1st Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Infantry The 1st Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 1st Tennessee Infantry was organized at Camp Dick Robinson in Garrard County , Kentucky August through September 1861 and mustered in for a three - year enlistment . The regiment was attached to Thomas ' Command , Army of the Ohio , to November 1861 . 12th Brigade , Army of the Ohio , to December 1861 . 12th Brigade , 1st Division , Army of the Ohio , to February 1862 . 24th Brigade . 7th Division , Army of the Ohio , to October 1862 . 3rd Brigade , District of West Virginia , Department of the Ohio , to November 1862 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , Center , XIV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to January 1863 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , XIV Corps , to April 1863 . District of Central Kentucky , Department of the Ohio , to June 1863 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , XXIII Corps , Army of the Ohio , to August 1863 . 1st Brigade , 4th Division , XXIII Corps , to October 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 4th Division , XXIII Corps , to November 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , Cavalry Corps , Department of the Ohio , to April 1864 . 3rd Brigade , 4th Division , XXIII Corps , to May 1864 . 3rd Brigade , 3rd Division , XXIII Corps , to August 1864 . 2nd Brigade , 4th Division , XXIII Corps , to February 1865 . 2nd Brigade , 4th Division , District of East Tennessee , to August 1865 . The 1st Tennessee Infantry mustered out of service on August 8 , 1865 . Detailed service . Duty at Camp Dick Robinson and at London , Ky . , until January 1862 . Battle of Logan ' s Cross Roads January 19 , 1862 . At London and covering Cumberland Gap until March . Skirmishes at Big Creek Gap and at Jacksborough March 14 ( Company A ) . Reconnaissance to Cumberland Gap and skirmishes March 21 – 23 . Cumberland Gap Campaign March 28 - June 18 . Occupation of Cumberland Gap June 18 - September 17 . Skirmish near Cumberland Gap August 27 . Rogers ' Gap August 31 . Operations at Rogers ' and Big Creek Gaps September 10 . Evacuation of Cumberland Gap and retreat to Greenupsburg , Ky . , September 17 - October 3 . Operations at Kanawha Valley , W . Va . , until November . Ordered to Louisville , Ky . , thence to Nashville , Tenn . , and duty there until January 1863 . Escort trains to Murfreesboro , Tenn . , January 2 – 3 . Action at Cox ' s or Blood ' s Hill January 3 , 1863 . Reconnaissance to Franklin and Brentwood February 1 – 2 . Ordered to Lexington , Ky . , March 11 , 1863 . Duty in District of Central Kentucky tell June . At Camp Dick Robinson until April . Expedition to Monticello and operations in southeast Kentucky April 25 - May 2 . At Nicholasville May . Actions at Monticello and Rocky Gap June 9 . Sander ' s Raid on East Tennessee & Virginia Railroad and destruction of Slate Creek , Strawberry Plains and Mossy Creek bridges June 14 – 24 . Kingston June 16 . Wartzburg June 17 . Lenoir Station . June 19 . Knoxville June 19 – 20 . Rogers ' Gap June 20 . Powder Springs Gap June 21 . Powell Valley June 22 . Pursuit of Morgan July 3 – 23 . At Lebanon and Camp Nelson July . Operations against Scott ' s forces in eastern Kentucky July 25 - August 6 . Near Winchester July 29 . Irvine July 30 . Lancaster , Stanford and Pain ' s Lick Bridge July 31 . Smith ' s Shoals , Cumberland River , August 1 . Burnside ' s Campaign in eastern Tennessee August 16 - October 19 . Jacksborough August 28 . Winter ' s Gap August 31 . Athens September 10 and 25 . Calhoun September 18 . Calhoun and Charleston September 25 . Cleveland October 9 . Philadelphia October 20 – 22 . Sweetwater October 24 . Leiper ' s Ferry October 28 . Knoxville Campaign November 4 - December 23 . Marysville November 14 . Lenoir Station November 14 – 15 . Near Loudoun and Holston River November 15 . Campbell ' s Station November 16 . Siege of Knoxville November 17 - December 5 . Russellville December 10 . At and near Bean ' s Station December 9 – 15 . Blain ' s Cross Roads December 16 – 19 . Hay ' s Ferry , near Dandridge , December 24 . Mossy Creek , Talbot Station , December 29 . Bend of Chucky and Rutledge January 16 , 1864 . Operations about Dandridge January 16 – 17 . Seviersville January 26 . Near Fair Garden January 27 . Fentress County February 13 . Sulphur Springs February 26 . Atlanta Campaign May to August . Demonstration on Dalton May 8 – 11 . Battle of Resaca May 14 – 15 . Cartersville May 20 . Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas , New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25 - June 5 . Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10 - July 2 . Lost Mountain June 15 – 17 . Muddy Creek June 17 . Noyes Creek June 19 . Cheyney ' s Farm June 22 . Olley ' s Creek June 26 – 27 . Assault on Kennesaw June 27 . Nickajack Creek July 2 – 5 . Chattahoochie River July 6 – 17 . Peachtree Creek July 19 – 20 . Siege of Atlanta July 22 - August 11 . Relieved August 11 and ordered to Knoxville , Tenn . Duty there and in eastern Tennessee until March 1865 . Expedition from Irish Bottom to Evans ' Island January 25 , 1865 . Ordered to Cumberland Gap March 16 , 1865 , and duty there until August . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 385 men during service ; 49 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 2 officers and 334 enlisted men died of disease .