60th Tennessee Infantry Regiment The 60th Tennessee Infantry Regiment , or Sixtieth Tennessee Volunteer Infantry Regiment , was an infantry regiment in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War . The 60th Tennessee was organized October 1 , 1862 ; mustered into Confederate service November 7 , 1862 ; captured at Vicksburg ; served remainder of war in Vaughn ' s Brigade in East Tennessee and Western Virginia . Organization . This regiment was first known as the 79th Tennessee Infantry Regiment , but was officially designated the 60th Tennessee Infantry Regiment by the Adjutant and Inspector General ' s Office . It was organized into a regiment at Haynesville ( present - day Johnson City , Tennessee ) , from 11 companies which had been enrolled in August , and September . When mustered into Confederate service , the mustering authorities would only accept 10 companies for the regiment , and Company " L " apparently disbanded , as no further record of it has been found . Immediately after organization the regiment was assigned to the brigade of Brigadier General John C . Vaughn along with the 61st and 62nd Tennessee Regiments . These regiments remained together in Vaughn ' s Brigade throughout the war . The brigade was ordered to the Department of Mississippi and Eastern Louisiana and arrived at Jackson , Mississippi late in November , 1862 . Lieutenant General John C . Pemberton reported : " On December 21 , 1862 , while at Grenada , Mississippi , information was received that a large fleet of gunboat s and transports was moving down the Mississippi for the supposed purpose of attacking Vicksburg . Brigadier General J . C . Vaughn ' s Brigade of East Tennessee was at once ordered to that point . " Vicksburg . The brigade arrived December 26 , and there participated in the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou and Chickasaw Bluffs . General Stephen D . Lee ' s Brigade formed the right of the line of defense , General Seth M . Barton ' s the center , and General Vaughn ' s the left . General Vaughn reported that on the second day he sent the 62nd to re - enforce Lee ; the 60th to re - enforce Barton on the 3rd day ; leaving one regiment , the 61st to defend the abattis . Pemberton ' s report stated ; " on the left , commanded by Brigadier General Vaughn , the heavy abattis prevented the approach of the enemy except with sharpshooters who advanced continuously , but were met firmly by his East Tennesseans . " An inspection report by Bob E . Houston , Captain and Assistant Inspector General , for January – February , 1863 on Company " G " . stated : I take pleasure in stating that in discipline , efficiency and military appearance this company exceeds that of any I have ever seen in Volunteer service . " The brigade remained at Vicksburg until about the first of May , when General Pemberton decided to meet the enemy in the field . Toward the end of this campaign , on May 17 , while guarding a bridge over the Big Black River , Vaughn ' s Brigade was overwhelmed by a Federal division at the Battle of Big Black River Bridge . The 60th regiment surrendered to Brigadier General Stephen G . Burbridge ' s 1st Brigade , 10th Division . A regimental report stated : " Lieutenant Colonel Gregg , one captain , three 1st lieutenants , seven 2nd lieutenants , six brevet 2nd lieutenants , captured at Big Black , Mississippi on May 17 , 1863 , and have not been exchanged . Enlisted men captured at Big Black : 239 . They belonged to Companies " A " , " B " , " C " , " D " , " E " " F " , " H " and " I " . This report was dated October , 1864 . The Federal reports of this action stated that the regiment , with 360 stand of arms , was captured without the loss of a man by the Federal troops . What was left of the regiment fell back into Vicksburg , and remained in the trenches until the surrender on July 4 , 1863 . The brigade was surrendered as part of Major General Morgan Lewis Smith ' s Division , and paroled a few days after the surrender . On July 16 , Vaughn ' s Brigade was reported at Brandon , Mississippi . On September 15 , Inspector General Cooper stated " Vaughn ' s Brigade was ordered to reassemble in East Tennessee , at such place as General Simon Buckner might designate . But if the men have been seized by the enemy , and their paroles taken from them , it will prevent their reorganization . " Parole . Colonel J . G . Rose , of the 61st Regiment , in his outline in Lindsley ' s Annals of his own regiment , stated the men from the 61st who were paroled at Vicksburg were not exchanged until June 27 , 1864 , and the men captured at Big Black remained in Northern prisons until the winter of 1864 - 5 . He further stated that in the spring of 1864 many of these paroled prisoners were assembled in parole camps at Jonesborough , Tennessee , awaiting exchange . The 60th was not paroled until July 1 , 1864 , its members remaining at their homes during their paroles . After exchange , they became mounted infantry . A detachment from the 60th , 61st and 62nd regiments was reported near Jonesborough , September 13 , 1864 . In the meantime , General Vaughn had been given command of Colonel A . W . Reynolds ' Brigade , composed of the 3rd Confederate , 39th , 43rd and 59th Tennessee Infantry Regiments . These regiments were mounted about the last of 1863 , and served as Mounted Infantry from then on . On December 31 , 1863 , a detachment from the 2nd Fast Tennessee Brigade , under Major James A . Rhea , of the 60th , was reported as a part of this brigade . On March 31 , 1864 , the detachment was listed as from the 60th , 61st and 62nd Regiments , and was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel William Parker of the 62nd . An inspection report dated May 6 , 1864 , showed this detachment consisted of only 48 men present . On April 20 , 1864 , a detachment from the 16th Georgia Battalion , 3rd , 39th , 43rd , 60th , 61st and 62nd Tennessee Regiments , under Captain Nathan Dodd of the 61st was reported in General Bushrod Johnson ' s Brigade , General Simon Buckner ' s Division , at Zollicoffer ( now Bluff City ) , Tennessee . Vaughn ' s Brigade . It was not until November 10 , 1864 , that the 60th , 61st and 62nd Regiments were reported as regiments in Vaughn ' s Brigade . At that time the 60th was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Gregg , and the brigade was made up of the 16th Georgia Cavalry Battalion , 1st ( Carter ' s ) , 3rd , 39th , 43rd , 59th , 60th , 61st and 62nd Tennessee Mounted Regiments , 12th ( Day ' s ) and 16th ( Neal ' s ) Cavalry Battalions . The brigade reported 993 effectives , 1358 present , 796 prisoners of war . It was in the Department of Western Virginia and East Tennessee , commanded by Major General John C . Breckinridge . The 60th was reported stationed near Davenault ' s Ford . This was the last regimental or company report found on the 60th . On February 28 , 1865 , the order of battle for Brigadier General John Echols ' Command showed the 60th , now commanded by Colonel Gregg , still in Vaughn ' s Brigade , with Abbott ' s Scouts having been added to the brigade , and the 13th Georgia Regiment reported instead of the 16th Georgia Battalion . General Echols was still in command of the Department when news of General Lee ' s surrender was received , and he dissolved his command in Western Virginia . Some of General Vaughn ' s Brigade crossed into North Carolina and served as part of President Jefferson Davis ' escort from Charlotte , North Carolina to Washington , Georgia , but it is not known whether or not any of the 60th were in this force .