6th Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Infantry The 6th Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 6th Tennessee Infantry was organized at Williamsburg and Boston , Kentucky and mustered in for a three year enlistment on April 18 , 1862 . The regiment was attached to 25th Brigade , 7th Division , Army of the Ohio , to October 1862 . 1st 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 . 3rd Brigade , 3rd Division , XXIII Corps , Army of the Ohio , to August 1863 . 3rd Brigade , 3rd Division , Reserve Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to October 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , XIV Corps , to November 1863 . Spear ' s Tennessee Brigade , Chattanooga , Tennessee , to December 1863 . Spear ' s Tennessee Brigade , 2nd Division , XXIII Corps , to January 1864 . 3rd Brigade , Rousseau ' s 3rd Division , XII Corps , Department of the Cumberland , to April 1864 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , XXIII Corps , Army of the Ohio , to February 1865 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , XXIII Corps , Department of North Carolina , to May 1865 . The 6th Tennessee Infantry mustered out of service at Nashville , Tennessee April 2 - May 17 , 1865 . Detailed service . Moved to Cumberland Ford April 1862 . Cumberland Gap Campaign April to June . Big Creek Gap June 11 , 12 and 15 . Occupation of Cumberland Gap June 18 - September 17 . Wallace Cross Roads July 15 . Big Creek Gap September 4 . Expedition to Pine Mountain September 6 – 10 . Pine Mountain September 7 ( Company B ) . Evacuation of Cumberland Gap and retreat to Greenupsburg , Ky . , September 17 - October 3 . Goose Creek Salt Works September 19 . Near Gallipolis , Ohio , and operations in the Kanawha Valley , W . Va . , until November . Ordered to Louisville , Ky . , thence to Cincinnati , Ohio , and Nashville , Tenn . Duty at Nashville until January 1863 . Guard trains from Nashville to Murfreesboro January 2 – 3 . Action at Cox ' s or Blood ' s Hill January 3 . Manchester Pike January 5 . At Nashville until April , and at Carthage , Tenn . , until August . Ordered to McMinnville August 31 . March to Chattanooga September 12 – 20 . Sequatchie Valley September 21 – 23 . Action at Missionary Ridge and Shallow Ford Gap September 22 . Near Summerville September 23 . At Sale Creek until December . Ordered to Kingston , Tenn . Action at Kingston December 4 . Duty near Knoxville and operations in eastern Tennessee until April 1864 . Atlanta Campaign May to September . Demonstrations on Dalton May 5 – 13 . Rocky Faced Ridge May 8 – 11 . Battle of Resaca May 14 – 15 . Pursuit to Cassville May 18 – 19 . Etowah River May 20 . Operations on Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas , New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 2 - June 5 . Kingston May 27 . Allatoona May 26 – 29 . Pine Mountain June 3 – 7 . Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10 - July 2 . Lost Mountain June 15 – 17 . Muddy Creek June 17 . Noyes Creek June 19 – 20 . Kolb ' s Farm June 22 . Assault on Kennesaw June 27 . Nicka - Jack Creek July 2 – 5 . Vining Station July 4 . Chattahoochie River July 6 – 17 . Decatur July 19 . Howard House July 20 . Siege of Atlanta July 22 - August 25 . Utoy Creek August 5 – 7 . Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25 – 30 . Lovejoy ' s Station September 2 – 6 . Pursuit of Hood into Alabama October 3 – 26 . Nashville Campaign November – December . Guard fords of Duck River until November 28 . Spring Hill November 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 Fort Fisher , N . C . , January 15 - February 15 . Fort Anderson February 18 . Town Creek February 20 . Capture of Wilmington February 22 . Campaign of the Carolinas March 1 to April 26 . Advance on Kingston and Goldsboro March 6 – 21 . Relieved for muster out March 31 , and ordered to Nashville , Tenn . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 201 men during service ; 1 officer and 43 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 157 enlisted men died of disease . Captain William Ausmus commanded the unit after the Colonel was killed and was said commander until 1865 .