (March-July 1863)
- Department of Tennessee / Army of East Tennessee / Jackson's Brigade (July-August 1863)
- Department of East Tennessee / Jackson's Brigade (August 1863)
- Department of Western Virginia and East Tennessee / Ransom's Division / Jackson's Brigade (October 1863-February 1864)
- Department of East Tennessee / Jackson's Brigade (February-March 1864)
- Department of East Tennessee / Buckner's Division / Jackson's Brigade (April 1864)
- Department of Northern Virginia / Valley District / Wharton's Division / Smith's Brigade (June-November 1864)
- Department of East Tennessee / District of Western North Carolina (April 1864) [3 companies]
- Department of East Tennessee / District of Western North Carolina / Unattached (November 1864-May 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: William H. Thomas (Colonel)
- James R. Love (Jr.) (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- William W. Stringfield (Major)
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Regiment Statistical Information
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Legacy
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Notes
- ↑ Originally printed 1863 - error?
Sources
- Crow, Vernon H. Storm in the Mountains: Thomas' Confederate Legion of Cherokee Indians and Mountaineers
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. North Carolina. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 169-170, 171)