The 1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment (also known as the "First Tennessee") was an

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regiment in the

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during the

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, and was successively commanded by Colonels

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and Hume R. Field.

History

The Regiment was originally organized on the 9th of May in 1861. It was officially mustered into Confederate service on August 1st of the same year.

, who commanded the Rock City Guards battalion which became companies A, B and C, was elected colonel for the first 90 days. After that, command passed to Hume Field. Confederate martyr

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joined the regiment as a scout, but he was later executed as a spy by

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forces despite his wearing a butternut Confederate uniform when he was captured.

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