6th Tennessee Infantry (U)

== Regimental History and Service Record ==
Organized at Boston and Williamsburg, Ky., April 18, 1862. Attached to 25th Brigade, 7th Division, Army of the Ohio, to October, 1862. 1st Brigade, District of West Virginia, Dept. of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division (Centre), 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 14th Army Corps, to April, 1863. District of Central Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to June, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army 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, 14th Army Corps, to November, 1863. Spear's Tennessee Brigade, Chattanooga, Tenn., to December, 1863. Spear's Tennessee Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to January, 1864. 3rd Brigade, Rousseau's 3rd Division, 12th Army Corps, Dept. of the Cumberland, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to February, 1865. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, to May, 1865.
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 (Co. "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. 
* September 22-26, 1863 - Skirmishes near Chattanooga, TennesseeNot originally referenced on unit homepage
Near Summerville September 23. At Sale Creek until December. Ordered to Kingston, Tenn. Action at Kingston December 4. Duty near Knoxville and operations in East Tennessee until April, 1864. 
* May 1-September 8, 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
** May 9-13, 1864 - Demonstration on Dalton, Georgia
** May 8-11, 1864 - Demonstration against Rocky Faced Ridge, Georgia
** May 14-May 15, 1864 - Battle of Resaca, Georgia
** Pursuit to Cassville May 18-19. 
** Etowah River May 20. 
** May 25-June 5, 1864 - Operations in Bartow County, Georgia
** 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 Kenesaw June 27. 
** Nicka-Jack Creek July 2-5. 
** Vining Station July 4. 
** Chattahoochie River July 6-17. 
** Decatur July 19. 
** Howard House July 20. 
** July 22-August 25, 1864 - Siege of Atlanta, Georgia
** Utoy Creek August 5-7. 
** Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. 
** Lovejoy 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. 
* February 18, 1865 - Action at Fort Anderson, North Carolina 
* February 19, 1865 - Capture of Fort Anderson, North Carolina 
Town Creek February 20. Capture of Wilmington February 22. 
* March 1-April 26, 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
** Advance on Kinston and Goldsboro March 6-21. 
** Relieved for muster out March 31, and ordered to Nashville, Tenn. 
* Mustered out April 2 to May 17, 1865.
== Regimental Roster ==
== Regiment Statistical Information ==
* Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 43 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 157 Enlisted men by disease. Total 201.
== Legacy ==
== Notes ==
== Sources == 
* (Pages 704, 705, 707, 715, 823, 824, 862, 1646)
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